JOSH WIDDICOMBE is among comedians coming to Leeds City Varieties during the coming months.

He will perform his latest show on September 29 in an ongoing season that also includes Al Murray, Ross Noble, Katherine Ryan, John Bishop, Shappi Khorsandi, Phill Jupitus and Paul Merton.

The Victorian venue claims to be the leading Leeds venue for comedy after building up a continuous roster of nationally-known names.

This month the theatre announced another load of names including returning favourites, Josh Widdicombe, Chris Ramsey, Ed Byrne, Lip Service and Stewart Francis, alongside new-to-Leeds acts Luisa Omielan and Amanda Palmer.

Lip Service Theatre Company will celebrate 30 years of making award-winning comedy with another dose of literacy lunacy on September 23, in The Picture Of Doreen Grey.

Celebrity presenter Doreen Gray has it all, a drive time radio show, a high ratings lifestyle programme on Even More 4 but, hitting 50, Doreen finds her face no longer fits the bill.

At a school reunion she stumbles across a youthful self-portrait and makes a dark and dreadful pact with the picture that will come back to haunt her.

Chris Ramsey returns with his biggest stand-up tour yet, exploring getting older, finding yourself and taking responsibility, on October 21.

Ed Byrne will be at the City Varieties on October 30 following his TV show Big Adventure, which followed Ed and fellow comedian Dara O Briain across the Pan American Highway.

Canadian comedian Stewart Francis, hailed as “the master of the pun”, offers non-stop laughs on October 14 and November 4.

Visit cityvarieties.co.uk or call 0113 2430808 for information about all dates and to book tickets.