Exiled Cornishman Paul Kerensa is a writer and comedian who is a regular at the UK's biggest venues, as well as winner of ITV's Take The Mike in 2002. In the same year, he appeared in four new act finals at the Edinburgh Festival, including the televised BBC New Comedy Awards.

Entrants will be asked to perform three minutes of their own material � suitable for a family audience � upstairs at the Dome Cinema at a special evening event next February.

Now the Sussex-based favourites are set for a popular return to Matt's Comedy Club, where they sold out in 2014, with a headline gig at the Connaught Studio (STOP PRESS: now switched to the Connaught Theatre due to demand) on Tuesday 20 October.

Their latest show Famous in Fiction promises a nostalgic romp through the world of books, presenting a host of unforgettable characters � from the heroic to the villainous, the cute and cuddly to the downright scary.

The artist and illustrator's ink and crayon captioned drawings create a surreal world populated by cowboys, scouts, Vikings and characters from vintage boys boarding schools, musing on high art, philosophy and fine food, and where the form often subverts the comedic twists in the wording.

Zoe created a huge buzz on the comedy circuit in 2004 when she won the 'Nivea Funny Women Award 2004' and reached the finals of 'Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny Award in the same year. As a result she has become a highly sought after act on both the national and international circuit.

It was a magical setting in this intimate converted church venue, fairy lights wrapped around the pillars, and Gretchen certainly had the sell-out audience wrapped around her little finger by the end of the evening.