MANCHESTER'S big-hearted comedian Justin Moorhouse is on the road from September to December in his latest stand-up show Destiny Calling.

In the last year, Moorhouse has killed three animals unintentionally, had part of his body removed and started to dress like a toddler, leaving him wondering if he is having a mid-life crisis, as he will discuss at the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club night at The Duchess in York on Friday and The Wardrobe in Leeds on November 13.

Hitting 45 and coincidentally matching his waist measurement, Moorhouse has taken a long hard look at his life. He reckons he has hit half way and reached the peak of the roller coaster, but what next? "Do we give up and let the ride take us to where it’s going to take us? Or do we grab hold of the rail and enjoy the thrilling descent?" he asks.

This year has been a busy one for Moorhouse, reprising the tiger-faced Young Kenny for the record-breaking run of Phoenix Nights Live at the Manchester Arena, raising more than £5m for Comic Relief to boot, as well as writing and starring in two BBC Radio 4 series of Everyone Quite Likes Justin and helming his own podcast About 30 Minutes, No More Than 45.

Nevertheless, the BBC1 Celebrity Mastermind champion and 2014/15 Champion of Champions on Radio 5 Live’s Fighting Talk found time to answer five quick questions from What's On.

If Destiny calls at your door, would you recognise it and how would it look, Justin?

"I reckon Destiny would be a two-faced beast. As I opened the door, I’d meets its shining countenance, offering me my own TV show, a book deal and a guarantee that theatres would be full for my one-man shows.

"Then, as we left for our trip to stardom, the mask would fall, and I would see the real side of show business, a gnarled old man I will one day turn into Bit deep?"

Hasn’t the Grim Reaper kinda cornered the market in destiny calling?

"These days the kids are into a scythe – unless you can download it."

What is your destiny, Justin?

"Hopefully as much as possible of the first part of answer one, with a long long life. I want to see my grandchildren more than be rich and successful.

Aside from a pop group, what is destiny’s child?

"He’s a cousin of the mother of invention, the brother of the father of all sins and loosely related to Uncle Tom Cobley."

How would you define the seven-letter word destiny in seven words?

"Dream. Exciting. Surprising. Time consuming. Interesting. Nerve inducing. Years away (hopefully)."

Justin Moorhouse, Destiny Calling, Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, The Duchess, York, Friday, 8pm; ticketweb.co.uk or 01904 641 413. Also The Wardrobe, Leeds, November 13, doors 7pm; ticketweb.co.uk or 0113 383 8800.