ROSS Noble, comedic master of the random, will deposit his Brain Dump show on the 2017 Platform Festival, run by Pocklington Arts Centre at The Old Station, Pocklington, on July 13.

"We're delighted to have secured a date with Ross for Platform Festival," says arts centre manager Janet Farmer. "I think this highlights the reputation the event has gained after being launched in 2015, since when we've had sold-out comedy performances by Al Murray and Paul Merton's Impro Chums."

Noble will be making his debut Pock appearance in typically freewheeling style with imaginative flights of fancy aplenty. "As always, I have lots of stuff backing up in my head and it's time to let it all out," he says, looking forward to dropping a "massive Brain Dump" on East Yorkshire.

Should you be wondering why Noble's present touring show is called Brain Dump, he explains: "I got it from a customer review on Amazon for one of my DVDs. They wrote, 'This is just like a massive brain dump', and I thought, 'Oh yeah, that's exactly what my stuff is! I'll have that'."

As with all Noble's shows, each night's Brain Dumps are largely improvised, but is such a performance style still a risk, even after more than two decades on the comedy circuit? "No, the 'risk' is all relative," Noble reassures. "It’s like driving a car; after 25 years you don't get in a car and go, 'What if this goes wrong?'. If you hit a few bumps in the road you just think, 'Oh, this is fun, let's bounce around for a bit'."

Noble started treading the comedy boards 25 years ago, at the age of 15, taking early steps at the late Mike Bennett's Comedy Shack nights at the Bonding Warehouse in York. "The main difference since I started is that, because I've built up this really loyal audience, there's more of a shorthand," he says. "When I first started, if I was talking about something a bit left-field people would go, 'Oh god, where's he going with this?', whereas now that's what people want. They go, 'Oh right! Where's he going with this?'."

Is having a loyal fanbase sweet or creepy? "Ninety-nine per cent of the time it's very sweet and very flattering. Every now and then you get one where you go, 'Okaaaay…That's a little bit scary'. The scariest was when I was in New Zealand once, and I was on my phone to my wife. I put the phone down and it rang again. I thought it was her ringing back, so I went, 'Hi!' and this voice said, 'Hello'," Noble recalls.

"It was a complete stranger who had rung every hotel in Auckland pretending to be my girlfriend. That was a bit terrifying. The thing is, someone being a fan is very flattering, but there's a big difference between somebody liking your comedy and someone wanting to wear your skin as a suit."

What comes next for Noble? After his exclusive one-off performance at the Platform Festival, he is to star as Dr Frankenstein's hunchbacked servant, Igor, in a new stage production of Young Frankenstein, the Mel Brooks musical, first at the Newcastle Theatre Royal from August 26 to September 9, then at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End from September 28.

Tickets for Noble's 8pm Pock gig are on sale at £28.50 on 01759 301547 or at platformfestival.net. Doors will open at 7pm.