SCOTTISH comedian Susan Calman's York gig is on the move to the Tempest Anderson Hall on May 19 as a result of ongoing work on the Central Methodist Church roof.

In her 11th year in comedy after quitting her career as a corporate lawyer with Dundas & Wilson in June 2006, the 42-year-old Glaswegian returns with a new show, The Calman Before The Storm.

What can be expected from this familiar face on QI, Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week? "Now you have the opportunity to see her in person, life size if you will," reads her show publicity. "For information, Susan is taller than a Borrower but shorter than the average 13-year-old child.

"The show? Well, she’s ready to create a storm, to set the record straight, to give it to the man (whoever he is). Incidentally, she would also like to be Batman. Ninety minutes of comedy that you will enjoy if you’re over 16, like what she does, and won’t be so drunk that she has to throw you out. Sounds like a terrible personal ad, doesn’t it? She also likes fine wines, kittens and walks along the beach. Seriously. It’s going to be epic."

The "Storm" show made its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer in an hour-long version that Susan re-wrote in the autumn and is now touring in an extended version on various dates between February and October.

"When you write a show for Edinburgh, it's a very specific thing; people go to multiple shows, there's no time for getting in and out, so it has to be quick, and those requirements are particular to Edinburgh, whereas it's much more leisurely on tour," says Susan. "It's two sets of 45 minutes and you're not under so much pressure to get on, get it done and get out!

"Part of the change from Edinburgh is about re-arranging the show; part of it is about being able to talk about things I didn't have room to talk about last summer."

Brexit and the rise of Trump featured in the first version, and while there will still be references to that blighted double whammy, "the majority of the show has nothing to do with what's going in the world". "The two halves will have lots of fun because I need that between now and October," says Susan. "I would never preach to the audience about what I think about something."

The show's connecting theme will be Susan's decade in comedy. "People now come to the shows because they know who I am, rather than just testing out a show, but if they know me from Radio 4 and they're thinking, 'is she a typical Radio 4 comedian?', the answer is I'm not. I can tell you that very few of them are now Oxford and Cambridge-educated. That perception is wrong."

Leaving the high-flying legal world for the comedy circuit was an out-of-character move by Susan, she reveals. "The strange thing is that I'm an incredibly risk-averse person, seriously controlling, and it's the one decision I've made in my life that was risk-taking," she says.

"I'd always wanted to do it, though I didn't know what a 'comedian' was, and when I did my first show I'd never been to a comedy venue before or seen a comedian perform, but I'm glad I just got up and tried it. Six months later, I resigned from my job and and it was an absolutely amazing feeling to be doing that. It felt like I'd been let out of prison – and if I wasn't going to try comedy in my 30s, then I never would.

"Starting out in comedy, I slept on lots of floors and lots of buses, or stayed at a friend's in London who put me up on a sofa for two years; it was difficult but at heart I knew it's what I wanted to do."

Success on the comedy circuit, radio and television has since come Susan's way, be it hosting the BBC One daytime quiz The Boss that began in April or recording a new series as host of the CBBC children's quiz Top Class this month.

The Great Yorkshire Fringe presents Susan Calman: The Calman Before The Storm, Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, York, May 19, 7.30pm. Tickets: £16 at greatyorkshirefringe.ticketsolve.com