Comedy favourite Lucy Porter will bring her new stand up show ‘Northern Soul’ to the mac, Birmingham, on Saturday, November 9.

A spokesman for Lucy said: "Does geography shape your destiny? Fringe favourite Lucy Porter’s latest (and greatest) show is about never quite knowing where you belong.

"Born in Croydon to a Northern Irish dad and a Midlander mum (who met in Africa), Lucy never felt comfortable as a South London suburbanite.

"In her teenage years she was seduced by the music of Morrissey, the art of David Hockney and the politics of Dennis Skinner. Then she was seduced by the kissing of an actual man from Bury, and she started to suspect that the North of England might be her spiritual home."

Lucy moved to Manchester and then Liverpool. As much as she loved her time there, she didn’t find the sense of completion she’d yearned for.

He added: "Stand-up comedy has allowed Lucy to travel the world, and she’s acquired a taste for the exotic (she even married a Welshman) but she’s still – like the Littlest Hobo – waiting to find a place to settle down.

"Currently living in London, Lucy still finds that her internal compass points North, but now she suspects it might be a symptom of the profound, insatiable longing that CS Lewis describes as ‘The Northernness’. A momentary epiphany made Lucy think she’d found an answer to this emptiness in Norwich but she now realizes that was a side-effect of sloe gin."

Revealing the best and worst places in the UK to do stand-up, Lucy asks how much we should be defined by our birthplace, and how hard it is to shake off one’s roots. Is it more difficult to stop being a Catholic or being from Croydon? 

"Like any good Northern Soul night, Lucy's show should leave you feeling happy and slightly sweaty."

After a few years of enforced absence, Lucy roared back to the Fringe in 2012 with her critically acclaimed show ‘People Person’ which she subsequently took on a 42 date tour of arts centres & theatres in 2013.  People Person was released on DVD by Go Faster Stripe in 2013. 

“…Bright and frank …proving that her time off has not dimmed her comic energy, just given her richer material towork with.” OBSERVER

“…refreshingly breezy…someone who finds sweetness even in a man that stole her credit card. Porter is a kitten with enduring appeal.” METRO ****

"She is like your witty friend who’s always brilliant company down the pub. Many stand-ups would give their non-drinking arms to be able to transfer that kind of sparkling barroom bonhomie to the stage and Porter does it effortlessly.’ THE SCOTSMAN

For tickets call Midlands Arts Centre on 0121 446 3232 or visit www.macarts.co.uk