Three top comedians will appear at Leeds City Varieties during September.

Phill Jupitus will play three extraordinary characters in his latest show, You’re Probably Wondering Why I’ve Asked You Here.

He asks people to leave their preconceptions at the door but take along their curiosity to the performance on September 25.

Phill will portray the late Vernon Herschel Harley, a legend of stage and screen, who died at the age of 114 but describes himself as “quite lively for a dead chap”.

There’s the late Kurt Schiffer, captain of a German U-boat whose Wolf Pack was the scourge of the Atlantic shipping lanes during the Second World War.

Phill, a 23-year veteran of BBC2 pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks, will also portray himself, just after he dies on June 24, 2052.

Rising comedy star Seann Walsh appears at the City Varieties tomorrow, touring his show Lie-In King following a successful appearance at the Edinburgh fringe.

Seann has a TV show – Seann Walsh World — on Comedy Central, and has appeared on TV’s Stand Up For The Week, Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

The “frighteningly precocious talent” is regarded as a charming and charismatic natural-born observational storyteller.

Within two years of his first comedy performance, Seann was the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, and shortly afterwards won several other comedy awards.

Australian funny man Adam Hills will perform at the City Varieties on September 12 following a stint as host of Channel 4’s entertainment show The Last Leg.

Adam is touring his new show, Happyism, clocking up 35 dates around the UK following his two-week run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Promised are anecdotes, audience participation, rampant spontaneity and uplifting comedy, delivered in a refreshingly unique, laid-back style.

Visit cityvarieties.co.uk or call 0113 243 0808 for further information.