Stand-up comic Stewart Lee’s last show Carpet Remnant World sold out venues and won him Best Tour at the Chortle Awards.

Since then the writer and comedian has presented work-in-progress gigs in London and the Edinburgh Fringe. Now he’s back on the road, promising a mixed stew of unrelated ideas in preparation for his 2014 TV series, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

Much A-Stew About Nothing will be at St George’s Hall in Bradford on September 26, testing selections from the series.

Stewart’s material will touch on parental alcoholism, justifiable shoplifting, urban foxes, vasectomies, Helena Bonham Carter, Anglo Saxon epic poetry, The Big Bang and Judith Chalmers.

There’s more comedy this autumn at St George’s Hall, including chirpy-chappie Jason Manford with his fast-selling show, First World Problems, staged tomorrow and Saturday.

Billy Pearce, star of the annual pantomime across the city at the Alhambra, takes his popular adult evening to St George’s Hall on September 24.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show is recreated on stage, with Simon Jones playing the lead role of Arthur Dent, on October 10.

Ed Byrne, a self-confessed miserable git since the age of 23, embraces middle age with open arms in his latest show Roaring Forties on October 26.

Visit bradford-theatres.co.uk or call 01274 432000 for more details.