COMEDIENNE Shappi Khorsandi is calling in at Dorchester as part of her UK tour.

The star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Have I Got News for You and Q.I is touring the country throughout autumn 2014.

Her gig at the Dorchester Arts Centre is on October 17.

Shappi will introduce the audience to her friends, family and total strangers who have helped her on her personal Yellow Brick Road.

Shappi has notched up numerous high profile television appearances including; Masterchef 2013 (BBC ONE), Live At The Apollo (BBC ONE), Channel 4’s Comedy Gala At The O2 (Channel 4 – 2010, 2011 & 2012), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE), Graham Norton Show (BBC ONE), Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC ONE), Have I Got News For You (BBC ONE) and her own Comedy Store Special for Comedy Central.

She also had the honour of being nominated at the prestigious 2010 British Comedy Awards in the Best Female Comic category up against fellow nominees Jo Brand and Sarah Millican.

Shappi Khorsandi is also the best selling author of ‘A Beginners Guide to Acting English’ by Bloomsbury out now in paperback.