LINDA Smith Live, a stand up comedy show hailed by the press as 'supremely well-observed comedy' and 'fresh, original and very funny' comes to Tavistock Wharf this week.

Comedian and writer Linda, voted wittiest person by a BBC Radio 4 listeners poll in May, hits the stage running with her full-length show. She creates an exhilarating evening of sparkling entertainment for connoisseurs of stand-up comedy.

Linda is a warm and witty performer whose inventive show blends the topical with the personal, the political with the surreal and silly.

A British Comedy Award nominee for her stand-up work, Linda is widely regarded as one of the sharpest comics working on Radio and TV. During the past two years she has written and performed in two critically acclaimed series of her own BBC Radio 4 situation comedy 'Linda Smith's — A Brief History of Time Wasting'.

She is the first woman team captain on BBC Radio 4's 'News Quiz' which was recently nominated for a Channel 4 Political Award and a panel guest on Radio 4's other legendary shows 'Just A Minute' and 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'.

Linda has also made an impact on TV viewers with a string of winning appearances on numerous programmes including 'Have I Got News for You', 'They Think It's All Over', 'Call My Bluff', 'Monday Night Clive James', 'If I Ruled the World', 'The Sundays' and 'Question Time'. She has appeared on a host of Radio 4 literary programmes including 'Booked', 'The Dictionary Quiz', 'The Roots of English' and 'Word of Mouth'.

Linda Smith Live hits The Wharf at 8pm this Saturday September 21, tickets £12.