BEING a foster parent doesn’t sound like an obvious subject for stand-up comedy, but in the hands of the whip-smart and very funny Welsh comedian Kiri Pritchard-Mclean it provides some unexpected laughs in her new show, Peacock, touring with dates in our region continuing from 18th September.

Kiri, well-known from many radio and television comedy shows, is currently on a lengthy national tour, continuing at  the Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis on 18th, Taunton Brewhouse on 19th, and Exeter Phoenix arts centre on 22nd.

As a star of 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Have I Got News For You and QI, Kiri Pritchard-McLean has had a busy few years. As well as hosting Live at the Apollo, fronting the Radio 4 panel show Best Medicine and starting a comedy school, she’s become a foster parent. Until now she hasn’t been able to talk about it on stage – she hasn’t even told the kids in her care that she’s a comedian. (And she uses a different name).

However, this year something changed and now she has made a show about becoming a foster carer – so, come and join “Louise” as she lifts the lid on social workers, first aid training and what not to do when a vicar searches for you on YouTube.

A regular on the radio, with her own weekly show on BBC Radio Wales, Kiri also regularly co-hosts Loose Ends, has guest hosted The News Quiz, and has now become the host of her own Radio 4 panel show, Best Medicine, which has recently been commissioned for a second series.

A reviewer for the legendary rock and popular culture magazine Rolling Stone said of her: “Expect sequins, social commentary and massive laughs from the renaissance woman of UK comedy.”