STAND-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart are just some of the accolades on Phill Jupitus’ CV.

From his time as team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks to a stint as the host of The Times football podcast The Game, Jupitus is one of the most recognisable and well-renowned figures in the entertainment world.

Returning to the stage with his stand-up hat on, his new show Juplicity not only lets the 56-year-old showcase his funny bone, but also support himself in a artistic way through his alter, poetic ego.

“The thing that really works for me is that I support myself as Porky The Poet,” explains Jupitus.

“So he goes out and does 40 minutes to start the evening. Because of Buzzcocks and other jobs I was given, I let Porky and the poetry slide but after about a decade I came back to it and wrote new poems, often just chucking stuff out on Facebook for mates to read.

“Combined with the old poems, and factoring in chit-chat between them, I had about an hour of material.”

In terms of the stand-up element, Juplicity will draw on his own life, described merrily as both ‘chaotic’ and ‘flaky’.

Jupitus added: “Sean Lock has a phrase, which was both inspiring and worrying, about comedians mining our own personalities for material and then in your head negotiating how much you keep back.

“Initially there was some resistance to me discussing things on stage about my family.

“One of my daughters, Molly, married her American girlfriend and emigrated there, so what you get is a starting point: gay marriage is a trope that’s very much in vogue at the minute and dovetails with what’s happening in the world with Trump and so on.

“As a comedian you are a person in a society within the world; all you have to do is look at things and shift your camera angle. All comedians can do is put a wider lens on a situation so that it resonates with people.”

For a man best known for his dower demeanour and quick wit, appearing on stage with a full-face of make-up singing show tunes wasn’t necessarily something that was on the cards for Jupitus.

But with large-scale touring productions such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Spamalot and Hairspray now nestling on his CV, it is something he has embraced.

“My agent phoned up and said, ‘there’s a casting director in the West End who wants to talk to you about being Count Fosco in The Woman In White’.” Jupitus explains.

“I was like, ‘what? I don’t sing’.

“Turns out they’d seen me do the intros round on Buzzcocks and felt I could hold a tune. So, I took some training and auditioned and they said, ‘maybe not this time, but do you want to be Wilbur in Hairspray?’

“I went to see it and even though I’m watching Mel Smith as Wilbur thinking, ‘yeah, I could do that’, I kept looking at Michael Ball as Edna and thinking, ‘that looks like a lot of fun’.”

It’s hard to know exactly what’s down the next road for the ever-adaptable funny man, but for now he’s enjoying being back centre stage providing live comedy.

Watch in delight and/or horror as this experienced funny man drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life.

Juplicty comes to The Haymarket on Wednesday, 19 September.