SEAN Lock is adding a second York Barbican date to his Purple Van Man tour later this year.

Only limited availability remains for his 8pm show on Sunday, May 12, leading to the 49-year-old Woking comic’s decision to head back north on May 28.

“We all know what white van man thinks about the world we live in but it’s time to hear a different voice, purple van man’s voice,” says Sean, who will deliver gags, opinions, deft observations and some silly voices as he crosses the country in his purple van.

“I will make you laugh like a drunken horse,” promises the British Comedy Award winner, who has been a team captain for 14 series of Channel 4’s topical panel game show 8 Out Of 10 Cats, as well as appearing on BBC2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI and Mock The Week.

He last performed in York in 2010, when his Lockipedia show visited the Grand Opera House in March and October that year.

Tickets for Sean’s May dates cost £21 on 0844 854 2757 or yorkbarbican.co.uk