THE Carnegie Hall is bracing itself for a guitar wielding comedy whirlwind next month.

Armed with an impressive arsenal of jokes and his trusty guitar, Jonny Awsum, will bring his special feel-good brand of musical comedy to Gilded Balloon Comedy in Dunfermline on November 3.

The guitar-playing comic rabble-rouser, blessed with gangly comic features and an old-fashioned, slightly surprised looking face that radiates bonhomie, is irresistibly infectious. His endlessly entertaining sets of satirical songs and warm comedic musings will have Scottish audiences laughing, singing and maybe even performing on stage.

He will be joined on the Dunfermline stage by the multi-award winning Australian comedian, writer and actor, Felicity Ward and the 2014 finalist of The Gilded Balloon’s So You Think You’re Funny competition, Jim Smith. Scottish actor and comedian Raymond Mearns, will be keeping the comedians in check and the audience on their toes, as the evening's compere.

Awsum’s dead simple, but crowd-pleasing sets are full of original songs, parodied popular tunes, sing-a-longs, raps and silly jingles; and he’s not beyond deploying a classic track just to keep the party moving along at lightning speed. The crowd are an integral part of his gigs, and because Awsum exudes a powerful feelgood vibe when he playfully engages with them, both individually and as a group, they not only leave entertained, but they also leave as true fans.

The tremendously entertaining and charmingly funny, Felicity Ward, brings her heartwarming comedy back to Scotland after a fantastic run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The uplifting Aussie storyteller is an inspired clown, daft and enthusiastic with a nervy, quirky energy on stage. Her sets are gregarious, frank and unflinchingly honest. Her delivery fizzes and flashes and bangs like an untethered Catherine Wheel, showering white-hot sparks everywhere, all to hilarious effect; making the audience adore her right from the off.

It's town meets country when Jim Smith, a Perthshire sheep and beef farmer turned talented comedian hits the stage. Using a varied range of characters, regional accents and impressions, including amongst other things an inspired parochial take on Die Hard and a Fife-made porno film, he gives his audience an insight into how this north country boy sees the outside world. It will be no holds barred with controversial views on many taboo subjects such as attending young farmer dances, tractor envy and the village hall beetle drive doping scandal of 1998.

The evening will be compered by one of the most trusted comperes and respected headliners on the Scottish circuit, Raymond Mearns. Larger than life and twice as much fun, Mearns is quick with his brain as he is with his tongue. This Glaswegian is always ready to dish out a bellyful of laughs to hungry audiences everywhere.

Tickets for the evening cost £12 and can be bought online at: www.onfife.com/whats-on, or alternatively on 01383 602302.