Following a debut season at London's iconic Soho Theatre, award winning Scottish comic Scott Gibson is taking his critically lauded sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe Show, Life After Death, to the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock on Friday May 5.

Life After Death tells the tale of the three weeks that changed his life forever. One summer he returned from his friend's stag weekend in Blackpool and his brain exploded - he had suffered a massive brain haemorrhage. So, Scott did what any self-respecting Glaswegian man would do; he went back to bed and slept for four days.

A darly hysterical show about overcoming insurmountable odds, Gibson's Edinburgh Fringe debut has drawn plaudits from audience and critics alike.

In recent years, Scott has successfully established himself as one of the best Scottish comedians of his generation, a title that was cemented when he received the Lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer of the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe.

He is also known as Resident MC for BBC Introduces in Scotland as the host of the Hashtag Show, and has supported some of the biggest names in comedy on their national tours including Des Clarke and Daniel Sloss to Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle, who describes Scott as a 'naturally gifted and unapologetic storyteller.'

Scott and comedian Richard Gadd made history at the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Awards when they becam ethe first Scottish winners to scoop both of the main prizes - Best Newcomer and Best Show - in the same year.