A SALES rep who is more at home home aboard a cherry picker has work colleagues rolling in the aisles after taking to the comedy circuit.

Lindsay Davies, 39, who helps hire out industrial machinery for Leigh firm Astley Hire, is enjoying success with her fun-loving alter ego as a stand up comic.

By day, Lindsey is a sales rep who provides pickers, scaffolding and hi-tech cleaning equipment, from her desk at Astley Hire.

By night, the mum-of-three, is an emerging star on the North West comedy circuit, with regular gigs in Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.

Mainly based on her hilarious insights into romantic relationships, Lindsey’s comedy

routine began while she was studying for a masters degree in scriptwriting, at the University of Salford, five years ago.

Since then, she’s gone on to write the first in a trilogy of books full of tongue-in-cheek

humour about relationships and dating.

Lindsey said: “There was a lad on my course who was doing stand-up at an open mic night and I went along to watch him one night

“At my first performance, I was really nervous and I had a terrible memory so I started out reading

from a notepad and used to pin notes to a speaker as a prompt.

“But once I got people laughing, the adrenaline kicked in and I found it addictive and wanted to do it more.”

Further afield, her successes include a drama stage play, which was in aid of Help For Heroes and performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2013.

She explains: “It’s not always easy to juggle stand-up antics with a regular job, as well as bringing up children.

"Most of the time, I have to dash straight from work to a gig, and before now, and have turned up in my work clothes, but everyone at Astley Hire is extremely supportive of me.

“When I leave the office, that’s when my alter ego comes out, and I become a jester.

“Everyone in work knows me as a joker, but it’s a completely different life compared to being in the comedy business."

The aspiring sit-com writer has even had a laugh out loud book published called “Mr Wrong”, and two performances under her belt at the Edinburgh Festival.

She adds: “The epitome of success for me would be to be sat at home watching something on television that I had written or been a part of, but for now, I’m happy hiring cherry pickers until I get there.”