MARION SAUVEBOIS talks to an outspoken comedienne KATHERINE Ryan isn’t one to mince her words.

Honest to a fault, the Canadian born comedienne has built a reputation as a straight talker, and when it comes to the bizarre world of glamour modelling she calls it as she sees it.

In her new touring show, Glam Role Model, which will come to the Wyvern Theatre on Saturday, the UK-based comic promises not to disappoint with her notorious brand of healthy debate.

“I’m not preachy in any way; I don’t even pretend to have all the answers and I make a lot of mistakes myself,” she insists before getting into the meat of her show – the cultural status of the glamour model in this country.

“Back home we didn’t have glamour models; we had porno magazines and then we had mainstream actresses and presenters.

“Here, that line is so blurred and glamour models are put in such positions where they are sold as personalities but their entire personality is just about getting naked or being drunk in the Big Brother house.”

As someone who worked as an 18-year-old in the Toronto branch of Hooters – a restaurant chain known for its scantily clad waitresses – Ryan recognises that there are different career paths for everyone.

“I was a product of the society that said women are for decoration and I do think girls should be able to do whatever they want.

“Yet, across the world there are girls who just can’t; some can’t even go to school in Nigeria without being abducted.

“Here, you actually have a choice to put your tits away. And, well, maybe you should.”

As well as tackling the public’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for the minutest information on celebs such as Harry Styles and Cheryl Cole, Glam Role Model sees her discussing motherhood (Ryan has a five-year old daughter or “flatmate”), the real difference between Miley and Beyoncé, and some frank material about sex and body politics.

 Glam Role Model will start at 8pm on Saturday at the Arts Centre. Tickets cost £12 for adults and £10 for concessions. To book call 01793 524481 or go to swindontheatres.co.uk.