Sara Pascoe is one of the faces that makes 2013 feel like it's been a great year for funny women. Along with her peers like Bridget Christie, Luisa Omielan, Bryony Kimmings and Viv Groskop, Sara has been taking the stand-up scene by storm. For proof, look no further than the fantastic line-up at Calm Down Dear, a Festival of Feminism or Comedy Crackers supporting Stand up for Women. But before that, Sara is taking to the stage at Knock2Bag, one of our favourite comedy nights. You can win tickets to see her in action here.

Sara took 5 minutes out from picking things up off the floor (check her twitter feed) to chat to us.

RR: The first show you took to Edinburgh in 2010 was Sara Pascoe vs. Her Ego. Who's winning these days?

SP: My EGO! It's an animal that has to be fed if you want to do stand up. At the beginning I used to be terrified of talking in front of people, now I can't stand being a crowded place with no one looking at me! And I don't listen in conversations, I'm a monster!

RR: You recently took part in the brilliant 'Slut Night'. What other words in the British vernacular do you think need re-thinking?

SP: I would never ban anything, but I think it is very good to keep discussing the slimy underbelly of how certain worlds are used and why. The barely disguised hatred for female sexual independence in slut/slag type words obviously, and also of course how the word 'gay' is being used now.

RR: You're taking part in Comedy Crackers at the lovely Wilton Music Hall in aid of Stand up for Women. Is it sometimes hard to be funny when you're raising awareness about really serious issues?

SP: It just involves a bit of crafting-its not more difficult than an ordinary joke, but you have to check that the flippancy that is necessary to humour doesn't detract from the point, and that the argument doesn't drown out the comedy. It is a balance. For example in my last show I talked a bit about burqas, but twisted into a joke about Sister Act.

RR: You've been in some fantastic TV comedies like Twenty Twelve and The Thick of It- which is harder work, TV or stand-up? And can we expect to see you on our screens again anytime soon?

SP: You have to get up early to do film stuff which I find hard, but I am very, very lucky to have had the chance to do both...nothing really coming up, I'm taking November and December off work to try and write a novel. I'm an idiot!!!

RR: Are you likely to abandon us and jet off to Hollywood to be proper famous?

SP: Very unlikely. I am proper in love with stand up and feel extraordinarily fortunate that it's paying my rent now. I'm happy, which isn't great for ambition!

See Sara at Knock2Bag at RichMix on 25th October