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Addison set to tour

Peekay — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:08:23 +0000

Chris Addison, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy “The Thick Of It” who recently appeared in the Award winning “In The Loop”, is to embark on a 40-date national tour with his first new stand up show since 2005’s Perrier Award nominated Atomicity. The tour will start from 5th February 2010.

Fresh from the latest critically acclaimed series of The Thick Of It, CHRIS can also be heard hosting 7 Day Sunday, a new live topical show on BBC Radio 5 Live and is set to appear in the new series of Channel 4’s Skins.

The tour sees Chris return to the stand up that made his name and promises his trademark mix of daftness, whimsy, jokes, lies, smartarsery, and flapping about. Chris says: “I’m really excited to be going back out on the road. I’ve got a packet of Werther’s Originals in the glovebox, a voucher for 20p off any non-meat Ginsters product purchased at Welcome Break service stations before the end of February, a flask of Bovril and a whole bunch of new jokes and stories. Now if I can just work out how to get this Sat Nav to stop giving instructions in Danish I’ll be all set.”

Get full and updated tour details at Chris’ website.

Gorman extra tour dates

Peekay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:56:56 +0000

In 2009 Dave Gorman did two things at the same time. He set out to cycle between the four corners of the British mainland, from south to east to west to north – and, five years after he last toured the UK, do a gig each night. 1500 miles. 33 days. 32 gigs. 4 lighthouses.

Gorman survived the cycling, ticking off Lizard Point, Lowestoft Ness, Ardnamurchan Point and Dunnet Head along the way and the gigs sold out (in venues ranging from the 2000 seats in Bristol’s Colston Halls to the 32 folk who could fit into the Glenfinnan Railway Station Dining Car). However, some people were upset. They were upset because the tour didn’t come to their local theatre. Angry e-mails were written. Explanations were demanded. People are strange like that. The fact that the tour followed a particular route for a particular reason – that it was planned as a bike ride before it ever became a tour – didn’t seem to placate them. So… to meet the extraordinary demand, DAVE decided to extend the tour into 2010. But this time without cycling from venue to venue. Because cycling from Dorking to Belfast would be silly. There’s a sea in the way. He’s obviously getting lazy.

Of course that means that now only the last bit of the title makes sense. But look at it from his point of view. Same show, fewer blisters. What would you do?

Mind you from the audience’s point of view it doesn’t matter because it’s not a show about the journey anyway: the two were connected purely in matters geographical. DAVE – whose hit Radio 4 series, Genius, started its BBC TWO incarnation on our TV screens in spring 2009 – may be widely acclaimed as the pioneer of documentary comedy but with this show he’s gone back to his roots as a straight up, one-man-and-a-mic stand-up.

Check out the full list of dates at Dave’s website.

Russell Howard tours in late 2009

Peekay — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:29:04 +0000

Russell Howard is to embark on a 10-date UK-wide arena tour, Big Rooms & Belly Laughs, taking in some of the country’s biggest venues. The tour begins on 11th December 2009 and follows his twice extended Dingledodies tour.

In addition to being a series regular on Mock The Week (BBC Two’s highest rating comedy show, which has viewing figures of over 5 million per week), Russell Howard has twice appeared on Live At The Apollo (BBC ONE); and has succeeded Al Murray as host of Comedy Central’s Edinburgh & Beyond which began on 25th July 2009. His debut live stand-up DVD, Russell Howard Live, was one of the highest selling stand-up releases of 2008.

Check out the tour dates here.

Jan Ravens – A Funny Look at Impressions

Peekay — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:29:32 +0000

BBC’s Dead Ringers star Jan Ravens has announced dates around the Greater London area for her show “A Funny Look at Impressions” running from May to October 2009.

As one of the UK’s foremost impressionists, Ravens takes the experience of her distinguished career and distils it into a revelatory evening of entertainment. This is a unique glimpse into the fascinating and hilarious world of satirical impersonation. Ravens’ starring roles include all the women over Dead Ringers seven series; Alistair McGowan’s Big Impressions and the legendary Spitting Image.

Following its 2008 premiere at The National Theatre as a Platform performance, an extended version of the show will tour during 2009. Through the performance, Ravens reveals how she creates her remarkable takes on politicians and celebrities, treating her audience to many of her most renowned impressions along the way. From Anne Robinson and Nigella Lawson to Ann Widdecombe and Her Majesty The Queen, plus of course her unforgettable takes on Fiona Bruce and Kirsty Wark. No woman in the public eye is safe from Ravens’ razor sharp observation and unique satirical wit.

Full tour details can be found at http://www.janravens.com/

Howard adds more dates

Peekay — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:58:52 +0000

Russell Howard, star of BBC Two’s Mock The Week, has added a further ten major theatre dates to his Dingledodies tour in summer 2009.

The Dingledodies tour has already sold more than 93,000 tickets over 75 dates, including three gigs at London’s Hammersmith Apollo and one at Wembley Arena. The tour was recently extended with 11 dates in June, and the new dates have been added due to exceptional demand for tickets, giving fans another chance to see Russell perform between 21st June and 12th July.

Full Tour Dates

JUNE 2009

Sunday 21st – BRISTOL Hippodrome NEW
Thursday 25th – MANCHESTER Apollo NEW
Friday 26th – OXFORD New Theatre NEW
Saturday 27th – ABERDEEN Music Hall NEW
Sunday 28th – LEEDS Grand Opera House NEW

JULY 2009

Friday 3rd – PLYMOUTH Pavilions NEW
Saturday 4th – LEICESTER De Montfort NEW
Sunday 5th – BRADFORD St. George’s Hall NEW
Saturday 11th – EDINBURGH Festival Theatre NEW
Sunday 12th – LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall NEW

Rhod Gilbert announces 2009 national tour, culminating at the Wales Millennium Centre

Peekay — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:07:31 +0000

The multi award-winning Welsh Misery is back for a further national tour with his if.comedy nominated show. Following a sell-out hit run at the Edinburgh Festival with extra dates added due to overwhelming public demand, Rhod brings his critically acclaimed show around the UK culminating with a final gig at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

‘Rhod Gilbert & The Award-Winning Mince Pie’ begins in a service station, at about 2.40am. Armed with a travel pillow, a flask and a very powerful torch, Rhod aggressively demands to know more about the ‘Award-Winning Mince Pie’ on display on the counter. Suddenly aware of what he is doing, he is forced to acknowledge that he may be having a very mild nervous breakdown. How did it come to this? He doesn’t even like Mince Pies. The pressures of living in a tedious, pointless and absurd world surrounded by idiots have finally taken their toll. Perhaps he should never have left his fantasy world of Llanbobl in the first place. This is the slightly ridiculous story of how one Mince Pie broke the camel’s back.

The 2009 tour starts in Doncaster, Darlington and Salford in mid January, and ends on 29th March at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre.

Find out the full tour listings.

See Brand Live!

Peekay — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:25:08 +0000

So Russell Brand may have finished with his BBC Radio 2 show, and it’s highly popular podcast, but you can still see him in his best arena – live stand-up.

In 2009 Brand takes his particular style of schtick around the UK, touching on Reading, Birmingham, Oxford, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool, Glasgow and a number of venues in London.

Get your tickets here.

Elizabeth & Raleigh – Late But Live

Peekay — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:47:43 +0000

It’s a very impressive line-up of comedians involved in this production. From Stewart Lee (“Jerry Springer the Opera”, “Lee and Herring”) as writer, Miles Jupp () as potato-fiend Sir Walter Raleigh, and the legend that is Simon Munnery as a disturbing and hilarious Queen Elizabeth. Fun and laughs are near guaranteed.

This is the second time this trio have attempted this type of historical comedy show, last year they tackled Johnson & Boswell to great success during the Edinburgh festival and subsequent tour.

They’ve repeated the winning formula this year but have shifted their focus to the relationship between Raleigh and his Queen.

Both strong performers perform and sell the gags with perfect timing and go along with the weirder elements of Lee’s script – where else can you see a bouncing Queen? They are joined by Jane Watkins who adds the musical elements to the show.

All in all a great night out, barely classifiable, very funny, slightly rude and just a tad historical!

“Elizabeth and Raleigh: Late But Live” goes national

Peekay — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:20:51 +0000

The new comedy by Stewart Lee, “Elizabeth and Raleigh: Late But Live”, has embarked on a national tour this September, fresh from its acclaimed premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The show follows the format of 2007′s hit show “Johnson and Boswell: Late But Live”, with historical figures returning from the past, with the aim of revising a modern audience’s view of their legacy.

This time the team of writer Stewart Lee, performers Miles Jupp and Simon Munnery, and director Owen Lewis have revived the wittiest, wisest and most unforgiving of English Queens. Her Majesty is introduced by great Elizabethan potato hero and would-be suitor, Sir Walter Raleigh. He is in love with Elizabeth, the spiritual embodiment of England, but will he end up in her bed, or will he lose his head? Potatoes, tobacco, Elizabethan dance, cross-dressing, xenophobia and irreverent comedy flow as Sir Walter attempts to woo the Queen.

For more details, including full tour dates, see www.latebutlive.com

Hicks returns… again

Peekay — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:12:45 +0000

Bill Hicks: Slight Return, the LaughRiot 5-Star rated show, is returning to the West End for one night only on Friday 15th February.

The Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue will play host to a rare and fleeting return to the West End for Chas Early’s tour-de-force performance, following four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh fringe, numerous national tours, and four extended London seasons.

In this constantly updated solo comedy, Hicks, still revered 13 years after his death, returns for one more show. “Slight Return” is the true story of one man’s attempt to change the world through stand-up comedy. Bill Hicks’ edgy, confrontational style has influenced many comedians. Chas Early uses his uncanny impersonation of the much-missed cult comic to take a look at what Hicks would have made of the world today.

Following this West End date, the show travels to Australia to play its first Australian season at Adelaide festival.