- Lifestyle & Sports
- 06 Dec 18
Ben Elton announces return to stand-up after hiatus
It'll be his first tour since 'Get A Grip' from the mid-2000s.
After a 15 year hiatus from live performing, Ben Elton has today announced his return to stand-up comedy with a 53-date UK and Ireland tour that kicks off next September with a date at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin.
Elton is one of the most celebrated comedians of his generation, having first gained notoriety through hosting Channel 4’s Saturday Live in the 1980s. He subsequently went on to establish himself as a respected author, playwright, actor and director, penning best-selling novels and co-writing hit TV shows such as The Young Ones and Blackadder in the process.
Now returning to the medium from which he has had such a lengthy absence, Elton "promises to try and make sense of a world which appears to have gone stark raving mad" and will travel the length and breadth of the UK whilst doing so, in addition to his dates in Olympia and Belfast's Ulster Hall.
"The last time I toured I was still smarter than my phone," he confessed in a statement. "Things have definitely taken a funny turn."
The tour kicks off at The Olympia on the 27th of September and eventually culminates in Torquay on the 30th of November. Tickets for all shows will go on sale this Monday (the 10th of December) via Ticketmaster. The full list of dates and venues is set out below.
Ben Elton 2019 Irish and UK Tour Dates:
27 September 2019 Dublin: Olympia Theatre
28 September 2019 Belfast: Ulster Hall
30 September 2019 Nottingham: Playhouse
1 October 2019 Glasgow: Pavilion
2 October 2019 Inverness: Eden Court
3 October 2019 Aberdeen: Music Hall
4 October 2019 Edinburgh: Queens Hall
7 October 2019 Middlesbrough: Town Hall
8 October 2019 Hull: City Hall
9 October 2019 Scunthorpe: Baths
10 October 2019 Southport: Theatre
11 October 2019 Newcastle: Tyne Theatre
12 October 2019 Bridlington: Spa
14 October 2019 York: Barbican
15 October 2019 Liverpool: Philharmonic
16 October 2019 Leeds: Town Hall
17 October 2019 Leicester: DeMontfort Hall
18 October 2019 Chesterfield: Winding Wheel
19 October 2019 Warrington: Parr Hall
20 October 2019 Bath: Theatre Royal
22 October 2019 Birmingham: Town Hall
23 October 2019 Coventry: WAC
24 October 2019 Salford: Lowry
25 October 2019 Northampton: Derngate
28 October 2019 Tunbridge Wells: Assembly Hall
30 October 2019 Colchester: Charter Hall
31 October 2019 Chatham: Central
1 November 2019 Folkestone: Leas Cliff Hall
2 November 2019 Southend: Cliffs Pavilion
4 November 2019 Wycombe: Swan
5 November 2019 Basingstoke: Anvil
6 November 2019 Salisbury: City Hall
7 November 2019 Cardiff: St David’s Hall
8 November 2019 Poole: Lighthouse
9 November 2019 Barnstaple: Queens Theatre
11 November 2019 Eastbourne: Congress Theatre
12 November 2019 Southampton: Guildhall
13 November 2019 Reading: Hexagon
14 November 2019 Worthing: Assembly Hall
15 November 2019 Crawley: Hawth Theatre
16 November 2019 Watford: Colosseum
18 November 2019 Guildford: G-Live
19 November 2019 Aylesbury: Waterside
20 November 2019 Canterbury: Marlowe
21 November 2019 Ipswich: Corn Exchange
22 November 2019 Peterborough: Cresset
23 November 2019 Lincoln: Engine Shed
25 November 2019 Blackburn: King George’s Hall
26 November 2019 Stoke-On-Trent: Victoria Hall
27 November 2019 Llandudno: Venue Cymru
28 November 2019 Swansea: Grand Theatre
29 November 2019 Weston-Super-Mare: Playhouse
30 November 2019 Torquay: Princess Theatre
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