CHRIS ADDISON, star of BBC TWO’s BAFTA winning comedy The Thick Of It who recently appeared alongside JAMES GANDOLFINI and PETER CAPALDI in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S British Comedy 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.”
As well as The Thick Of It, CHRIS is familiar to TV audiences from his appearances on shows like Live at the Apollo (BBC ONE), Have I Got News For You (BBC ONE) and Tonight with Jonathan Ross (BBC ONE), and his own BBC TWO sitcom Lab Rats. As a live performer he has taken five solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe (two of which saw him nominated for the Perrier Award). CHRIS is also the author of two books: It Wasn’t Me and Cautionary Tales for Grown-Ups (both Hodder & Stoughton), while his radio credits include: the Sony Award winning The Ape That Got Lucky; Charm Offensive; Political Animal; Chris Addison’s Civilization; and The Department (all BBC Radio 4).
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What the press has said about Chris Addison:
“He’s brilliant. No question.”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
“Downright hilarious. His stories reduced a packed
crowd to tears of helpless laughter.”
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times
“Superlative, intelligent comedy.”
Mark Monahan, The Daily Telegraph
“A fantastic show. Flawless.”
Julian Hall, The Independent
For more information please contact: Jenny Stewart or Dan Lloyd at Avalon on 020 7598 7222 / jenny.stewart@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com
TOUR DATES
February
Friday 5th Wimbourne Tivoli Theatre 01202 885566
Saturday 6th Ilfracombe Devon Landmark Theatre 01271 324 242
Sunday 7th Warwick Arts Theatre 024 7652 4524
Wednesday 10th Blackburn Windsor Suite 0844 847 1664
Thursday 11th Whitley Bay Playhouse 0844 277 2771
Friday 12th Durham Gala Theatre 0191 332 4040
Saturday 13th London Bloomsbury Theatre 020 7388 8822
Sunday 14th Manchester Rochdale Middleton Arena 0871 230 0010
Wednesday 17th Leamington Royal Spa Centre 01926 334418
Thursday 18th Canterbury Gulbenkian 01227 769075
Friday 19th Epsom Playhouse 01372 742555
Sunday 21st Nottingham Playhouse 01159 419 419
Wednesday 24th Reading Concert Hall 01189 606 060
Thursday 25th Winchester Theatre Royal 01962 840 440
Friday 26th Southend Palace Theatre 01702 351135
Saturday 27th Norwich Playhouse 01603 598 598
March
Wednesday 3rd Birmingham Glee Club 0871 472 0400
Thursday 4th Cambridge Junction 01223 511 511
Friday 5th Leicester Y Theatre 0116 255 7066
Saturday 6th
[Two shows: 5pm & 8pm] Brighton Komedia 0845 293 8480
Wednesday 10th Aberdeen Lemon Tree 01224 641122
Thursday 11th Salford The Lowry 0870 111 2000
Friday 12th Chipping Norton Theatre 01608 642350
Saturday 13th Wolverhampton Little Civic 0870 320 7000
Sunday 14th London Bloomsbury Theatre 020 7388 8822
Wednesday 17th Glasgow Citizens Theatre 0141 429 0022
Thursday 18th Cardiff Glee Club 0871 472 0400
Friday 19th Swindon Wyvern 01793 524 481
Saturday 20th Wycombe Town Hall 01494 512000
Sunday 21st Newcastle Theatre Royal 08448 11 21 21
Wednesday 24th Derby Darwin Suite 01332 255800
Thursday 25th Bath Komedia 0845 293 8480
Friday 26th Lincoln Performing Arts 0844 888 4414
Saturday 27th Andover Lights 01264 368368
Sunday 28th
[Two shows: 5pm & 8pm] Bristol Comedy Box @ Tobacco Factory 0117 902 0344
Wednesday 31st Cumbria Brewery Arts 0117 902 0060
April
Thursday 1st Bolton Albert Hall 01204 334400
May
Tuesday 4th London Bloomsbury Theatre 020 7388 8822
What the press said about:
…Atomicity
“Encompasses everything that a comedy show should do. Beautifully constructed, informative, knowingly clever, almost a piece of theatre, but with fluidity and spontaneity ...This is a joy of a show.”
The Observer
“An electrifying hour.”
Phil Daoust, The Guardian
“Another impressive performance.”
Julian Hall, The Independent
“The posh thin lad just can’t stop being funny and Atomicity keeps him at the top of the tree.”
Mark Robertson, The List
“Atomicity should be a component of everyone’s fringe visit.”
Mickey Noonan, Metro
…Civilization
“There aren’t enough stars for Addison’s show: he is erudite but not inaccessible or superior; confident without being arrogant, and the show is so well written and sharp that you will bore your friends for days afterwards quoting memorable lines from it.”
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer (Four stars)
“His material is so carefully constructed, so thematically fine tuned, so seamless of delivery, it’s like history was supposed to be recorded this way.”
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman (Four stars)
“His scathing wit deserves comic-laureate status.”
The Sunday Times (Four stars)
…The Ape That Got Lucky
“Addison is one of the most versatile comics on the circuit…[He] remains one of the Fringe’s finest performers. Hurry and see him before he goes extinct.”
Matt Warren, Scotsman (Four stars)
“His is an elevated brand of comedy.”
Brian Logan, The Guardian (Four stars)
“If there was a comedy GCSE, Chris Addison would be a set text… It is extraordinary that he has not yet had the recognition he deserves in terms of awards, though his popularity with audiences continues to grow… He remains a relaxed performer confident enough to digress and banter with the audience.”
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer (Four stars)
“Addison’s shows have become increasingly ambitious and increasingly funny…The boy is at the peak of his considerable power…Marvellous.”
Stephen Armstrong, Sunday Times (Four stars)
“Addison has branched out - he’s evolved! - and done so in fine style…I laughed my ass off like a baboon.”
Graeme Virtue, Sunday Herald (Four stars)
…The Department
"Chris Addison is one of the hot new talents in The Department"
The Times
"Inventively funny comedy"
Daily Mail
"Savagely sharp, this is the stuff of helpless laughs you soon regret"
The Guardian
"The Department mines a fashionably dark vein of comedy: there's a wicked feeling for the pomposity of bureaucratic language, the complacency of corporate gobbledegook, the wail of populist cliché...It's swift, imaginative, allusive. Oh - and very funny"
Financial Times
