In 2009, DAVE GORMAN decided to set off on a unique national tour. The intention: to cycle over 1500 miles across Britain in 33 days… with a gig each night. We suppose that explains the title.

But demand for the show has been so high that we’re announcing today (17th April 2009) that he’s decided to keep performing it - adding 35 dates and making over 50,000 tickets available - but this time without cycling from venue to venue. He’s obviously getting lazy.

So 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?

Of course from your point of view it doesn’t matter because it’s not a show about the journey. 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.


“Gorman has seen his stock rise to such an extent that he’s poised, as never before, to make the leap from cult figure to mainstream phenomenon.”
Daily Telegraph

“The man is a true genius.”
The Mirror


PRAISE FOR GENIUS:

“Dave Gorman is back on the telly, too, with another great show, called Genius. I loved everything about this programme, the idea, the presenter, the contributors…Like a daft Dragons’ Den with gags.”
David Stephenson, Sunday Express

“Plays to Gorman’s strength, namely the determined application of deadpan logic in the face of any absurdity, however moronic. The result’s in the best tradition of ineffably English eccentricity.”
Ben Felsenburg, London Lite


For more information, press tickets or an image, please contact: Jenny Stewart or Dan Lloyd. Tel: 020 7598 7222. Email: jenny.stewart@avalonuk.com / danl@avalonuk.com

TOUR EXTENSION DATES

February
Thursday 11th: PRESTON Guildhall - 0845 344 2012
Friday 12th: SHEFFIELD City Hall - Oval Hall - 0114 278 9789
Saturday 13th: NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall - 0115 989 5555
Sunday 14th: READING Hexagon - 0118 960 6060
Monday 15th: EDINBURGH Festival Theatre - 0131 529 6000
Tuesday 16th: BRADFORD St George's Hall - 0127 443 2000
Wednesday 17th: OXFORD New Theatre - 0844 847 1585
Thursday 18th: DERBY Assembly Rooms - 0133 225 5800
Friday 19th: YORK Grand Opera House - 0844 847 2322
Saturday 20th: LONDON Hammersmith Apollo - 0844 844 4748
Wednesday 24th: LEAS Cliff Hall - 0844 847 1776
Thursday 25th: SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion - 0170 235 1135
Friday 26th: BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion - 0844 576 3000
Saturday 27th: CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange - 0122 335 7851
Sunday 28th: TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Theatre - 0189 253 0613

March
Wednesday 3rd: PORTSMOUTH Guildhall - 0239 282 4355
Thursday 4th: PLYMOUTH Pavilions - 0845 146 1460
Friday 5th: BEDFORD Corn Exchange - 0123 426 9519
Saturday 6th: WYCOMBE Swan - 0149 451 2000
Sunday 7th: NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal - 0844 811 2121
Wednesday 10th: CHELTENHAM Town Hall - 0844 576 2210
Thursday 11th: CARDIFF St David's Hall - 0292 087 8444
Friday 12th: BIRMINGHAM Alexandra - 0844 847 2302
Sunday 14th: BRIGHTON Theatre Royal - 0871 297 5454
Wednesday 17th: BOLTON Albert Halls - 01204 334 400
Thursday 18th: STOKE Victoria Hall - 0871 297 5454
Friday 19th: WARWICK Arts Centre - 0247 652 4524
Saturday 20th: LIVERPOOL Empire - 0844 847 2525
Sunday 21st: BLACKBURN King George's Hall - 0844 847 1664
Wednesday 24th: ABERDEEN Music Hall - 0122 464 1122
Thursday 25th GLASGOW Kings Theatre - 0871 297 5454
Friday 26th DORKING Halls - 0130 688 1717
Saturday 27th BELFAST Waterfront Hall - 0289 033 4455
Sunday 28th BASINGSTOKE Anvil Arts - 0125 6844 244
Tuesday 30th LEICESTER De Montfort Hall - 0116 2333 111
Wednesday 31st LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru - 0149 2872 000