Following the critical success of his first national tour, double if.comedy Award-nominee RUSSELL KANE will return to the road for the second time this year with his brand new stand-up show Human Dressage. Known for his acclaimed appearance on the last series of BBC ONE’s flagship live comedy show Live at the Apollo alongside AL MURRAY and as guest-host of Channel 4’s Big Brother’s Big Mouth, RUSSELL will perform at theatres up and down the country, including London’s Bloomsbury Theatre.

Today’s news sees RUSSELL return to venues up and down the country only six months after his completing his last national tour and cements a busy 2009 for the stand-up, writer and performer. RUSSELL recently returned from a nine week national tour of Australia, which included a full run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and is set to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with both his solo stand-up show Human Dressage and his brand new Fakespeare two-hander, The Tragickal Saveings of King Nigel. As well as Live at the Apollo and the spring national tour, the last year has also seen RUSSELL: receive a second if.comedy Award nomination for his third sell-out Edinburgh show; perform Fakespeare, by special invitation from the RSC, at Stratford-upon-Avon; and host series 5 and 6 of Out To Lunch, BBC Radio 2’s Saturday lunchtime comedy show.

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What the press has said about Russell Kane:

One of the finest young performers around. His energy is boundless and luckily this is matched by this bendy man's exquisite comedic abilities.
Tim Arthur, Time Out

He wears his erudition lightly, but unashamedly. He's also a wonderfully animated comic, whose delivery chops between observation and goofy role-play.
Brian Logan, The Guardian

Chipper cultural cuts and a keen eye for the absurd from a deserved if.comedy shortlistee. Russell Kane toes the isn’t-England-rubbish-but-brilliant line and carries it off with a swagger.
Warren Howard, ‘Information’ The Independent


For more information please contact: Jo Cross or Dan Lloyd at Avalon on: 020 7598 7222 or email: joc@avalonuk.com / danl@avalonuk.com

TOUR DATES

October
Thursday 1st: EPSOM Playhouse 01372 742555
Friday 2nd: WYCOMBE Swan Town Hall 01494 512000
Saturday 3rd: BATH Ustinov Studio 01225 448844
Sunday 4th: WARWICK Arts Centre 02476 524 524
Tuesday 6th: MILTON KEYNES The Stables 01908 280800
Thursday 8th: ANDOVER The Lights 01264 368368
Friday 9th: LONDON The Bloomsbury Theatre 020 7388 8822
Saturday 10th: BRIGHTON Comedy Festival - Pavilion Theatre 01273 709709
Sunday 11th: EXETER Phoenix Arts and Media 01392 667080
Tuesday 13th: WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall 0870 320 7000
Wednesday 14th: COVENTRY Showcase Cinemas 0871 2201000
Thursday 15th: WINDSOR Firestation Arts Centre 01753 866 865
Friday 16th: ALDERSHOT West End Centre 01252 330040
Saturday 17th: CARDIFF The Sherman 02920 646900
Monday 19th: HARROGATE Theatre 01423 502 116
Tuesday 20th: SHEFFIELD Comedy Festival 0114 2789789
Wednesday 21st: BIRMINGHAM The Glee Club 0871 472 0400
Friday 23rd: WATFORD Palace Theatre 01923 225671
Sunday 25th: SALFORD Lowry Studio 0870 787 5780
Tuesday 27th: SWINDON Arts Centre 01793 614837
Wednesday 28th: CAMBRIDGE The Junction 01223 511 511
Thursday 29th: LONDON The Bloomsbury Theatre 020 7388 8822
Friday 30th: BRACKNELL South Hill Park 01344 484 123
Saturday 31st: NORWICH Playhouse Theatre 01603 598 598

November
Sunday 1st: CUMBRIA Forum Twenty Eight 01229 82 00 00
Tuesday 3rd: LEEDS Hi Fi Club 0113 242 7353
Thursday 5th: LINCOLN Drill Hall 01522 873894
Friday 6th: TELFORD Oakengates Theatre 01952 382 382

December
Sunday 20th: Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210

January
Saturday 23rd: SOUTHEND Palace 01702 351135
Sunday 24th: DERBY Darwin Suite 01332 255800

February
Monday 8th: HULL Otherside 0845 838 1558
Thursday 11th: LEICESTER The Curve Theatre 0116 242 3595
Monday 15th: PERTH Red Rooms 01738 621 031
Saturday 20th: ABERDEEN Lemon Tree 01224 641122
Sunday 21st: EDINBURGH The Stand 0131 558 7272
Monday 22nd: GLASGOW The Stand 0870 600 6055

May
Friday 14th: OLDHAM Coliseum 0161 624 1731

June
Thursday 10th LONDON The Bloomsbury Theatre 020 7388 8822