By Tyler Ody
Angela Barnes Hot Mess UK Tour
“A gloriously down-to-earth, straight-talking and extremely funny comic” – GUARDIAN “A natural born storyteller… Hot Mess is hilarious” – VOICE MAG ★★★★★ Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and former chair of BBC Radio 4s The News Quiz) has good intentions but trying to live your best life, as it turns out, is really bloody hard. Stand-up, stories and jokes from one of the UK’s finest comedians. Angela Barnes swapped a career in health and social care for stand-up in 2010 and hasnt looked back. Within just a couple of years she had won the BBC New Comedy Award,and progressed to UK tours and starring as a regular on BBC’s Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo, and Hypothetical on Dave. She is a firm favourite on BBC Radio 4, having featured on The Now Show and The News Quiz – including a recent stint as the host – and she has also hosted BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack. Besides this, Angela co-hosts the popular podcast We Are History with John O’Farrell (Acast).
ONE4REVIEW ★★★★★
”thoroughly entertaining… well written, well balanced, quality”
BROADWAY BABY ★★★★
“Well thought-out, quick-fire one-liners are delivered by a down-to-earth and likeable stage persona”
EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE ★★★★
“Great punchlines galore”
TOUR DATES
Saturday, 11 February 2023 Barton-upon-Humber The Ropewalk
Saturday, 18 February Maidstone The Hazlitt
Tuesday, 21 February Newcastle The Stand
Wednesday, 22 February Edinburgh The Stand
Thursday, 23 February Glasgow The Stand
Friday, 3 March Oxford North Wall Arts Centre
Saturday, 4 March Bakewell Town Hall
Friday, 10 March Bordon Phoenix Theatre
Thursday, 16 March Burton upon Trent The Brewhouse
Friday, 17 March Chorley Theatre
Thursday, 6 April Loughborough Town Hall Main Hall
Wednesday, 12 April London Leicester Square Theatre
Friday, 14 April Ivybridge The Watermark
Saturday, 15 April Penzance The Acorn
Sunday, 16 April Lynton Town Hall
Saturday, 22 April Chipping Norton Theatre
Tuesday, 25 April Brighton Komedia
Thursday, 27 April Bracknell South Hill Park Arts Centre
Wednesday, 3 May Cardiff Glee
Thursday, 4 May Winchester Arc
Friday, 5 May Tiverton TCAT
Saturday, 6 May Bath Theatre Royal (Ustinov Studio)
Friday, 12 May Worcester Huntingdon Hall
Saturday, 13 May Radlett Centre
Sunday, 14 May Colchester Arts Centre
Friday, 26 May Fareham Ashcroft Arts Centre
Saturday, 27 May Aldershot West End Centre
TICKETS AND INFO: www.angelabarnescomedy.co.uk