Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management are delighted to announce that Ardal O’Hanlon will tour the UK in 2019 with brand new show, The Showing Off Must Go On. Beginning at the Y Theatre, Leicester on 24th February 2019, and concluding at the Palace Theatre, Southend on 8th December 2019 the tour will take in a total of 47 dates. Tickets go on sale on Thursday 25th October 2018 from www.mickperrin.com/tours. Where Ardal comes from (small-town Ireland) there is nothing worse than showing off. Yet he is a professional ‘show-off’ who continues to do stand-up comedy for money, a very shy show-off (and as a result conflicted) but a big show-off nonetheless (a disgrace to his family). So why does he do it? Well. Just when he thought he’d made sense of the world, when he thought he knew everything he needed to know. When he finally found a hat that he liked and learned how to make cocktails and how to relax sagaciously in a big chair. Just when he was about to quit airing his dirty linen in public and stop (for the love of God) showing off, the world shifted. Dramatically. The world fell off its axis. And is adrift in the universe. And needs saving. In an age of raging populism, #MeToo, identity politics, the end of truth, the collapsing middle ground, peak avocado and £15 Gin and Tonics, and terrified of being on the wrong side of history, and desperate to prove that his gender, race, age and class don’t necessarily define him, Ardal is forced to saddle his high horse again and ride fearlessly into the culture wars (with a white hankie in his pocket just in case), comedy as ever being the best emergency response mechanism to extreme events there is. Ardal O’Hanlon said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be bringing my stand-up show on the road in 2019, having been testing stuff in clubs and at festivals for the past few years. It’s great that the noise in my head is finally cohering into delightful comedy chunks.” The star of Death in Paradise (BBC One), Father Ted (Channel 4) and My Hero (BBC One), Ardal O’Hanlon is one of the British Isles’ leading stand-up comedians and actors. He has received British Comedy Award, BAFTA and Olivier nominations, toured worldwide with his acclaimed stand-up shows - and appeared in numerous TV shows from Dr. Who (BBC One) and Skins (E4) to Live at the Apollo (BBC Two). Tickets for The Showing Off Must Go On 2019 UK tour are on sale on Thursday 25th October 2018 from www.mickperrin.com/tours. @ardalsfolly | www.mickperrin.com Praise for Ardal O’Hanlon: “It is this calibre of offbeat observation, lateral thought and cheerful fatalism - always served up with the garnish of instinctively craftsmanlike timing and rhythm - that makes O’Hanlon’s set so very entertaining.” The Telegraph “Charm, intelligence and fabulous phrase-making” The Guardian “Highly entertaining and frequently brilliant” Irish Independent “Watch him turn innocence into a deadly comic weapon” The Sunday Times Listings: Date: Venue: Website: 24/02/19 - LEICESTER, Y Theatre* www.leicesterymca.co.uk 26/02/19 - HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, Old Town Theatre* www.oldtownhall.co.uk 27/02/19 - HAVERHILL, Arts Centre* www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk 28/02/19 - NEW MILTON, Forest Arts Centre* www.forest-arts.co.uk 01/03/19 - READING, South Street* www.readingarts.com 02/03/19 - NOTTINGHAM, Lakeside Arts* www.lakesidearts.org.uk *PREVIEWS 03/03/19 - BURY ST EDMUNDS, Theatre Royal www.theatreroyal.org 06/03/19 - LEEDS, City Varieties www.cityvarieties.co.uk 07/03/19 - HUDDERSFIELD, Lawrence Batley Theatre www.thelbt.org 08/03/19 - BARROW-IN-FURNESS, The Forum www.theforumbarrow.co.uk 09/03/19 - LANCASTER, Grand Theatre www.lancastergrand.co.uk 10/03/19 - SHEFFIELD, Memorial Hall www.sheffieldcityhall.sivtickets.com 13/03/19 - BARNSTAPLE, Queens Theatre www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk 14/03/19 - REDRUTH, Regal Theatre www.merlincinemas.co.uk 15/03/19 - EXETER, Northcott Theatre www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 16/03/19 - SOUTHAMPTON, Nuffield Theatre www.nstheatres.co.uk 17/03/19 - BATH, Komedia www.komedia.co.uk 20/03/19 - WIMBORNE, Tivoli Theatre www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk 21/03/19 - HODDESDON, The Spotlight www.broxbourne.gov.uk 22/03/19 - LINCOLN, Performing Arts Centre www.lpac.co.uk 23/03/19 - HIGH WYCOMBE, Town Hall www.wycombeswan.co.uk 24/03/19 - BASINGSTOKE, Haymarket www.anvilarts.org.uk 30/10/19 - CORK, Opera House www.corkoperahouse.ie 02/11/19 - READING, The Hexagon www.readingarts.com 03/11/19 - RICHMOND, Richmond Theatre www.atgtickets.com 06/11/19 - LONDON, Alexandra Palace Theatre https://seatplan.com/london/alexandra-palace-theatre/
07/11/19 - ARMAGH, The Market Place Theatre www.visitarmagh.com 08/11/19 - DERRY, Millennium Forum www.millenniumforum.co.uk 09/11/19 - DUBLIN, Vicar Street www.vicarstreet.ie 12/11/19 - ABERDEEN, Music Hall www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 13/11/19 - GLASGOW, Tramway www.tramway.org 14/11/19 - STIRLING, Albert Halls www.culturestirling.org 15/11/19 - EDINBURGH, Queen’s Hall www.thequeenshall.net 16/11/19 - NEWCASTLE, Tyne Theatre & Opera House www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk 17/11/19 - SALFORD QUAYS, The Lowry www.thelowry.com 20/11/19 - NORTHAMPTON, Royal & Derngate www.royalandderngate.co.uk 21/11/19 - BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall www.thsh.co.uk 22/11/19 - BRIGHTON, Brighton Dome www.brightondome.org 23/11/19 - PORTSMOUTH, New Theatre Royal www.newtheatreroyal.com 24/11/19 - ST ALBANS, The Alban Arena www.alban-arena.co.uk 28/11/19 - CAMBRIDGE, West Road Concert Hall www.westroad.org 29/11/19 - LIMERICK, University Concert Hall www.uch.ie 30/11/19 - BELFAST, Belfast Waterfront www.waterfront.co.uk 05/12/19 - CARDIFF, Sherman www.shermantheatre.co.uk 06/12/19 - BRISTOL, Anson Rooms www.bristolsu.org.uk 07/12/19 - YEOVIL, Westlands www.westlandsyeovil.co.uk 08/12/19 - SOUTHEND, Palace Theatre www.southendtheatres.org.uk For further information and interview requests please contact: Stephanie Pennells: stephanie.pennells@multitudemedia.co.uk Patsy O’Neill: patsy.oneill@multitudemedia.co.uk Eleanor Davies: eleanor.davies@multitudemedia.co.uk +44 (0) 207 299 4241