Paul Merton to Launch UK Tour on April 24
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 09, 2015
Paul and his Impro Chums - Mike McShane, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch and Suki Webster - take suggestions from the audience and spin them into comedy gold, weaving fun and laughter together into a richly hilarious mesh of jollity.
Every show is a new adventure.
Paul Merton is a founder member of The Comedy Store Players, he still appears at the Comedy Store most Sundays. He is a regular guest on Radio 4's Just A Minute and is an established face on TV shows such as the hugely popular Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (BBC4/2), Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood (BBC 2) and his travel series for Channel Five, Paul Merton's Adventures which covered his travels in India, China and Europe. His recent Autobiography, Only When I Laugh reached the Sunday Times bestseller Top 10.
Mike Mcshane has squandered his life by improvising with his friends and making friends by improvising. He has appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Little Shop of Horrors and Stephen Sondheims' Assassins and his TV work includes Doctor Who, and the new M. Night Shyamalan joint, Wayward Pines. He is lucky to be with Karen, woman of his dreams and all around great lady, and makes himself available to a cat named DeNiro, for which disdain is his ultimate reward.
Lee Simpson became a member of the Comedy Store Players in 1989. He is Artistic Director of Improbable, one of the country's foremost theatre companies and along with Richard Vranch he wrote and performed on Paul Merton - The Tour and Paul Merton -- The Palladium, he also directed Paul Merton -- And This is Me.
Richard Vranch improvises and writes comedy, and he does voiceovers for adverts and documentaries. Dr Vranch has appeared on Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox, and he is half of the science/hula-hoop act Dr Hula. He's toured the world from Mexico to Palestine acting in sketch shows, and he does stand-up in French.
Suki Webster is a regular guest of The Comedy Store Players and has toured the world with Paul Merton And His Impro Chums more recently she co-wrote and was Assistant Director on Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood (BBC2). Suki's play, My Obsession, which she wrote and starred in garnered audience and critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014.
For more, visit www.paulmerton.com or www.comedystoreplayers.com.
UK TOUR DATES:
Venue: Alban Arena ST ALBANS
Dates Friday 24th April
Box Office: 01727 844 488
Online: www.alban-arena.co.uk
Venue: The Pavilion, BIC, BOURNEMOUTH
Dates Saturday 25th April
Box Office: 0849 576 3000
Online: www.bic.co.uk
Venue: Town Hall CHELTENHAM
Dates Monday 27th April
Box Office: 0844 576 2210
Online: www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
Venue: The Hall for Cornwall TRURO
Dates: Tuesday 28th April
Box Office: 01872 262 466
Online: www.hallforcornwall.org.uk
Venue: Octagon Theatre YEOVIL
Dates: Wednesday 29th April
Box Office: 01935 422 884
Online: www.octagon-theatre.co.uk
Venue: Grand Opera House YORK
Dates Friday 1st May
Box Office: 0844 871 3024
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: Warwick Arts Centre COVENTRY
Dates Saturday 2nd May
Box Office: 024 7652 4524
Online: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Venue: The Hippodrome BRISTOL
Dates Sunday 3rd May
Box Office: 0844 871 3024
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: St David's Hall, CARDIFF
Dates: Monday 4th May
Box Office: 029 2087 8444
Online: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
Venue: Marlowe Theatre CANTERBURY
Dates Tuesday 5th May
Box Office: 01227 787 787
Online: www.marlowetheatre.com
Venue: New Theatre OXFORD
Dates Friday 8th May
Box Office: 0844 871 7615
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: Theatre Severn, SHREWSBURY
Dates Saturday 9th May
Box Office: 01743 281 281
Online: www.theatresevern.co.uk
Venue: Anvil Arts BASINGSTOKE
Dates Tuesday 12th May
Box Office: 01256 844 244
Online: www.anvilarts.co.uk
Venue: The Assembly Halls TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Dates Friday 15th May
Box Office: 01892 530 613 or 01892 532 072
Online: www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk
Venue: Music Hall ABERDEEN
Dates Saturday 16th May
Box Office: 01224 641 122
Online: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
Venue: Eden Court Theatre INVERNESS
Dates: Sunday 17th May
Box Office: 01463 234 234
Online: www.eden-court.co.uk
Venue: Kings Theatre GLASGOW
Dates Monday 18th May
Box Office: 0844 871 3024
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: Richmond Theatre RICHMOND
Dates Tuesday 19th May
Box Office: 0844 871 7627
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: G-Live GUILDFORD
Dates Friday 22nd May
Box Office: 0844 7701 797
Online: www.glive.co.uk
Venue: Royal and Derngate NORTHAMPTON
Dates Saturday 23rd May
Box Office: 01604 624 811
Online: www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Venue: The Lowry SALFORD
Dates Sunday 24th May
Box Office: 0843 208 6000
Online: www.thelowry.com
Venue: Lyceum Theatre CREWE
Dates: Monday 25th May
Box Office: 01270 368 242
Online: www.crewelyceum.co.uk
Venue: Gaiety Theatre ISLE OF MAN
Dates Tuesday 26th May
Box Office: 01624 600 555
Online: www.cfvg.gov.im
Venue: Hexagon READING
Dates: Friday 29th May
Box Office: 0118 960 6060
Online: www.readingarts.com/thehexagon
Venue: Dome BRIGHTON
Dates: Saturday 30th May
Box Office: 01273 709 709
Online: www.brightondome.org
Venue: Wyvern Theatre SWINDON
Dates Sunday 31st May
Box Office: 01795 524 481
Online: www.wyverntheatre.org.uk
Venue: Grand Theatre SWANSEA
Dates Monday 1st June
Box Office: 01792 475 715
Online: www.swanseasgrand.co.uk
Venue: The Swan Theatre & Old Town Hall HIGH WYCOMBE
Dates Tuesday 2nd June
Box Office: 01494 552 811
Online: www.wycombeswan.co.uk
Venue: New Victoria Theatre WOKING
Dates Friday 5th June
Box Office: 0844 871 7615
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: Palace Theatre SOUTHEND
Dates Saturday 6th June
Box Office: 01702 351 135
Online: www.southendtheatres.org.uk
Venue: The Theatre MILTON KEYNES
Dates: Sunday 7th June
Box Office: 0844 871 7652
Online: www.atgtickets.com
Venue: Alive Corn Exchange KINGS LYNN
Dates Monday 8th June
Box Office: 01553 764 864
Internet: www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk
Venue: City Varieties LEEDS
Dates Tuesday 9th June
Box Office: 0113 243 0808
Online: www.cityvarieties.co.uk
Venue: Baths Hall SCUNTHORPE
Dates Friday 12th June
Box Office: 0844 854 2776
Online: www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk
Venue: Durham Gala, DURHAM
Dates: Saturday 13th June
Box Office: 0191 332 4041
Online: www.galadurham.co.uk
Venue: Buxton Opera House BUXTON
Dates Sunday 14th June
Box Office: 0845 127 2190
Online: www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
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