The Kennedy Center to Welcome John Oliver This August

The Kennedy Center presents John Oliver-the multi-award-winning comedian and host of the hit HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver-as he takes his stand-up show to the Concert Hall stage for the first time. Oliver performs at the Kennedy Center for three consecutive evenings Thursday, August 25, 2016-Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets start at $59 and go on sale to Kennedy Center Members on Thursday, February 18, 2016 and to the general public on Friday, February 19, 2016. This special presentation is part of Capital One's sponsorship of Comedy at the Kennedy Center, a signature program focused on elevating comedy as an art form and uniting the local community together through laughter.

John Oliver is an Emmy and Writer's Guild Award-winning writer. His HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, presents a satirical look at the week in news, politics, and current events to an audience averaging more than four million viewers weekly. The show started its third series in February. When on occasional breaks from the show, Oliver returns to his first love of stand-up and performs at sold-out venues around the world.

From 2006 to 2013, Oliver was a correspondent and guest host on the multi-award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, guest-hosting the show for two months during Jon Stewart's absence in 2013. In 2008, he wrote and starred in his first Comedy Central special, John Oliver: Terrifying Times. Following its success, Oliver went on to host four seasons of his own stand-up series for Comedy Central, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show.

Prior to 2006, Oliver worked in the U.K., with a string of television appearances and sold-out solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He also co-wrote and co-presented the weekly satirical podcast, The Bugle, with long-time collaborator Andy Zaltzman. Since its inception in 2007, the podcast grew to attract over 500,000 downloads a week.

Oliver had a regular guest role on NBC's sitcom Community; was the voice of Vanity Smurf in The Smurfs movie and its sequel, The Smurfs 2; and has appeared in The Simpsons as Marge and Homer's next-door neighbor, Booth Wilkes-John.

John Oliver performs Thursday, August 25, 2016-Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall. Tickets start at $59 and go on sale to Kennedy Center Members on Thursday, February 18, 2016 and to the general public on Friday, February 19, 2016. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Kennedy Center Box Office, by calling InstantCharge at (202) 467-4600, or through the Kennedy Center website at www.kennedy-center.org.

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