Lucy Porter Kicks Off CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES National Tour this February

Heading from your TV screen to a theatre near you, Lucy Porter is set to embark on a national tour with her smash hit Edinburgh Fringe show Choose Your Battles from 2nd February 2018.

Have you ever wished you'd told that awful boss where to stick that lousy job? Dumped an ex before they dumped you? Not backed down when that b*%@&d nicked your parking space? Life is full of arguments we wish we'd had, or wish we'd won, but it's also common to regret confrontation.

As someone with a lifelong fear of making a scene, Lucy Porter has always erred on the side of caution when it comes to conflict. When she was a single, self-employed, stand-up comedian, it was never that much of a problem as she spent 99% of her time alone. Now that Lucy's a wife, mother and pillar of the local community, she is finding it a lot tougher. In marriage guidance and parenting manuals, the received wisdom is that you should choose your battles and not sweat the small stuff, but how do you know when to stand your ground?

For example, if a child refuses to go to a wedding unless they can dress as The Incredible Hulk, what should you do? Lucy decided to take the path of least resistance, only to be faced with a tearful bride and a bill for ruined wedding photos.

Using secret ballots, visual aids and a punchbag with the face of Mary Berry, Lucy works out (with the audience's help) when she should stick to her guns and fight, and when she can use her disarming charm to defuse a situation.

Lucy is a comedy hit across the globe, taking her distinctive, bouncy, feel-good comedy to Hong Kong, Manila, Switzerland and Paris. She was also invited to Miami to take part in NBC's Last Comic Standing and has performed in the States for NBC and HBO at their Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Back home, she has toured the UK multiple times to critical acclaim and played some of the country's biggest festivals including Latitude and Kilkenny.

Lucy is a regular face and voice on TV and radio panel shows having appeared on QI, Mock the Week, Argumental, Insert Name Here, Have I Got News for You, Clive Anderson's Chat Room, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, What the Dickens?, Room 101 and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. She is also a quizzing demon having appeared on BBC 1's Pointless (with partner Ed Byrne), ITV's The Chase and breaking records on Celebrity Mastermind, where she fought off competition from Mark Watson and Dave Spikey to achieve the highest ever celebrity score. Lucy also raised on £9000 for The Loss Foundation with her winning turn on Celebrity Storage Hunters. On Radio 4, she has been heard on Life - An Idiot's Guide, Heresy, The Personality Test, The News Quiz, Dilemma and The Unbelievable Truth, and is a regular guest on BBC 6 Music on The Radcliffe & Maconie Show.

She remains amongst the most sought-after comedy writers in Britain and was one of the lead writers on ITV1's prime-time Sunday night satirical animation series Headcases. Lucy has also written for Johnny Vaughan, Adam and Joe, Griff Rhys Jones and even Jimmy Tarbuck. In 2014, Lucy wrote the thought-provoking and witty play, The Fair Intellectual Club, about the trials of being an intellectual woman in 1717, which was put on at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Following the success of the Edinburgh run, BBC Radio 4 commissioned a 6-part drama series from Lucy based on the play which aired in November 2016.

Lucy is an accomplished actor having played Nurse Flinn in the critically acclaimed, box-office record breaking One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in Edinburgh and London's West End, alongside Christian Slater.

Recently Lucy has contributed to various publications as a columnist, including City AM, Cook Vegetarian Magazine and Mother & Baby.

For more information visit www.lucyporter.co.uk.

Listings Information:

02-Feb-18 READING SOUTH STREET ARTS CENTRE

https://www.readingarts.com/south-street / 0118 937 3456

03-Feb-18 FAREHAM ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE

https://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/ashcroft-arts-centre / 0132 922 3100

09-Feb-18 BORDON Phoenix Theatre

http://www.phoenixarts.co.uk / 0142 047 2664

10-Feb-18 HEMEL HEMPSTEAD OLD TOWN HALL

https://www.oldtownhall.co.uk / 0144 222 8091

11-Feb-18 LEICESTER THE COOKIE

http://www.thecookieleicester.co.uk / 016 253 1212

14-Feb-18 BRIGHTON KOMEDIA

https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton / 0845 293 8480

16-Feb-18 COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE

https://www.colchesterartscentre.com / 0120 650 0900

17-Feb-18 NEW MILTON FOREST ARTS CENTRE

https://www.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/forest-arts-centre / 0142 561 9983

23-Feb-18 FARNHAM MALTINGS

http://www.farnhammaltings.com / 0125 274 5444

24-Feb-18 SWINDON ARTS CENTRE

https://www.swindontheatres.co.uk / 0179 352 4481

02-Mar-18 HAVANT THE SPRING

http://thespring.co.uk / 0239 247 2700

03-Mar-18 EPSOM PLAYHOUSE

http://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk / 0137 274 2555

07-Mar-18 HARLOW PLAYHOUSE

http://www.harlowplayhouse.co.uk / 0127 943 1945

08-Mar-18 SOUTHEND PALACE THEATRE

https://www.southendtheatres.org.uk / 0170 235 1135

09-Mar-18 COVENTRY WARWICK ARTS CENTRE

https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk / 0247 652 4524

10-Mar-18 GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL

http://www.venues.gloucester.gov.uk/freetime/guildhall/ / 0145 250 3050

15-Mar-18 ALDERSHOT WEST END CENTRE

https://www.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/west-end-centre / 0125 240 8040

16-Mar-18 CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION

https://www.junction.co.uk / 0122 351 1511

17-Mar-18 FINCHLEY ARTS DEPOT

https://www.artsdepot.co.uk / 0208 369 5454

23-Mar-18 MAIDENHEAD NORDEN FARM

https://www.norden.farm/ / 0162 878 8997

24-Mar-18 DIDCOT CORNERSTONE

https://www.cornerstone-arts.org / 0123 551 5144

05-Apr-18 KENDAL BREWERY ARTS CENTRE

https://www.breweryarts.co.uk / 0153 972 2833

06-Apr-18 BARNARD CASTLE THE WITHAM

http://www.thewitham.org.uk/ 0183 363 1107

07-Apr-18 NORTHALLERTON THE FORUM

http://www.forumnorthallerton.org.uk / 0160 977 6230

13-Apr-18 OTLEY COURTHOUSE

http://www.otleycourthouse.org.uk / 0194 346 7466

14-Apr-18 SELBY TOWN HALL

http://www.selbytownhall.co.uk / 0175 770 8449

15-Apr-18 SALFORD LOWRY

https://www.thelowry.com / 0843 208 6000

20-Apr-18 NORTHAMPTON ROYAL & DERNGATE

https://www.royalandderngate.co.uk / 01604 624811

18-May-18 CANTERBURY MARLOWE THEATRE

https://www.marlowetheatre.com / 01222 778 7787

19-May-18 SHREWSBURY THEATRE SEVERN

http://www.theatresevern.co.uk / 0174 328 1281

14-Jul-18 HENLEY HENLEY FESTIVAL

http://www.henley-festival.co.uk/ / 0149 184 3400

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