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RICHARD HERRING – ménage à un - 2007 Tour

Following a successful fifteenth appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, RICHARD HERRING takes his critically acclaimed, award winning show ménage à un on a 42 date international tour, starting on the 27th March.

ménage à un sees Herring consolidate his position as one of the UK’s most uncompromising and innovative stand-ups in a show which deals with loneliness, only-ness and Onanism, and attempts to determine whether three-in-a-bed sex romps are really better than one-in-a-bed sex romps.

Date Venue Box Office Website
27th-31st March and 3rd-7th April LONDON The Arts Theatre 0870 060 1742 Visit website
8th April BATH Moles Comedy Cavern 01225 404445 Visit website
11th April OXFORD Old Fire Station 01865 297170 Visit website
12th April OLDHAM Coliseum 0161 624 2829 Visit website
13th April BOLTON Octagon 01204 520661 Visit website
14th April BIRMINGHAM MAC 0121 440 3838 Visit website
15th April BRISTOL Hen and Chickens 01179 223 686 Visit website
22nd April HULL Truck Theatre 01482 323 638 Visit website
23rd-24th April PARIS La Java 0153 199 888 Visit website
25th April MILAN The Scimmie 349 0777 547 Visit website
29th April KESWICK Theatre By The Lake 017687 74411 Visit website
30th April NORTHAMPTON New Roadmender 01604 604 020 Visit website
3rd May TUNBRIDGE WELLS Trinity Theatre 01892 678 678 Visit website
4th May ALDERSHOT West End Centre 01252 330040 Visit website
7th May BELFAST Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Custom House Marquee 028 90246609 Visit website
8th May CARDIFF St David's Hall 029 2087 8444 Visit website
9th May BLACKWOOD Miners Institute 01495 227206 Visit website
10th May SWANSEA Grand Theatre, Arts Wing Studio 01792 475715 Visit website
12th May WINDSOR Arts Centre 01753 859336 Visit website
13th May WARWICK Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 Visit website
14th May OXFORD The Cellar 01865 305 305 Visit website
18th May 2007 at 12.15am MADRID Teatro Alfil, c/Pez, 10- Metro Noviciado 28004 Madrid Visit website
19th May 2007 at 9.30pm BARCELONA Giggling Guiri comedy club, Teatro Llantiol, Carrer Riereta 7 08001 Visit website
20-May NOTTINGHAM Just The Tonic 0115 912 9000 Visit website
22nd May EDINBURGH The Stand 0131 558 7272 Visit website
23rd May GLASGOW The Stand 0870 600 6055 Visit website
25th May CAMBRIDGE Junction 01223 511 511 Visit website
26th May STROUD The Subscription Rooms 01453 760 900 Visit website
29th May FAREHAM Ashcroft Arts Centre 01329 310600 Visit website
30th May INVERNESS Ironworks Live Music Venue,
122b Academy Street, Inverness IV1 1LX		 0871 7894 173 Visit website
31st May ABERDEEN The Lemon Tree 01224 642230 Visit website
1st June KIRKCALDY Adam Smith Theatre 01592 412929 Visit website
2nd June CARDIFF Chapter Arts DVD record 029 2030 4400 Visit website
5th June SHOREHAM-BY-SEA The Ropetackle 01273 709 709 Visit website
6th June SWINDON Arts Centre 01793 614837 Visit website
7th June TELFORD The Oakengates Theatre 01952 382 382 Visit website
11th June LIVERPOOL Unity Theatre 0151 709 4988 Visit website & Visit website
 

Along the way he reveals why Olivio is the most dangerous spread for the confirmed bachelor, claims that we can save humanity by having sex with sea creatures and discusses the existential angst of being a comedy character who exists solely to deliver a disappointing punch-line. He also provides the correct solution to the Riddle of the Sphinx, proposes that the English should rename apples ‘sky potatoes’ in order to demonstrate the ultimate folly of the French, and controversially calls for the disenfranchisement of the stupid.

Richard says, “ménage à un is an apt title for this tour, as despite several attempts to seduce members of the audience during the show, I predict that I will be back in my hotel room alone each night, attempting to masturbate to the poor quality soft pornography laid on for sexually unambitious businessmen. So far I have spectacularly failed to persuade anyone to join me for a threesome, or even a twosome and have in fact just taken to asking any single men in the crowd if they are prepared to come back to my room and pleasure themselves next to me, so that at least I won't be alone. Who says comedy is the new rock n roll?”

RICHARD HERRING was one of the team behind the seminal BBC Radio 4 series On The Hour, and then worked alongside STEWART LEE on the cult shows Fist Of Fun (BBC TWO) and This Morning With Richard Not Judy (BBC TWO). Richard co-wrote 37 episodes of the sitcom Time Gentlemen Please (Sky One), which starred AL MURRAY – THE PUB LANDLORD. He was script editor for the third series of the multi award-winning comedy series Little Britain (BBC ONE) and the highly successful stage version of Grumpy Old Women. He co-writes and stars in historical sketch show That Was Then This Is Now, and is a regular panelist on Banter (BBC Radio 4). Herring wrote and is appearing in the comedy drama, You Can Choose Your Friends on ITV1 in June and is developing another drama Double Act for Channel 4. ménage à un was voted best live comedy show of 2006 by the comedy fan website notbbc.com.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

PODCAST: Collings and Herring NEW YEAR PODCAST is up at the usual website or you can subscribe through iTunes.

NEW DOWNLOADS/PRESS: 30 12 08 HISTORY - What I did in 2008
03 12 08 DOWNLOADS Pdfs of programmes for TMWRNJ tour and the Headmaster's son
02 12 08 PRESS Review in Oxford Daily Information
28 11 08 PRESS Review in Gravesend News Shopper
18 11 08 PRESS 4 star Guardian review of Lyric gig
17 11 08 PRESS Times review of Lyric gig

YOU TUBE: You can see the Lee and Herring bit of the TMWRNJ reunion gig on You Tube (I think another version will be going up soon if you want to try and edit the two camera angles together - Part One is here

GO FASTER STRIPE: You can buy my new book "Warming Up: Volume 1 - Bye Bye Balham from those good folk at Go Faster Stripe. You can also order my new DVD "Oh F***, I'm 40""
Anyone buying both items by close of play on Friday will be put in a draw to win the actual "Free Hot Dog" T shirt as featured in that DVD.

LEE AND HERRING DOWNLOADS: There's loads of great Lee and Herring related downloads, including an audio of the recent Lyric gig, at the rather excellent fistoffun.net

HEADMASTER'S SON TOUR 2009: These are the dates and box office numbers for my Spring 2009 tour. Please book now to avoid disappointment.
JAN
27 CANTERBURY 01227 812851 (ask for Andy) or email Richard@comedyinc.co.uk
30 WHITSTABLE - 01227 281174
31 TEWKESBURY Roses Theatre- 01684 295074
FEB
17- 21st and 24th-28th LONDON, Leicester Square Theatre - 0844 847 2475 or visit website
MARCH
01 WINCHESTER, Theatre Royal 01962 840440
05 BATH, Komedia 0845 293 8480
06 COVENTRY, Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524
07 NEW MILTON, Forest Arts Centre 01425 612393
08 BRISTOL, The Tobacco Factory -0117 902 0344
09 TAUNTON, The Brewhouse Theatre - 01823 283244
11 KINGSTON 07973 783339
12 CAMBRIDGE, The Junction - 01223 511 511
13 UPPINGHAM, Uppingham Theatre 01572 820820
15 YORK, Hyena Lounge 0871 7042054
16 HARROGATE, Harrogate Theatre - 01423 502 116
18 LEAMINGTON SPA, Royal Spa Centre 01926 334418
19 LIVERPOOL, Unity Theatre 0151 709 4988
20 WOLVERHAMPTON, Little Civic Theatre - 0870 320 7000
21 GLASGOW, Oran Mor - 0870 013 5464
22 MANCHESTER, Frog and Bucket 0161 236 9805
23 SHEFFIELD, Memorial Hall 0114 2 789 789
24 LEEDS, The Library 0113 2440794
25 CARDIFF, St David's Hall 029 2087 8444
26 OXFORD, OFS Studio 01865 297 170
28 NORFOLK, Kings Lynn Arts Centre 01553 764864
APRIL
01 CHELTENHAM, Town Hall 0844 576 2210
02 SUTTON COLDFIELD Station Pub WEBSITE
03 DERBY, Assembly Rooms 01332 255800
05 NOTTINGHAM Just the Tonic 0115 912 9000
17 STAFFORD, The Gatehouse - 01785 254 653
18 WARRINGTON, Pyramid Arts Centre 01925 442 345
20 JERSEY, Arts Centre 01534 700444
22 NORWICH, Arts Centre 01603 660352
23 BRIGHTON, Komedia 0845 293 8480
24 ALDERSHOT, West End Centre 01252 330040
25 CLACTON ON SEA, Princes Theatre 01255 686633

YOUTUBE: See a bit of my drunken gig from the Frog and Bucket on July 2nd here and watch as I effortlessly appropriate material from both TMWRNJ and Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World!

NEW STATESMAN: I write a fortnightly blog for The New Statesman website, which occasionally has stuff that hasn't appeared in Warming Up in it.