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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: I once was lost, but now am found. The legendary unsaved TWELFTH Collings and Herrin podcast has risen like a Phoenix crossed with a Jesus and is available at the usual website or you can subscribe through iTunes.

GIGS: These are my upcoming gigs. Stand Up unless otherwise stated
OFIF = Oh Fuck, I'm 40
Click GIGS above for more details
May
10th York(ish) (OFIF)
11th Up The Creek
12th Old Rope
13th Kilburn
17th Downstairs at the King's Head
18th Lyric
25th King's Head, Angel
28th Thames Dutton
30th Faversham
31st Just the Tonic, London

OH FUCK I'M 40 TOUR: 10th May Malton N Yorkshire - V NEARLY SOLD OUT
7th June Liverpool
21st June Kendal

LYRIC COMEDY NIGHTS: The brilliant Sunday night comedy club at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith concludes on
18th May - The amazing Russell Howard headlines. Also appearing Justin Edwards and Tony Law. click here
BOOK EARLY to ensure your seat.
Either book on line
or call 0871 22 117 29
Tickets £15 or £10 if you sit in the Upper Circle.

NEW DOWNLOADS/PRESS: 23 04 08 DOWNLOADS Time Out- the night I died
18 04 08 DOWNLOADS - First professional publicity picture - oh dear
14 04 08 DOWNLOADS - The Headmaster's Son - Poster drafts
05 04 08 DOWNLOADS Time Out article + menage a un programme
04/04/08 PRESS Interview with Brazen Blog

POSTERS: Go Faster Stripe are now selling copies of some of my old show posters. They are �5 each or all three for �10. Click here to buy.
LIMITED NUMBER OF FULL SIZE "OH F*** I"M 40" POSTERS NOW AVAILABLE

YOU TUBE: See me dealing with the heckler I mentioned in Warming Up a couple of weeks ago on Young People's youtube. There's a slightly longer version here

RADIO: Series three of Banter starts on Thursday April 3rd at 6.30pm on Radio 4. Please listen again here.
There are six in the series. I think it's the best yet!

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.

LEE AND HERRING VIDEO: Why buy the audio version of the slightly disappointing Lee and Herring video, when you can hear AND see it here for FREE.

TMWRNJ: The first episode of TMWRNJ has been posted on google video. I suspect more might follow - Click here to see it
Or you can access loads of episodes on the website of Stewart Lee.


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