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Live Dates.

I've listed things in chronological order - naturally - but because I do all sorts of different things that means dates can be a bit of a jumble with short stand-up sets, benefit gigs, book readings, tour warm ups and TV and radio recordings all mixed together. I try to put as much information in about each event as I can... but if you want to skip straight to the dates and details of my new stand-up tour, you can do so here: These are the 2009 dates that I'm cycling to and these are the dates for the non-cycling 2010 tour extension. You can read the Press Release for the touring show here. Before you e-mail me about the show, please read the Tour FAQ here

BEFORE THE TOUR:

When

Where

Who For

What

Wing Wing

www

May 9

Belfast

Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival

2pm: Book Reading for America Unchained

Tel: 028 9024 6609

Festival website

May 24

Hay on Wye

The Hay Festival

Book Reading for America Unchained

Tel: 0870 990 1299

Festival website

May 29-31

Kilkenny

Cat Laughs Comedy Festival

A few short stand-up sets on mixed
bills at this great festival...
More Details

Tel: 056 776 3837

Festival website

June 7

Balham, London

TEMWA (Benefit gig raising funds for
sustainable community projects in Malawi)

A short set in a mixed bill of stand-up
for a great charity.

 

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July 10

Cheltenham

Town Hall

Warm up gig for the tour.

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August 13-15

Porthcawl

The Grand Pavilion

Three work-in-progress, warm up gigs for the tour.

Tel: 01656 815 995

Venue website

August 16

Edinburgh

International Book Festival

8pm. Book Reading for America Unchained

Tel: 0845 373 5888

Festival website

August 20-22

Andover

The Lights

Three work-in-progress, warm up gigs for the tour.

Tel: 01264 368 368

Venue website

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2009 TOUR: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP (Read the Press Release for the tour here)
The first thing to say is that this didn't start off as an idea for a tour. It started off as an idea for a bike ride. I'm cycling from the southernmost part of the British mainland to the northernmost part of the British mainland, taking in the most easterly and westerly points along the way. So there's not a lot of leeway in the route... it is what it is. Then I decided to do a gig every night along the way. But it's not a show about the journey, it's a stand-up show. I just happen to be travelling to it by bike. In 2010 I'm going to take the same show on the road - only this time I won't be cycling. You can skip to those dates here.

When

Where

Whereabouts

Wing Wing

www

August 30

Grampound (nr Truro)

Grampound Village Hall

Tel: 01726 883 874

Grampound.org.uk

August 31

Liskeard

Sterts Theatre

Tel: 01579 362 382

Sterts.org.uk

September 1

Exeter

Northcott Theatre

Tel: 01392 493 493

ExeterNorthcott.co.uk

September 2

Taunton

The Brewhouse

Tel: 01823 283 244

TheBrewhouse.net

September 3

Bristol

Colston Hall

Tel: 01179 223 686

ColstonHall.org

September 4

Swindon

Wyvern Theatre

Tel: 01793 524 481

WyvernTheatre.org.uk

September 5

High Wycombe

Wycombe Town Hall

Tel: 01494 512 000

WycombeSwan.co.uk

September 6

Cambridge

Corn Exchange

Tel: 01223 357 851

CornEx.co.uk

September 7

Ipswich

Regent Theatre

Tel: 01473 433 100

Ipswich Online

September 8

Lowestoft

Marina Theatre

Tel: 01502 533 200

MarinaTheatre.co.uk

September 9

Kings Lynn

Corn Exchange

Tel: 01553 764 864

KingsLynnCornExchange.co.uk

September 10

Peterborough

The Cresset Theatre

Tel: 01733 265 705

Cresset.co.uk

September 11

Leicester

The Y Theatre

Tel: 01162 557 066

LeicesterYMCA

September 12

Stoke on Trent

Victoria Hall

Tel: 0871 297 5454

AmbassadorTickets

September 13

Salford

The Lowry Centre

Tel: 0870 787 5780

TheLowry.com

September 14

Preston

The Guildhall

Tel: 0845 344 2012

PrestonGuildhall.com

September 15

Lancaster

Grand Theatre

Tel: 01524 64695

LancasterGrand.co.uk

September 16

Kendal

Brewery Arts Centre

Tel: 01539 725 133

BreweryArts.co.uk

September 17

Threlkeld, nr Keswick

Threlkeld Village Hall

Tickets available on the door

 

September 18

Carlisle

The Brickyard

Tel: 08700 600 100

TheBrickyardOnline.com

September 19

Dumfries

Bridgend Theatre

Tel: 0871 230 5587

SeeTickets.com

September 20

Cumnock

Town Hall

Tel: 0871 230 5587

September 21

Glasgow

The Pavilion

Tel: 0141 332 1846

PavilionTheatre.co.uk

September 22

Dumbarton

Denny Civic Hall

Tel: 0871 230 5587

Denny Civic Theatre

September 23

Ardlui

Venue TBC

TBC

September 24

Fort William

Fired Art

Tel: 01397 705 005

Fired-Art.co.uk

September 25

Ardnamurchan

The Big Barn, Sonachan Hotel

Tickets available on the door

Sonachan.com

September 26

Glenfinnan

Railway Station Dining Car

Tel: 01397 722 295

Glenfinnan Station

September 27

Fort Augustus

Fort Augustus Public Hall

Tel: 0871 230 5587

September 28

Inverness

The Ironworks

Tel: 0871 789 4173

IronworksVenue.com

September 29

Dornoch

Venue TBC

TBC

September 30

Lyth

Lyth Arts Centre

Tel: 01955 641 270

LythArts.org.uk

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2010 TOUR EXTENSION: I WON'T BE CYCLING TO THESE. SAME SHOW, FEWER BLISTERS.

I wasn't expecting there to be so much demand for tickets - and I wasn't expecting people to get so upset about the 2009 tour not coming near them (y'know, it's really not my fault that Sheffield doesn't fall on the route from S to E to W to N!) but in order to meet demand and reach parts of the country that aren't on the route of my bike ride, I'm doing these dates in early 2010. It'll be the same show. Only the title won't make much sense anymore because I won't be cycling.

When

Where

Whereabouts

Wing Wing

www

February 11

Preston

Guildhall

Tel: 0845 344 2012

Venue Website

February 12

Sheffield

City Hall

Tel: 0114 2789 789

Venue Website

February 13

Nottingham

Royal Concert Hall

Tel: 0115 989 5555

Venue Website

February 14

Reading

The Hexagon

Tel: 0118 960 6060

Venue Website

February 15

Edinburgh

Festival Theatre

Tel: 0131 529 6000

Venue Website

February 16

Bradford

St. George's Hall

Tel: 01274 432000

Venue Website

February 17

Oxford

New Theatre

Tel: 0844 847 1585

Venue Website

February 18

Derby

Assembly Rooms

Tel: 01332 255 800

Venue Website

February 19

York

Grand Opera House

Tel: 0844 847 2322

Venue Website

February 20

London

Hammersmith Apollo

Tel: 08448 44 47 48

Website

February 24

Folkestone

Leas Cliff Halls

Tel: 0870 4000 890

Venue Website

February 25

Southend

Cliffs Pavilion

Tel: 01702 351 135

Venue Website

February 26

Bournemouth

Pavilion

Tel: 0844 576 3000

Venue Website

February 27

Cambridge

Corn Exchange

Tel: 01223 357851

Venue Website

February 28

Tunbridge Wells

Assembly Theatre

Tel: 01892 530613

Venue Website

March 3

Portsmouth

Guildhall

Tel: 023 92824355

Venue Website

March 4

Plymouth

Pavilions

Tel: 0845 146 1460

Venue Website

March 5

Bedford

Corn Exchange

Tel: 01234 269519

Venue Website

March 6

High Wycombe

The Swan

Tel: 01494 512000

Venue Website

March 7

Newcastle

Theatre Royal

Tel: 08448 112 121

Venue Website

March 10

Cheltenham

Town Hall

Tel: 0844 576 2210

Venue Website

March 11

Cardiff

St. David's Hall

Tel: 029 2087 8444

Venue Website

March 12

Birmingham

Alexandra

Tel: 0844 847 2302

Venue Website

March 13

Salford

The Lowry Centre

Tel: 0870 787 5780

Venue Website

March 14

Brighton

Theatre Royal

Tel: 0871 297 5454

Venue Website

March 17

Bolton

Albert Halls

Tel: 01204 334400

Venue Website

March 18

Stoke on Trent

Victoria Hall

Tel: 0871 297 5454

Venue Website

March 19

Warwick

Warwick Arts Centre

Tel: 024 76524524

Venue Website

March 20

Liverpool

The Empire

Tel: 0844 847 2525

Venue Website

March 21

Blackburn

King George's Hall

Tel: 0844 847 1664

Venue Website

March 24

Aberdeen

Music Hall

Tel: 01224 641122

Venue Website

March 25

Glasgow

Kings Theatre

Tel: 0871 297 5454

Venue Website

March 26

Dorking

Dorking Halls

Tel: 01306 881 717

Venue Website

March 27

Belfast

Waterfront Hall

Tel: 028 9033 4455

Venue Website

March 28

Basingstoke

The Anvil

Tel: 01256 844 244

Venue Website

March 30

Leicester

De Montfort Hall

Tel: 0116 2 333 111

Venue Website

March 31

Llandudno

Venue Cymru

Tel: 01492 872000

Venue Website

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DAVE GORMAN: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP.

DAVE GORMAN is going back on the road. And when we say "on the road" we really mean it.

Five years after he last toured the UK he's embarking on a truly unique stand-up comedy tour.
A lot of acts will tell you they're covering the length and breadth of the country... but Dave's really doing it.
Dave Gorman:Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up will see the intrepid comedian covering the extremes of the British mainland as he travels from this land's southernmost point to its northernmost tip, taking in the most easterly and westerly points along the way. If nothing else he'll get to see four lighthouses.
Dave will be performing each and every night of the journey but as this is a tour that promises to reach parts of the country that other tours just don't reach, it goes without saying that the venues will sometimes be a little unconventional too. He'll play in 2000 seat theatres but also 30 seat village halls. He'll be performing in a barn, the odd hotel function room and - odder still - a railway dining car.

Oh, and did we mention he's going to do the whole thing on his push bike? The travelling, we mean. Not the gigs. That'd be silly. He'll be standing up for those. If he still can.
He's 38 and not especially fit. 1500 miles. 32 days in the saddle. 32 nights on the stage. His Mum's told him not to do it but he won't listen.
Not that you need to know all this... after all, it's not a show about the journey. Dave - whose hit Radio 4 series, GENIUS, starts its new BBC TWO incarnation on our TV screens this spring - may be widely acclaimed as the pioneer of documentary comedy but with this show he's going back to his roots as a straight up, one-man-and-a-mic, stand-up whose "material is mercilessly sharp and original" (The Times.) "Gorman has seen his stock rise to such an extent that he's poised, as never before, to make the leap from cult figure to mainstream phenomenon." Daily Telegraph "The man is a true genius." The Mirror.

So yeah... that's it. From the southernmost point to the easternmost point, to the westernmost point to the northernmost point of the British mainland. By bicycle. None of your Land's End to John O'Groats for me. With a gig each night. Nothing to be scared of there. Gulp. Interesting pub-quiz fact for you: Britain isn't quite so vertically aligned as we like to think. It tilts. Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff. Who knew? I know I didn't. But I found out when I started trying to find the westernmost part of mainland Britain. Turns out it's in the Highlands.

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Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up FAQ

1: Oi... why aren't you playing near where I live on the 2009 leg of your tour?
This is far and away the most frequently asked question.
The first thing to say is that I'm genuinely really, really flattered that you want to see the show. I really am. It means a lot to me. Thanks.
If you're referring to the first part of tour - the bit that I'm doing by bike - well then, there's your answer. The thing is, this wasn't originally conceived as a tour. Before I decided to involve gigs I decided I wanted to do a big bike ride. I thought about going from Lands End to John O'Groats but the cliche of it kind of put me off. That and the fact that Land's End isn't the most southern or John O'Groats the most northern point of Britain. So I thought I'd do a bicycle ride between Britain's true extremities. From the most southerly to the most easterly to the most westerly to the most northerly points of the mainland.
Then I decided that I'd try and gig every night as I went.
So the route was planned first. It would be insane to take a cycling diversion of several hundred miles just to include your city. It doesn't make a great deal of financial sense to tour this way. You don't find many tours taking in 30 seat village halls as well as 2000 seat theatres. But I kind of like the fact that I'm going to play in some unlikely venues and some people who wouldn't normally get to see a show will be able to come along.
If I said I was going to walk from London to Norwich playing a game of table tennis each night as I went you wouldn't be upset that I wasn't taking my table tennis game to Leeds now would you?

2: Right, so what about the 2010 leg... you're still not playing near me?
I've extended the tour because of demand. But unlike the cycling bit where the route of my ride dictates the towns I can play in there's no way I can completely control the towns this more conventional batch of shows will reach. I don't book venues, they book me. So maybe I'm not playing in your town because your local venue didn't want to book it or maybe it just wasn't available on a day that worked. There are two or three cities that I'm going to in both '09 and '10 - that's simply because the venues are really confident that they're going to sell out and wanted another show...

3: How are you going to get a show together when you're cycling every day?
It's not a show about the journey. I'm not going to be telling you about my day in the saddle. I don't think of shows like Better World or Googlewhack Adventure as stand-up. In those shows I tell you a story from start to finish. In this show, instead of telling you one story, I'll tell you about... well, lots of things. In whatever order. Y'know... stand-up.

4: I'm a cyclist. Can I come with you for some of the tour?
I really wasn't expecting anyone to ask this. But they do. I want to avoid a situation where I end up feeling responsible for people who wouldn't normally do that kind of cycling and I want to make sure I don't end up being a tour guide because I don't have a clue what I'm doing. If I let 5 people come along with me that'd be another 5 people I'd have to feel responsible for and it's bad enough being responsible for myself. While I enjoy road-cycling it's foolish not to acknowledge that there is an element of risk involved. I did however ask for Human Sat Navs to come forward - people who know what they're doing and who know their way around each area - to guide me each day. But I think I've got more than enough volunteers for now and I don't want to suddenly end up with large groups.

5: Will it be the same show on both legs of the tour?
The tour's title, Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up obviously refers to the fact that for the 2009 tour I'll be cycling from venue to venue. While I won't be cycling for the tour extension I've kept the same title because I don't want to falsely advertise it as a brand new show. Stand-up is a constantly evolving kind of thing but it would be ridiculous to throw away a whole show after just 32 gigs. So I expect it to be, if not the same, at least substantially so.

6: When are tickets on sale? What time does the show start? Can I park at the venue?
The venues are more likely to be able to answer this than me. If I have their details I've put them with the dates...

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