Dave Gorman's Powerpoint Presentation
...is the name of a new stand-up show that I launched at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe. It was my first run at the Fringe for 8 yeas and I'm chuffed to bits with how it went. 28 shows in 26 days and each and every one of them sold out. If you came along... thanks! I then toured the show throughout October/November and, due to popular demand (thanks again!) I'm going to extend the tour into 2012 with another 30+ shows around the country and four nights in London at the Southbank Centre.
There's a one off show in Doncaster in February as part of a comedy festiva (I know!) a four night run in London in April and then a run of dates around the country in May, June and July. All dates and details are on the Live Dates page.
If you want to know more about the show, there's a page of reviews here.
Having returned to live work - and in particular, returned to stand-up - with the Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop & Stand Up tour which was largely straight forward one-man-and-a-mic stand-up but with a final quarter of the show given over to a powerpoint section I knew I wanted to pursue that style of performance more. So I set up a monthly night at Hoxton Hall called Dave Gorman's Screen Guild. By making the projection a key part of the evening I was able to introduce audiences to great guests as well as playing with any new ideas I had. We did five shows there in our opening season and I always did brand new material... I then had nine previews to hone things and select the best blend... and that's what's in the Powerpoint Presentation show. I'm really proud of it. It's taken me a while but I've found a way to marry stand-up material with the style of performance I developed in my years of narrative shows like Googlewhack Adventure and Are You Dave Gorman... in other words, a style of stand-up that feels really me.
All the tour dates can be found on the Live Dates page.