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Corsham
The Pound
Fri 09 May 2025
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Hemel Hempstead
Old Town Hall
Thu 15 May 2025
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New Milton
Forest Arts
Wed 21 May 2025
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Faversham
The Alex
Wed 04 Jun 2025
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Fareham
Studio One
Fri 13 Jun 2025
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Guildford
G Live Bellerby Studio
Fri 20 Jun 2025
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Bromley
Churchill Studio
Tue 01 Jul 2025
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Shoreham-by-Sea
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Thu 03 Jul 2025
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Bordon
Phoenix Arts
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Please #@!$ off to Mars
Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Thu 31 Jul 2025
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Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Fri 01 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
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Sat 02 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
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Sun 03 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
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Tue 05 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
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Wed 06 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
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Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Fri 08 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
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Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Sun 10 Aug 2025
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Edinburgh
Cabaret Bar at Pleasance Courtyard
Fri 03 Oct 2025
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Newark
Palace Theatre
Sat 04 Oct 2025
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Chelmsford
Theatre
Fri 10 Oct 2025
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Birmingham
MAC
Sat 11 Oct 2025
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Buxton
Pavilion Arts Centre
Sun 12 Oct 2025
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Oxford
North Wall Arts Centre
Thu 16 Oct 2025
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Tunbridge Wells
Trinity Theatre
Fri 17 Oct 2025
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Norwich
Playhouse
Sat 18 Oct 2025
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Norwich
Playhouse
Thu 06 Nov 2025
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Worcester
Huntingdon Hall
Thu 13 Nov 2025
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Chester
Storyhouse Garret
Fri 14 Nov 2025
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Bury St Edmunds
The Apex
Wed 19 Nov 2025
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Hexham
Queen's Hall
Thu 20 Nov 2025
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Barnard Castle
The Witham
Fri 21 Nov 2025
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Pocklington
Arts Centre
Sat 22 Nov 2025
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Wantage
The Beacon
Wed 26 Nov 2025
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Canterbury
Gulbenkian
Thu 27 Nov 2025
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Teddington
Landmark Arts Centre
Sat 29 Nov 2025
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Hedge End
Berry Theatre
Thu 04 Dec 2025
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Swanage
The Mowlem
Fri 05 Dec 2025
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Tiverton
TCAT
Sat 06 Dec 2025
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Great Torrington
Plough Arts Centre
Wed 10 Dec 2025
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Tewkesbury
The Roses
Fri 12 Dec 2025
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Bath
Roper Theatre
Thu 29 Jan 2026
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Aldershot
West End Centre
Fri 13 Mar 2026
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London
Leicester Square Theatre
Fri 20 Mar 2026
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Loughborough
Town Hall
Sat 21 Mar 2026
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Lichfield
Garrick Theatre
Thu 26 Mar 2026
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Shrewsbury
Theatre Severn
Sat 16 May 2026
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Bradford
Alhambra

After a completely sold out and critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival, Andy is back with his brand new tour, Bafflingly Optimistic.

'For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride' - The i

As seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, Live at the Apollo, and Mock the Week.

'Hysterical' The Mirror

'Very funny' - The Times

'Punchline king' - The Guardian

'Laugh-out-loud funny' - The Sunday Telegraph

***** The List

***** The Scotsman

***** The Herald

'Surprisingly ripped' - Rob Beckett

Latest Reels

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Full ‘Bafflingly Optimistic’ Tour show available to watch on NextUp Comedy

Full ‘Bafflingly Optimistic’ Tour show availab...

Streaming now on NextUp Comedy  #standupcomedy #uk  #jokes

Streaming now on NextUp Comedy #standupcomedy #uk...

😤🚕🗣️ #StandUp #comedy  #british

😤🚕🗣️ #StandUp #comedy #british

People not fans of wind turbines but do like windmills - so why not add a little door and window to wind turbines and solve housing crisis at same time  #standup #comedy #British

People not fans of wind turbines but do like windm...

My latest Standup Special launches on NextUp Comedy today…  #standup #comedy #british

My latest Standup Special launches on NextUp Comed...

Starmer is going to abolish NHS England - that’s one way to reduce NHS England waiting lists…  #standup #comedy #british

Starmer is going to abolish NHS England - that’s...

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8 months ago

So Elon Musk is now frothing about British policing. Perhaps he'd prefer them to follow X's example and sack 80% of the workforce and then do very little policing at all. ... See MoreSee Less

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Overhead photo shows that Kishane Thompson can console himself that he may only have a silver medal chest but he does have a gold medal foot. Will no doubt go for a thicker vest next time - or perhaps pierced nipples.... ... See MoreSee Less

8 months ago

Happy retirement Andy Murray - the only MTW audience member to ever get a standing ovation. ... See MoreSee Less

8 months ago

So interest rates have gone down from 5.25% to 5% but inflation is only 2% but that is the CPI not the core CPI which is 3.5% or the RPI which is 2.9% or the CPIH which is 2.8% which is what the RPI will become in 2030 which will be bad news for DBPS but it's VFHOT and JFGI but bottom line is VLFD to RENT. ... See MoreSee Less

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Not just ear plugs required for the Olympics triathlon swimming.... ... See MoreSee Less

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One way to get to #Euros2024 Final. ‘Hotrod’ might be struggling to make it…. ... See MoreSee Less

9 months ago

If Government Minister Alister Jack loses his seat over the betting sandal, he'll be able to find work at Star Wars Conventions as a Sith Lord and the Supreme Leader of the Dark Side. ... See MoreSee Less

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Winner Silver Dolphin Cannes Media Awards 2019 / Winner Best Film EVCOM Awards 2019 / Time Out Award Winner / New Zealand International Comedy Award Winner / Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Award Winner

Andy is a multi-award winning comedian who started his career writing for Weekending and Smith and Jones, and went on to become one of the main writers on the ground-breaking Spitting Image satirical puppet show. As well as being a regular on Mock The Week for ten years, Andy has performed on numerous radio and TV shows including Live at the Apollo, QI, Saturday Live, The Stand Up Show, The Comedy Store, The PMQ Show, Scrooby Trevithick, and Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections.

To date he has done seven sell-out national tours and released four DVDs – Britain’s Got Idiots, Gruntled, Slacktivist and Live And Unleashed – But Naturally Cautious, as well as releasing a podcast Slacktivist Action Group, recorded monthly at the Soho Theatre. He has also appeared on Question Time, The Daily Politics, This Week and Newsnight, and writes columns for The Independent.