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Fri 08 Dec 2023
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Taunton
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Thu 18 Jan 2024
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Portsmouth
Guildhall Studio
Thu 25 Jan 2024
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Banbury
Mill Arts Centre
Wed 31 Jan 2024
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Salisbury
Arts Centre 7.30pm Warm Up
Wed 07 Feb 2024
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Brighton
Dome Studio Warm Up
Thu 22 Feb 2024
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Tring
Court Theatre
Fri 23 Feb 2024
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Haymarket
Wed 28 Feb 2024
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Town Hall
Thu 29 Feb 2024
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Lichfield
Garrick Theatre
Sat 02 Mar 2024
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Bridgwater
McMillan Theatre
Wed 06 Mar 2024
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Southampton
MAST Mayflower
Fri 08 Mar 2024
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Norwich
Playhouse
Sat 09 Mar 2024
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Norwich
Playhouse
Fri 15 Mar 2024
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Folkestone
Quarterhouse
Sat 16 Mar 2024
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King's Lynn
St George's Guildhall
Thu 21 Mar 2024
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Severn
Fri 22 Mar 2024
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Darwen
Library Theatre
Sat 23 Mar 2024
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Kendal
Brewery Arts Centre
Sun 24 Mar 2024
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Lancaster
Grand
Thu 28 Mar 2024
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Colchester
Mercury Theatre
Wed 10 Apr 2024
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Redruth
Regal
Thu 11 Apr 2024
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Launceston
Town Hall
Fri 12 Apr 2024
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Plymouth
Quad Theatre
Sat 13 Apr 2024
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Paignton
Palace Theatre
Thu 18 Apr 2024
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Bury St Edmunds
The Apex
Fri 19 Apr 2024
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Wakefield
Theatre Royal
Sat 20 Apr 2024
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Newcastle
Northern Stage
Thu 25 Apr 2024
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Nottingham
Playhouse 7.30pm
Sat 27 Apr 2024
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Newbury
Corn Exchange
Wed 01 May 2024
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Redditch
Palace Theatre
Thu 02 May 2024
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Tenbury Wells
The Regal
Sat 04 May 2024
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Milton Keynes
The Stables
Wed 15 May 2024
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London
Leicester Square 7pm
Thu 23 May 2024
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Evesham
Town Hall
Edinburgh
Bafflingly Optimistic
14th - 27th Aug (not 21st), 7:00 pm
Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar
Having done 17 full-run Edinburgh shows, Andy hasn't done one for 17 years. He thought it was time he went back. But he's only doing the last two weeks as he's now got parental responsibilities. And he might get homesick.
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
'Surprisingly ripped' - Rob Beckett
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As seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, Live At The Apollo & Mock The Week, Andy Parsons comes to the Garrick on his 2024 tour, BAFFLINGLY OPTIMISTIC!![]()
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Edinburgh Festival done & dusted with every ticket sold. Tour proper kicks off next week with The Witham in Barnard Castle, Gala Durham, Hull Truck Theatre, Worthing Theatres and Museum & The King's Hall, Herne Bay. A lot has happened in Barnard Castle since I was last there - hoping to see a sign as I enter saying "Please drive slowly through the town - particularly if you're checking your eyesight"
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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 six 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.
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