David Sedaris, one of America’s most celebrated satirists and humour writers and star of his hugely popular Radio 4 series ‘Meet David Sedaris’, has announced new tour dates for 2024.  The tour starts with two nights at London’s Festival Hall on 4th & 5th July and culminates at Brighton’s Dome on 13th July.  

He will read new and unpublished stories, take questions and as is now an integral part of the evening, sign books and meet his audience.

Through all his work he has made us consider the absurdities of human nature and modern life: family, travel, relationships, aging, the pandemic, political upheavals, and of course roadside trash! By turns misanthropic and poignant, Sedaris deploys his precise prose and keen observational skills to make you laugh, think, and sometimes be deeply moved. 

Sedaris is the author of the New York Times best-sellers Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and Calypso.

His book The Best of Me, collects 42 previously published stories and essays. Sedaris also wrote Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a collection of fables with illustrations by Ian Falconer.

He is the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” The two volumes of his diaries, Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) and A Carnival of Snackery, Diaries (2003-2020) were New York Times bestsellers. An art book of Sedaris’s diary covers, David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium, was edited by Jeffrey Jenkins.

His most recent book, Happy-Go-Lucky, debuted at No.1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The audio version of Happy-Go-Lucky, also narrated by Sedaris, won the 2023 Audie Award. His next book will be a short graphic novel for children titled Pretty Ugly (TOON Books, February 27, 2024).

Sedaris and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His audio recordings include “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure” and “David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall.”

A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Meet David Sedaris.” In 2019 David Sedaris became a regular contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, and his Masterclass, David Sedaris Teaches Storytelling and Humor, was released.

There are over 16 million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 32 languages. He has been awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, Thurber Prize for American Humor, Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, Time 2001 Humorist of the Year Award, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In March 2019 he was elected as a member into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2020 the New York Public Library voted Me Talk Pretty One Day one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years.

DAVID SEDARIS JULY 2024 TOUR DATES – BUY TICKETS HERE

Fri 4th & Sat 5th           LONDON – Royal Festival Hall

Mon 6th                        BRISTOL – Beacon

Tues 9th                       MANCHESTER – Bridgewater Hall

Wed 10th                      EDINBURGH – Usher Hall

Fri 12th                         CAMBRIDGE – Corn Exchange

Sat 13th                        BRIGHTON - Dome

Picture of David Sedaris in front of books is by Anne Fishbein. If you are seeing the picture of David Sedaris in a waistcoat that's by Jenny Lewis.