Justin Moorhouse has been heralded plenty of times as one of the UK’s greatest practitioners of live standup, as well as being a noted performer on our TV screens. But he’s also been known to perform in ‘real life’. All of us do, in fact: depending on our circumstances, and others’ expectations.
This is the starting point for a poignant exploration of live performance itself, intertwined with a ride through life’s many ups and downs in the hands of a true master storyteller. Along the way you’ll hear how Justin accidentally saw his favourite band in the best venue in the world, hear him recount seeing a one-hit wonder play that hit three times in the space of a single evening, and reveal the greatest performance he’s ever seen which left him cold. All this, plus some personal moments, all delivered with the warmth and charisma this enduringly popular comic never fails to deliver. At least, he’d better not fail to, given what he admits himself is something of a bold show title.
The show may contain: a song, a twist, a feeling of hope. It will certainly contain many laughs.
Justin has performed around the world and his TV and film credits include tiger-faced Young Kenny in Phoenix Nights, Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. He has performed stand-up comedy on television several times, including Live at the Apollo (BBC2) and multiple series of The Comedy Store (Comedy Central) and One Night Stand (Dave). Justin was also Michael McIntyre’s guest on his Blackpool leg of Comedy Roadshow (BBC1).
He has won Celebrity Mastermind majestically, won fortunes for charity on Celebrity Storage Hunters and lost even more magnificently on Celebrity Eggheads and Pointless Celebrities (twice). He’s appeared on Richard Osman’s House of Games, QI, and is also a firm favourite in Dictionary Corner on C4’s Countdown
On radio, Justin has written and starred in two series of his own Radio 4 sitcom Everyone Quite Likes Justin and often appears on Radio 4’s The News Quiz. He’s a Champion of Champions on BBC5 Live’s Fighting Talk and regularly contributes to The Warm Up on Talk Sport with Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning.
Justin’s critically acclaimed podcast, About 30 Minutes, No More Than 45 has had over a million downloads and is coming up to its 300th episode.
Friday 17th Floral Pavilion, Wallasey - floralpavilion.com
Saturday 18th Chorley Theatre 01257 264 362 chorleytheatre.com
& Sunday 19th
Friday 24th Barnsley Civic 01226 327 000 barnsleycivic.co.uk/
Sunday 26th The Sub Rooms, Stroud 01453 796880 thesubrooms.co.uk/
FEBRUARY
Saturday 1st The Astor, Deal 01394 370220 theastor.co.uk
Sunday 2nd Blackheath Halls 020 8463 0100 blackheathhalls.com
Sunday 9th The Y Theatre, 0116 255 7066 ytheatre.co.uk/
Leicester
Friday 14th Ropery Hall, 01652 660 380 roperyhall.co.uk/
Barton-on-Humber
Saturday 15th Helmsley Arts Centre 01439 771700 helmsleyarts.co.uk/
Sunday 16th Skipton Town Hall
Saturday 22nd The Witham, 01833 631 107 funnywaytobe.weebly.com
Barnard Castle
Sunday 23rd Monkey Barrel Comedy, - monkeybarrelcomedy.com
Edinburgh
Friday 28th The Mill Arts Centre, 01295 279002 themillartscentre.co.uk
Banbury
MARCH
Saturday 1st Chelmsford Theatre 01245 606 505 chelmsfordtheatre.co.uk
Friday 7th The Platform, - ThePlatform/Productions
Morecambe
Saturday 8th The Old Woollen, - oldwoollen.co.uk
Farsley, Leeds
Friday 14th Darwen Library Theatre 01254 706006 bwdvenues.com
Saturday 15th Selby Town Hall 01757 708 449 selbytownhall.co.uk
Tuesday 18th The Stand, Glasgow 0141 212 3389 thestand.co.uk
Friday 28th The Wardrobe Theatre, 0117 902 0344 thewardrobetheatre.com
Bristol
Saturday 29th Huntingdon Hall, 01905 611 427 worcestertheatres.co.uk
Worcester
APRIL
Tuesday 1st The Stand, Newcastle 0191 300 9700 thestand.co.uk
Wednesday 2nd Social, Hull socialhumberstreet.co.uk
Thursday 3rd Stafford Gatehouse Theatre. -
Saturday 5th Brewery Arts Centre, 01539 725133 breweryarts.co.uk
Kendal
Friday 11th Norden Farm Centre for 01628 788 997 norden.farm
the Arts, Maidenhead
Saturday 12th Kettering Arts Centre 01536 513 858 ketteringartscentre.com
Sunday 13th Norwich Theatre Stage Two 01603 630 000 norwichtheatre.org
Friday 25th The Atkinson, Southport 01704 533 333 theatkinson.co.uk
Saturday 26th Old Town Hall, 01442 228 091 oldtownhal.co.uk
Hemel Hempstead
MAY
Saturday 10th Pavilion Arts Centre, 01298 721 90 buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Buxton
Friday 23rd MMC Venue, 0116 230 4877 mmcvenue.co.uk
Mountsorrel
Saturday 24th Trinity Theatre, 01892 678 678 trinitytheatre.net
Tunbridge Wells
Sunday 25th Octagon Theatre, Bolton 01204 520 661 octagonbolton.co.uk
Wednesday 28th Old Fire Station, 01228 938 110 ofscarlisle.co.uk
Carlisle
JUNE
Sunday 1st The Engine Shed, Lincoln - engineshed.co.uk
Friday 6th Otley Courthouse
Saturday 7th Holmfirth Civic Hall 01943 467 466 otleycourthouse.org.uk
Saturday 14th The Dukes, Lancaster
Friday 20th Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek 01538 386 112 foxloweartscentre.org.uk
Friday 27th The Met, Bury
Saturday 28th Pocklington Arts Centre 01759 301 547 pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk
JULY
Saturday 5th The Quarry Theatre, 01234 362269 quarrytheatre.org.uk
Bedford
Friday 11th Melbourne Assembly Rooms, 01332 863 522 melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk
Derbyshire
Saturday 12th Storyhouse, Chester 01244 409 113 storyhouse.com
