Virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti has announced a 13-date autumn tour extension of her smash-hit live show ‘Whose Face Is It Anyway?’, which was the best reviewed show at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
As Nina currently tours an initial string of 26 sell-out performances across the UK this spring, including four nights in London’s West End at the Apollo Theatre, Conti has now extended her tour for 14 further shows later this year, from Tuesday 30th September – Thursday 30th October 2025. Full breakdown of listings information and all performance dates below.
Tickets go on general sale from Thursday 6th February 2025, at ninaontour.com.
With her beloved monkey in tow, join Conti for ‘Whose Face Is It Anyway?’ as she presents an unparalleled, unscripted new show that delves deep into who we are, hijacking faces to spark a bold, hysterical reality warp.
On extending the tour into autumn 2025, Conti said: “My show is like charades on acid. When I put one of my masks on an audience member, it creates a completely liberated monster.
I find it endlessly endearing when all they can do is wildly gesticulate whilst saying something totally adjacent. I’m so grateful to be in the position of adding more dates. The show's unscripted so people can come again and see a new one!”
Elsewhere, Nina recently enjoyed the world premiere of her narrative film directorial debut ‘Sunlight’, which played to numerous screenings and rave reviews at the relaunched Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2024.
Set in New Mexico, the film is a darkly funny and unconventional love story between a man and a woman who doesn’t want to come out of a monkey suit. In a clever reference to Conti’s own ventriloquism act, which throughout her career has seen her voicing her uncensored thoughts via a monkey puppet, this film is the upshot.
The film co-stars and was co-written with Shenoah Allen, of the Pyjama Men duo, and is executive produced by This Is Spinal Tap creator Christopher Guest. Earlier in 2024, Sunlight featured as part of the BFI and British Council’s annual ‘GREAT 8’ showcase at Cannes, which presents new feature films from the UK’s most exciting first and second-time filmmakers to international distributors and festival programmers.
In a continuation of her work with Christopher Guest, Nina has also recently finished filming as part of the cast of the upcoming sequel to the 1984 cult classic This Is Spinal Tap.
TOUR DATES
Friday 7th February 2025
02072 061 174
Saturday 8th February 2025
01273 709 709
Sunday 9th February 2025
02072 061 174
Friday 14th February 2025
01383 733 666
Saturday 15th February 2025
01316 682 019
Sunday 16th February 2025
02072 061 174
Monday 17th February 2025
01224 592 755
Thursday 20th February 2025
Newcastle, Tyne Theatre & Opera House
08442 491 000
Friday 21st February 2025
01162 333 111
Sunday 23rd February 2025
02072 061 174
Wednesday 26th February 2025
01227 787 787
Thursday 27th February 2025
01132 430 808
Friday 28th February 2025
03433 100 030
Thursday 6th March 2025
02072 061 174
Monday 10th March 2025
01603 630 000
AUTUMN 2025 TOUR EXTENSION – NEW DATES!
Tuesday 30th September 2025
Birmingham, The Alexandra (NEW DATE)
02072 061 174
Wednesday 1st October 2025
Portsmouth, Kings Theatre (NEW DATE)
02392 828 282
Saturday 4th October 2025
Warwick, Arts Centre (NEW DATE)
02476 496 000
Tuesday 7th October 2025
Northampton, Royal & Derngate (NEW DATE)
01604 624 811
Wednesday 8th October 2025
York, Opera House (NEW DATE)
N/A
Thursday 9th October 2025
Newcastle, O2 City Hall (NEW DATE)
01912 496 050
Sunday 12th October 2025
Bristol, Hippodrome (NEW DATE)
0844 871 7627
Friday 17th October 2025
Cambridge, Corn Exchange (NEW DATE)
01223 357 851
Sunday 19th October 2025
Manchester, Opera House (NEW DATE)
N/A
Saturday 25th October 2025
Brighton, Dome (2pm show) (NEW DATE)
01273 709 709
Sunday 26th October 2025
Cardiff, New Theatre (NEW DATE)
03433 100 041
Monday 27th October 2025
Leeds, City Varieties (NEW DATE)
01132 430 808
Thursday 30th October 2025
St Albans, Alban Arena (NEW DATE)
01727 844 488
