Award-winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili has announced a new 41-date UK tour in 2016. The tour currently starts on March 1 in Barnard Castle and ends on May 14 in Luton.

As a stand-up and acclaimed actor Dajili's credits range from Hollywood movies and television to live productions on the West End stage. Intelligent, sometimes provocative and always entertaining, his live shows are examples of stand-up at its most skilful.

He has appeared on UK and US TV and starred in films such as the Golden Globe nominatedShaun the Sheep Movie, Mr Nice, Gladiator, Sex And The City 2, The Mummy and The Infidel. In 2015 he was also executive producer of the acclaimed documentary We Are Many, about the global anti-war demonstrations that took place in 800 cities on February 15th 2003, to date the largest mobilisation of human beings in the history of the earth.

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