David Sedaris, the bestselling author and star of Radio 4 series ‘Meet David Sedaris’, has announced a UK tour for 2018. The tour takes in 10 dates starting on 10th July at Cardiff St. David’s Hall and culminates with two nights at London’s Cadogan Hall on 24th & 25th July. The tour supports his next literary release - a new book of essays entitled ‘Calypso’ that comes out in June.
Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers. The skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
He is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, 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 2017’s ‘Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)’. The audio version of Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls is a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is also the author of the NYT-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’ writing regularly appears in The New Yorker and his work has been translated into 25 languages.
He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service.
David Sedaris’ original radio pieces can often be heard on the US public radio show This American Life. His latest audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure (November 2009). 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.”
Tickets go on sale on Wednesday January 24 at 10am here. Dates below.
JULY
Tues 10th CARDIFF - St David’s Hall
Wed 11th CAMBRIDGE – Cambridge Corn Exchange
Fri 13th GLASGOW – Royal Concert Hall
Sat 14th LIVERPOOL - Philharmonic Hall
Mon 16th YORK - Barbican
Tues 17th NEWCASTLE - Tyne Theatre
Thurs 19th NOTTINGHAM – Royal Concert Hall
Fri 20th BEXHILL – De La Warr Pavilion
Tues 24th & Wed 25th LONDON – Cadogan Hall
Picture: Adam De Tour.
