Joseph Morpurgo is taking his boundary-smashing show Hammerhead on tour.

Outlandishly funny multimedia comedy and new voodoo from the distinguished mind of the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, three-time 2016 Chortle Award winner and BBC Radio Four star Joseph Morpurgo, featuring surreal set-pieces, vivid comic writing, subliminal pulse signals – and monsters. Following sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Soho Theatre, Hammerhead now embarks on a nationwide tour that also includes a special one-off performance at the South Bank Centre on 5th July.

Morpurgo’s previous shows include Time Out’s Number 1 show of 2015, Soothing Sounds For Baby (2015), in which he inserted himself into an episode of Desert Island Discs; Odessa (2014), in which a found VHS is used as the jump-off for a comic murder mystery; and Truthmouth (2013) - a one-man sketch show based around plundered stock images.

His debut BBC Radio 4 show, Joseph Morpurgo’s Walking Tour, aired in November and his other broadcast credits include Harry & Paul’s Story of the 2s (BBC Two), Murder in Successville (BBC3), The World of Simon Rich (BBC Radio 4) and Drunk History (Comedy Central). He has also written and performed in shorts for BBC Three and Sky Arts. 

Morpurgo is also a member of the award-winning improvised ensemble Austentatious, whose recent achievements include a BBC Radio 4 commission and an extensive UK tour. As an improviser, he has also guest performed with The Comedy Store Players and Improbable. 

Read an interview with Joseph Morpurgo here.

Tour Dates Below

12th – 17th March 2018 (not 15th March)      Soho Theatre, London https://www.sohotheatre.com / 020 7478 0100

3rd May 2018                                                 The Junction, Cambridge https://www.junction.co.uk / 01223 511511

12th May 2018                                               The North Wall, Oxford https://www.thenorthwall.com / 01865 319450

24th May 2018                                               The Bread Shed, Manchester www.perfectstrangerscomedy.co.uk

25th May 2018                                               The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury https://marlowetheatre.com / 01227 787787

26th May 2018                                               Wells Comedy Festival https://www.wellscomfest.com

28th May 2018                                               The Old Market, Brighton http://theoldmarket.com / 01273 201801

8th June 2018                                                South Street Arts Centre, Reading https://www.readingarts.com/south-street / 0118 960 6060

5th July 2018                                                 Southbank Centre, London https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk / 020 3879 9555