After a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018, Gyles Brandreth is taking his hit one-man show, Break A Leg!, to venues across the UK this coming spring.
Actor, author, ex-MP, broadcaster, and now acclaimed stand-up comedian, Break a Leg! is Gyles Brandreth’s riotous celebration of all things theatrical. This is Brandreth unleashed on the stars he’s known and the theatre stories that have made him laugh – and occasionally cry. Without hesitation or repetition (but just a touch of deviation), Just A Minute regular Gyles delivers a dazzling evening of wit, wisdom, high drama, low comedy and hilarious name dropping.
They say that all political careers end in tears, but in the case of Gyles Brandreth it seems it’s tears of laughter. He’s won the Most Popular Show At The Fringe Award and a record number of five star reviews, so book now before he sells out!
A former Oxford Scholar, President of the Oxford Union and MP for the City of Chester, Gyles Brandreth’s career has ranged from being a Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major’s government to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London’s West End.
A prolific broadcaster, Gyles has appeared on QI (BBC2), Have I Got News For You (BBC1), Room 101 (BBC1), Just A Minute (BBC Radio 4), and is a reporter and presenter for The One Show (BBC 1), as well as Dictionary Corner’s most frequent resident on Countdown (Channel 4). On stage he has appeared most recently in Hamlet and The Importance of Being Earnest. He is the Chancellor of the University of Chester, a columnist for The Oldie and the author of seven Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as his detective now published in 22 countries around the world. His Sunday Times best-sellers include a biography of The Queen, Word Play, The 7 Secrets of Happiness, and, most recently, Have You Eaten Grandma?
Break a Leg! A Dictionary of Theatrical Quotations (Notting Hill Editions), compiled by his wife Michele Brown and introduced by Gyles, is published to coincide with the new show – and there is a ‘meet and greet’ with Gyles and his wife after every performance on the tour.
Gyles Brandreth is on Sunday Brunch on C4 on February 17.
GYLES BRANDRETH TOUR DATES
Saturday 30th March, 8pm Colchester: Arts Centre
www.colchesterartscentre.com / 01206 500900
Sunday 31st March, 5pm Northampton: Royal and Derngate
www.royalandderngate.co.uk / 01604 624811
Saturday 6th April, 7:30pm Chipping Norton: Chipping Norton Theatre
www.chippingnortontheatre.com / 01608 642350
Sunday 7th April, 5pm Gloucester: Guildhall
www.gloucesterguildhall.co.uk / 01452 503050
Monday 8th April, 7:30pm Bishop’s Stortford: Rhodes Arts Complex
www.rhodesartscomplex.co.uk / 01279 710 200
Saturday 13th April. 7:30pm Maidenhead: Norden Farm
www.norden.farm / 01628 788997
Sunday 14th April, 7:30pm Maidenhead: Norden Farm
www.norden.farm / 01628 788997
Monday 15th April, 7pm Brighton: Komedia
www.komedia.co.uk/brighton / 01273 647100
Saturday 20th April, 7:30pm Swindon: Arts Centre
www.swindontheatres.co.uk / 01793 524 481
Saturday 27th April, 8pm Milton Keynes: The Stables
www.stables.org / 01908 280800
Sunday 28th April, 5pm Winchester: Theatre Royal
www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk / 01962 840 440
Saturday 4th May, 7:30pm Eastleigh: The Point
www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk / 023 8065 2333
Sunday 5th May, 5pm Bath: Komedia
www.komedia.co.uk/bath / 01225 489070
Saturday 11th May, 7:30pm Haverhill: Arts Centre
www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk / 01440 714140
Sunday 12th May, 3pm AND 7:30pm Bordon: Phoenix Arts Centre
www.phoenixarts.co.uk / 01420 472664
Saturday 18th May, 7:30pm Newbury: Arlington Arts Centre
www.arlington-arts.com / 01635 244 246
Sunday 19th May, 3pm Epsom: Playhouse
www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk / 01372 742555
Saturday 1st June, 7:30pm Derby: Guildhall Theatre
www.derbylive.co.uk / 01332 255800
Sunday 2nd June, 5pm Otley: Courthouse
www.otleycourthouse.org.uk / 01943 467466
Monday 3rd June, 8pm Selby: Town Hall
www.selbytownhall.co.uk / 01757 708449
Saturday 8th June, 7:30pm Bristol: Redgrave Theatre
www.redgravetheatre.com / 0117 3157 800
Sunday 9th June, 5pm Southend: Palace Theatre
www.southendtheatres.org.uk / 01702 351135
Saturday 15th June, 7:30pm Havant: The Spring
www.thespring.co.uk / 023 9247 2700
Sunday 16th June, 5pm Havant: The Spring
www.thespring.co.uk / 023 9247 2700
Saturday 22nd June, 7pm London: Leicester Square Theatre
www.leicestersquaretheatre.com / 020 7734 2222
Sunday 23rd June, 5pm Harrow: Arts Centre
www.harrowarts.com / 020 3773 7161
Monday 24th June, 7:30pm Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk / 024 7652 4524
Saturday 29th June, 7:30pm Birmingham: Old Rep
www.oldreptheatre.co.uk / 0121 359 9444
Sunday 30th June, 5pm Didcot: Cornerstone Arts Centre
www.cornerstone-arts.org / 01235 515144
Saturday 6th July, 7:30pm Fareham: Ashcroft Arts Centre
www.ashcroft.org.uk / 01329 223100
Sunday 7th July, 5pm New Milton: Forest Arts Centre
www.forest-arts.co.uk / 01425 612393
Monday 8th July, 7:30pm Bridport: Arts Centre
www.bridport-arts.com / 01308 424 204
Saturday 13th July, 7:30pm Letchworth: Broadway
www.broadway-letchworth.com / 01462 681088
Sunday 14th July, 5pm Shrewsbury: Theatre Severn
www.theatresevern.co.uk / 01743 281281
Saturday 20th July, 7:30pm Farnham: Maltings
www.farnhammaltings.com / 01252 745444
Saturday 27th July, 7:30pm Norwich: Playhouse
www.norwichplayhouse.co.uk / 01603 598598
Sunday 28th July, 3pm Hertford: Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com / 01992 531500
