Hello and Festive Greetings. Or if you're not feeling particularly festive.... Hello.
The list of dates for the 'Bafflingly Optimistic' Spring Tour 2024 have now been finalised and all details are below.
'Bafflingly Optimistic' started in August at the Edinburgh Festival where every ticket was sold (including an extra show) and we now know we did slightly better than just break even, which given the current accommodation and venue costs, can be regarded as an unmitigated triumph.
Autumn Tour 2023 was great fun and included a surprising and quickly withdrawn audience marriage proposal in Northampton, a fond reminiscing in Monmouth of a lady who had shat herself during the first half but didn't leave till the interval, and a wonderfully weird night in Cardigan where I was heckled with info on the temperature and the gig location - something I was obviously aware of given that I had already made it to the gig.
My voice just about held out for the last show in Taunton, where during the finale, a man dressed in an overcoat, scarf and with long flowing white hair left to go to the toilet. His resemblance to the Ghost of Christmas Past gave the final show before Xmas a wonderful Dickensian ending.
Spring Tour 2024 sees a return to lots of old favourites including Nottingham Playhouse, 3 nights at Norwich Playhouse, Palace Theatre in Redditch and The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, as well as venues I've never played including the Garrick Theatre in Lichfield, Northern Stage in Newcastle and Theatre Royal in Wakefield. It culminates at the Leicester Square Theatre in London and an Arts Festival at a place I've never heard of, but will know the location of by the time I get there.
Look forward to seeing you at a show... or possibly more than one, but I might find that a little creepy.
TOUR DATES
18/01/2024 - Portsmouth - Guildhall Studio - BUY TICKETS
25/01/2024 - Banbury - Mill Arts Centre - BUY TICKETS
31/01/2024 - Salisbury - Arts Centre - BUY TICKETS
07/02/2024 - Brighton - Dome Studio - BUY TICKETS
22/02/2024 - Tring - Court Theatre - BUY TICKETS
23/02/2024 - Basingstoke - The Haymarket - BUY TICKETS
28/02/2024 - Cheltenham - Town Hall - BUY TICKETS
29/02/2024 - Lichfield - Garrick Theatre - BUY TICKETS
02/03/2024 - Bridgwater - McMillan Theatre - BUY TICKETS
06/03/2024 - Southampton - MAST Mayflower Studios - BUY TICKETS
07/03/2024 - Norwich - Playhouse - BUY TICKETS
08/03/2024 - Norwich - Playhouse - BUY TICKETS
09/03/2024 - Norwich - Playhouse - BUY TICKETS
15/03/2024 - Folkstone - Quarterhouse - BUY TICKETS
16/03/2024 - King's Lynn - St George's Guildhall - BUY TICKETS
21/03/2024 - Shrewsbury - Theatre Severn - BUY TICKETS
22/03/2024 - Darwen - Library Theatre - BUY TICKETS
23/03/2024 - Kendal - Brewery Arts Centre - BUY TICKETS
24/03/2024 - Lancaster - Grand Theatre - BUY TICKETS
28/03/2024 - Colchester - Mercury Theatre - BUY TICKETS
10/04/2024 - Redruth - Regal Theatre - BUY TICKETS
11/04/2024 - Launceston - Town Hall - BUY TICKETS
12/04/2024 - Plymouth - Quad Theatre - BUY TICKETS
13/04/2024 - Paignton - Palace Theatre - BUY TICKETS
18/04/2024 - Bury St Edmunds - The Apex - BUY TICKETS
19/04/2024 - Wakefield - Theatre Royal - BUY TICKETS
20/04/2024 - Newcastle - Northern Stage - BUY TICKETS
25/04/2024 - Nottingham - Playhouse - BUY TICKETS
27/04/2024 - Newbury - Corn Exchange - BUY TICKETS
01/05/2024 - Redditch - Palace Theatre - BUY TICKETS
02/05/2024 - Tenbury Wells - The Regal - (EXTRA DATE) BUY TICKETS
04/05/2024 - Milton Keynes - The Stables - BUY TICKETS
15/05/2024 - London - Leicester Square - BUY TICKETS
17/05/2024 - Wedmore - Arts Festival
23/05/2024 - Evesham - Town Hall - BUY TICKETS
'For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride' - The i
'Hysterical' - The Mirror
'Very funny' - The Times
'Punchline King' - The Guardian
'Laugh Out Loud Funny' - Sunday Telegraph
'Surprisingly ripped' - Rob Beckett
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