It was announced today (25th June 2014) that DAVE GORMAN will add four shows at London’s Southbank Centre for his brand new tour, Dave Gorman Gets Straight To The Point… (The PowerPoint). The new dates will see DAVE perform from Tuesday 16th to Friday 19th December at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and will be in addition to his original London date at Hammersmith Apollo on 15th November. This will be DAVE’s first new live tour show in three years and follows on from Powerpoint Presentation, which went on a three-time-extended nationwide tour of the UK. Tickets will go on pre-sale from 9am today and on general sale from 9am on Friday 27th June.
Yes. That’s right. It’s a PowerPoint presentation. We know what you’re thinking. But don’t worry… we think you’re in pretty safe (and funny) hands. You won’t need to take notes and you almost certainly won’t be tested on it later.
Along with the international tour of Powerpoint Presentation, DAVE’s live career has seen him sell out multiple tours of the UK, have two six-week runs off Broadway in New York extended to three months, complete a successful four-month tour of the USA and become responsible for the fastest selling show in the history of the Studio Theatre at The Sydney Opera House. Live performances have also earned him the title of Best One Person Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival (twice), as well as nominations for the Perrier Award, the South Bank Award (alongside EDDIE IZZARD and Little Britain) and two nominations for the prestigious American Drama Desk Award, where he was up against – among others – the legend, BILLY CRYSTAL.
DAVE will return to (channel) Dave with an extended second series of the critically acclaimed, Modern Life Is Goodish in early autumn. Also an audience hit, the debut series was the highest rating new commission on Dave last year.
What the press said about Dave Gorman’s last live show
“…Dave Gorman’s latest offering is a much-needed reminder of how a truly gifted performer can delve beyond clever punchlines and make us look afresh at the world. The nearest thing we have to that late, great American raconteur Spalding Gray, he turns monomania into the most compelling and uplifting of confessionals.” ★★★★ The Times
“Dave Gorman has returned to the fringe after a few years away with a triumph of a show of the kind he pioneered and still does better than anyone. In a show that is effectively a double-act with his technology, Gorman has turned using PowerPoint into an art form, repeatedly wrongfooting the audience’s expectations and finding joy or bewildered outrage in the minutiae of the media that increasingly shape the way we see the world.” Observer
“. . .has transformed the seemingly mundane into hours of unabashed hysteria”. ★★★★ Metro
“It is Gorman’s playful niceness that made the show a winning show. . . This was superbly structured, packed with precision-tooled punchlines, twists and visual gags. Extremely clever. The man behind me was not laughing, he was positively ululating. And probably still is.”
★★★★ Evening Standard
“This is a technically slick, varied and consistently funny return.” ★★★★ The Scotsman
“…this is not about the medium, but the material. And what an impressive hour of intelligent, playful, quirky, obsessive and original fun it turns out to be.” Chortle
For further information please contact:
Dan Lloyd at Avalon on 020 7598 7222/[email protected]
When Where Venue Box Office
OCTOBER 3, 2014
FRIDAY WINCHESTER Theatre Royal 01962 840 440
OCTOBER 4, 2014
SATURDAY HEREFORD Courtyard Theatre 01432 340 555
OCTOBER 5, 2014
SUNDAYSHREWSBURY Theatre Severn 01743 281 281
OCTOBER 6, 2014
MONDAY NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598 598
OCTOBER 7, 2014
TUESDAY NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598 598
OCTOBER 8, 2014
WEDNESDAY NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598 598
OCTOBER 10, 2014
FRIDAY DUBLIN Vicar Street 00353 (1) 775 5800
OCTOBER 11, 2014
SATURDAY BRIGHTON Comedy Festival 01273 709 709
OCTOBER 12, 2014
SUNDAY MARGATE Theatre Royal 01843 292 795
OCTOBER 14, 2014
TUESDAY YEOVIL Octagon 01935 422 884
OCTOBER 15, 2014
WEDNESDAY ALDERSHOT Princes Theatre 01253 329 155
OCTOBER 16, 2014
THURSDAY HARROGATE Royal Hall 01425 502 116
OCTOBER 17, 2014
FRIDAY IPSWICH Corn Exchange 01473 433 100
OCTOBER 18, 2014
SATURDAY COVENTRY/WARWICK Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524
OCTOBER 19, 2014
SUNDAY NOTTINGHAM Playhouse 0115 941 9419
OCTOBER 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavillion 01702 351 135
OCTOBER 23, 2014
THURSDAY WIMBORNE The Tivoli 01202 885 566
OCTOBER 24, 2014
FRIDAY WREXHAM William Aston Hall 01978 293293
OCTOBER 25, 2014
SATURDAY CARDIFF St Davids 029 2087 8444
OCTOBER 27, 2014
MONDAY ST ALBANS Albans Arena 01727 844 488
OCTOBER 28, 2014
TUESDAY TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Hall 01892 530 613
OCTOBER 29, 2014
WEDNESDAY HIGH WYCOMBE Wycombe Swan 01494 512 000
OCTOBER 30, 2014
THURSDAY STAFFORD Gatehouse Theatre 01785 254 653
OCTOBER 31, 2014
FRIDAY PRESTON Guildhall 0844 844 7710
NOVEMBER 1, 2014
SATURDAY ABERDEEN Aberdeen Music Hall 01224 641 122
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
TUESDAY DERBY Assembly Rooms 01332 255 800
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY STAFFORD Gatehouse Theatre 01785 254 653
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
THURSDAY BEDFORD Corn Exchange 01234 718 112
NOVEMBER 8, 2014
SATURDAY DURHAM Gala Theatre 03000 266 600
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
SUNDAY NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal 08448 11 21 21
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
TUESDAY LIVERPOOL Philharmonic 0151 709 3789
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
WEDNESDAY SWINDON Wyvern 01793 524 481
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
THURSDAY LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
SATURDAY LONDON (Hammersmith) Eventim Apollo 0844 249 4300
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
WEDNESDAY CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre 01242 572 573
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
THURSDAY GUILDFORD G Live 0844 7701 797
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
FRIDAY READING Hexagon Theatre 0118 960 6060
NOVEMBER 22, 2014
SATURDAY ST ALBANS Albans Arena 01727 844 488
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
SUNDAY MANCHESTER/SALFORD The Lowry 0843 208 6000
NOVEMBER 24, 2014
MONDAY BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall 0121 345 0600
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
THURSDAY ISLE OF WIGHT Shanklin Theatre 01983 868 000
NOVEMBER 28, 2014
FRIDAY BRISTOL Colston Hall 0844 887 1500
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
SATURDAY BELFAST Ulster Hall 028 9033 4455
DECEMBER 2, 2014
TUESDAY DARTFORD Orchard Theatre 01322 220 000
DECEMBER 3, 2014
WEDNESDAY DORKING Dorking Halls 01306 881 717
DECEMBER 5, 2014
FRIDAY CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
DECEMBER 6, 2014
SATURDAY SHEFFIELD City Hall 0114 2 789 789
DECEMBER 16 – 19 2014
TUESDAY – FRIDAY LONDON Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) 0844 875 0073
