EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE GLENN MOORE ANNOUNCES DEBUT UK TOUR AHEAD OF THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE

The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe
Brian Logan, The Guardian ★★★★

A prolific writer of clever, distinctive gags. Brilliantly original punchlines
Steve Bennett, Chortle ★★★★

An hour of exquisitely crafted gags building to a formidably funny finish
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard ★★★★

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2018, writer, and stand-up Glenn Moore is set to embark on his first nationwide tour from 20th September to 23rd January with a two-hour show featuring his latest scintillating one-liners and elaborate personal stories.

Glenn will present his two latest shows; the brand new show Love Don’t Live Here Glenny Moore which will debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 and explores his previous life with his ‘proper’ job as a newsreader and contemplates the realisation that everything in his life is purely down to obligation. And 2018’s critically applauded and Comedy Award nominated show Glenn, Glenn, Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It which follows Glenn’s misjudged application to the Mars One initiative and the demise of a failing relationship.

Building on the success of a sell-out, critically-acclaimed month long run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a Soho Theatre extension last year, Glenn has become a regular on Mock The Week (BBC Two) and was featured on Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2). He can be heard every weekday on Absolute Radio’s Breakfast Show alongside Dave Berry after previously presenting on Radio X as a newsreader and regularly featuring on BBC Radio 4.

Known for his original and offbeat material, Glenn’s writing credits include The Mash Report (BBC Two), Mock The Week (BBC Two), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), Play To The Whistle (ITV) and being a staff writer on the CITV sketch comedy show Scrambled.

Last year saw Glenn entertain audiences with his third comedy hour Glenn, Glenn, Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It which earned him a Comedy Award nomination and followed the celebrated Very Best of Belinda Carlisle and his debut show Glenngarry Glen Glenn which received much critical acclaim, was one of the year’s best reviewed debut shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and received a nomination for Best Debut Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.  Glenn is also one half of the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy duo Thunderbards, who have been described by GQ as ‘Without question one of the funniest sketch groups on the Fringe’ and have performed on BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama and BBC Scotland’s McAuley And Co.

CRITICAL PRAISE FOR GLENN MOORE:

Packed with zingers, it’s also a showcase for Moore’s talent as a one-liner man
Alice Jones, The I

This is a comedian putting others to shame. A stunningly well-crafted show
Kenza Marland, The List ★★★★

Moore’s clever, inventive and imaginative storytelling is now getting the great big laughs it deserves
Claire Smith, Beyond The Joke ★★★★

Glenn Moore delivers with a fervour that is invigorating to watch
Emily Hay, Edinburgh Festivals Magazine ★★★★

Top-quality gags, with abundant lines to savour
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag
★★★★

Effervescent execution
John Gibson, The Wee review ★★★★

If there was an award as to how much material and gags a comic could pack into his hour then Moore would win it hands down
One 4 Review ★★★★

Glenn Moore has packed so many well-written jokes into this show it’s an absolute joy to spend 60 minutes in his company
Mark Boosey, British Comedy Guide

 

TOUR DATES

Date Venue
20-Sep-19 Colchester Arts Centre
21-Sep-19 Chorley, Little Theatre
28-Sep-19 Bristol, The Wardrobe
29-Sep-19 Swindon, Arts Centre
03-Oct-19 Aldershot, West End Arts Centre
06-Oct-19 Leeds, The Wardrobe
10-Oct-19 Cambridge, The Junction
12-Oct-19 Swansea, Grand Theatre Studio
13-Oct-19 Cardiff, Glee Club
18-Oct-19 York, Basement
20-Oct-19 Sheffield, The Leadmill
26-Oct-19 Edinburgh, The Stand
27-Oct-19 Glasgow, The Stand
01-Nov-19 Reading, South Street Arts Centre
02-Nov-19 Worcester, Swan Theatre, Huntington Hall
03-Nov-19 Crewe, Lyceum Theatre
06-Nov-19 Birmingham, Glee Club
07-Nov-19 Northampton, The Deco
08-Nov-19 Oxford, Glee Club
10-Nov-19 Leicester, Sue Townsend Theatre
28-Nov-19 Brighton, Komedia
29-Nov-19 Hull, Mortimer Suite
30-Nov-19 Newcastle, The Stand
01-Dec-19 Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
07-Dec-19 Bath, Rondo Theatre
13-Dec-19 Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
23-Jan-20 Salford, Lowry

 

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