“The best political comedian in the business…Zaltzman is breathtakingly good”
Time Out

“Political comedy at its best”
The Sunday Times

Critically-acclaimed stand-up and star of the global hit satirical podcast The Bugle, ANDY ZALTZMAN will embark on his latest nationwide tour from February, following a run in London beginning on 20^th December.

ANDY will perform at Soho Theatre over Christmas and New Year with 2016: The Certifiable History, a satirical round-up of a year which has seen the world – Britain and non-Britain alike – bark furiously at its own reflection, punch itself angrily in the face, and take several long, hard, tearful baths with itself.  From 2^nd February he will head out on a 22-date tour with Plan Z, which will see ANDY address diverse issues such as the past, the present, and the future, attempting to body-surf the unending volcano of confused fury that is modern global politics.

From its inception in 2007 until earlier this year, ANDY wrote and presented The Bugle with his long-term collaborator JOHN OLIVER (host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight).  The podcast relaunched in October as part of the Radiotopia network, with ANDY joined by a revolving group of regular co-hosts including HARI KONDABOLU, NISH KUMAR, WYATT CENAC and HELEN ZALTZMAN.  During its nine-year run The Bugle has covered all of the major news stories in the world, many of the minor news stories in the world, and a large amount of stuff that has not actually happened, becoming one of iTunes’ most popular and critically-acclaimed comedy podcasts.  It has a huge global fanbase including large UK and US audiences, and has totalled over 70 million downloads across more than 300 episodes.

Outside The Bugle, ANDY and JOHN have also worked together on shows including Political Animal (BBC Radio 4) and The Department (BBC Radio 4), as well as performing live together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the early years of the millennium.

ANDY’s extensive TV and radio appearances include Unspun with Matt Forde (Dave), John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show (Comedy Central), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), The Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central) and The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4). He has made regular appearances on The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), and has been a core member of the team on 7 Day Sunday/Saturday (BBC Radio 5 Live) since its inception in 2010.  Andy conceived, wrote and hosted Andy Zaltzman’s History of the Third Millennium – Series 1 of 100 for BBC Radio 4, and in 2008 his book Does Anything Eat Bankers? was published by Old Street Publishing.

He has contributed blogs, podcasts and videos to ESPNcricinfo since 2008, establishing himself as one of the funniest and most distinctive voices in the cricket media, and, in 2016, joined the BBC Test Match Special commentary team as an expert statistician.  He has also hosted Andy Zaltzman’s Summer Of Sport, a non-football sports comedy podcast for The Guardian.

For more information contact: Nathan Dean at Avalon on 0207 598 7222 or [email protected]

Andy Zaltzman – 2016: The Certifiable History and Plan Z