Ricky Gervais has announced his new world tour and Netflix special: Mortality.
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Official performance dates are set to be announced at a later stage, with the tour due to kick off later this year and run until the end of 2025.
As per the press release, the tour will see Gervais revisit all of his favourite arenas around the world, and it will also be filmed for Netflix.
On the theme of the new show, Gervais said: “We’re all gonna die. May as well have a laugh about it. Mortality looks at the absurdities of life. And death. Bring it on.”
Ricky Gervais. CREDIT: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images
Gervais has already performed 50 work-in-progress shows, which he is continuing through the summer in the lead up to the start of his new world tour.
The next batch of work-in-progress shows are now on sale. You can find the venues and dates below.
Cambridge, Corn Exchange – Monday, 1 July 2024, 7pm
London, Leicester Square Theatre – Tuesday, 2 July, 4pm
Woking, New Victoria Theatre – Monday, 8 July, 7.30pm
Woking, New Victoria Theatre – Tuesday, 9 July, 7.30pm
Crawley, The Hawth Theatre – Monday, 15 July, 7pm
Crawley, The Hawth Theatre – Tuesday, 16 July, 7pm
London, Leicester Square Theatre – Monday, 29 July, 7pm
London, Leicester Square Theatre – Tuesday, 30 July, 7pm
You can book tickets for these work-in-progress shows at livenation.co.uk.
The comedian’s last Netflix special, Armageddon, was released on the streaming service on Christmas Day last year. In addition to winning a Golden Globe, the stand-up show also claimed the world record for the highest grossing comedy gig of all time.
Following it’s release on Netflix, Gervais joked that the streamer “couldn’t be arsed” to promote the special because they knew it would be “huge”.
“Netflix aren’t doing any posters because they can’t be arsed and I’m not doing any press interviews because they’re all c**ts,” Gervais wrote on social media at the time. “All I’ve got is you lot. Please watch #Armageddon on Netflix. Merry Christmas.”
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