Ricky Gervais has announced the first set of UK dates for his new stand-up show ‘Mortality’ – find all the details below.
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The Office star announced the new tour in June, confirming he would be revisiting all of his favourite arenas around the world, with a Netflix special of the show to follow.
Now, the first run of 11 UK dates has been confirmed, with Gervais set to kick off the run in York’s Barbican on October 22. From there, he will play Oxford, Newcastle, Manchester, St Albans, Brighton, Nottingham, Liverpool, Cardiff and Ipswich, before wrapping up at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on January 28.
These are only the first few cities on the UK leg of the #Mortality tour but it’s a start. Tickets on sale Friday. pic.twitter.com/dnQG4MZlZs
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 23, 2024
Further dates will be announced in due course, including shows in Europe and North America. The presale for UK tickets is at 10am on Wednesday (September 25), with general sale starting at the same time on Friday (September 27). Get your tickets here.
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’ ‘Mortality’ dates so far are:
OCTOBER
22 – York, Barbican
29 – Oxford, New Theatre
NOVEMBER
7 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
11 – Manchester, Apollo
18 – St Albans, Alban Arena
26 – Brighton, Brighton Centre
DECEMBER
5 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
13 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
JANUARY
7 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
14 – Ipswich, Regent Theatre
28 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
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 its 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.”
More recently, the comedian was accused of bullying by former touring partner Robin Ince. “People who knew me did not like the way that relationship worked,” he claimed. “I am not saying it is a traumatic experience, but after two weeks, I came out in red lumps that my doctor said were a stress rash. I think my hair is coming out in clumps.
“I look back now, and I think it is bullying – really it is,” he said of the experience. “I’m very good at sometimes just acclimatising to things, in which you go, ’Actually, this is really weird’.”
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