Bound and Gagged Comedy presents Gyles Brandreth: Break A Leg! Further UK tour dates announced:  12^th September 2021 – 15^th June 2022

After a hugely successful five-star-rated run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018 and a sell-out 2019 UK tour, Gyles Brandreth is taking his one-man show, Break A Leg!, back on the road and to a whole host of new venues across the UK from September until June 2022.

Actor, author, ex-MP, broadcaster, and now acclaimed stand-up comedian, Brandreth’s show is a riotous celebration of all things theatrical. This is Brandreth unleashed on the stars he’s known and the theatre stories that have made him laugh– and occasionally cry. Without hesitation or repetition (but just a touch of deviation), in Break A Leg! joyful Just A Minute regular Gyles delivers a dazzling two hours of wit, wisdom, high drama, low comedy and hilarious name dropping.

They say that all political careers end in tears, but in the case of Gyles Brandreth, it’s tears of laughter as his glittering career simply goes from strength to strength.

He won the Most Popular Show At The Fringe Award when he first took a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and received a record number of five star reviews every time he’s appeared at the Pleasance, with even more Sold Out signs appearing outside venues during the first leg of his UK tour earlier this year. So, book now for these new 2020 dates before he sells out again!

ABOUT GYLES BRANDRETH:

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, actor, former MP and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and one of Britain’s most sought-after award ceremony hosts and after-dinner speakers.  A star of Celebrity Gogglebox, a veteran of QI and Have I Got News For You, a reporter on The One Show and a regular on Just a Minute, on stage he has appeared in pantomime, in Shakespeare, as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest and in his own musical revue in London’s West End.  His many books include seven Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle as his detectives, and two recent best-sellers: The 7 Secrets of Happiness and his celebration of good English, punctuation, spelling and grammar, Have You Eaten Grandma?  His latest book, coming out in September 2019, is about the power, pleasure and importance of learning poetry by heart: Dancing by the Light of the Moon. 

ABOUT THE SOMETHING RHYMES WITH PURPLE PODCAST:

Presented by Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent, Something Rhymes With Purple started in March 2019 and has now had over 1 million listeners. Each episode invites listeners to enhance their vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words. Susie and Gyles delve into topics based on language, peppering the show with insights and fun facts. The podcast is available to download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast providers.

What the press have said about Gyles Brandreth’s Break A Leg!:

‘A fantastically funny and fascinating way to spend an hour’                                 ★★★★★ Theatre Weekly

‘Sublime, uplifting comedic storytelling from a master of his craft’                       ★★★★ Fringe Review

 ‘An entertaining romp through British entertainment history’                              ★★★★ Voice Mag

‘Gyles is a natural raconteur and it is a treat to listen to’                                      ★★★★ One4Review

 ‘If you see just one show at the Fringe, it should be this one’                                 UK Theatre Network

Website: www.gylesbrandreth.net/ | Twitter: @GylesB1 | Instagram: @GylesBrandreth

FULL TOUR DATES

25^th July 2021 – Basingstoke, The Haymarket
www.anvilarts.org.uk / 01256 844244

12^th September 2021 – Worcester, Huntingdon Hall
www.worcesterlive.co.uk / 01905 611 427

17^th September 2021 – London, The Cadogan Hall
www.cadoganhall.com / 020 7730 4500

18^th September 2021 – Crewe, The Lyceum Theatre
www.crewelyceum.co.uk / 01270 368242

27^th September 2021 – Camberley, The Camberley Theatre
www.cammberleytheatre.co.uk / 0176 707600

3^rd October 2021 – Walsall, The Forest Arts Centre
www.walsallarena.com / 0300 555 2898

21^st March 2022 – Bracknell, The South Hill Park Arts
www.southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 484 123

1^st April 2022 – London, Leicester Square
www.leicestersquaretheatre.com / 020 7734 2222

2^nd April 2022 – London, Leicester Square
www.leicestersquaretheatre.com / 020 7734 2222

3^rd April 2022 – Wellingborough, The Castle Theatre
www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/castle-theatre / 01933 270007

4^th April 2022 – Kingston, Rose Theatre
www.rosetheatre.org / 020 8174 0090                            

9^th April 2022 – Harrogate, The Harrogate Theatre
www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk / 01423 502116

10^th April 2022 – High Wycombe, The Swan Theatre
www.wycombeswan.co.uk / 01494 512000

14^th April 2022 – Southport, Atkinson Arts Centre
www.theatkinson.co.uk  / 01704 533333

16^th April 2022 –  Buxton, The Opera House
www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk / 01298 72190

17^th April 2022 – Bury St. Edmunds, The Apex
www.theapex.co.uk / 01284 758000

22^nd April 2022 – Chelmsford, The Civic Theatre
www.chelmsford.gov.uk / 01245 605 505

23^rd April 2022 – Exeter, The Corn Exchange
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk / 01392 665938

24^th April 2022 –  Torquay, Babbacombe Theatre
www.babbacombe-theatre.com / 01803 328 385

1^st May 2022 – Wimborne, The Tivoli Theatre
www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk / 01202 849103

6^th May 2022 – Taunton, Taunton Brewhouse
www.thebrewhouse.net / 01823 283 244 

7^th May 2022 – Reading, The Hexagon
www.readingarts.com/hexagon/ 0118 960 6060

8^th May 2022 – Portsmouth, The New Theatre Royal
www.newtheatreroyal.com / 023 9264 9000

14^th May 2022 – Dorking, The Dorking Halls
www.dorkinghalls.co.uk / 01306 881717

21^st May 2022 – Launceston, Launceston Town Hall
www.launceston-tc.gov.uk/whats-on-in-launceston-town-hall / 01566 773693

22^nd May 2022 – Plymouth, The Red House Theatre
www.plymouthschoolofcreativearts.co.uk/the-red-house/ / 01752 221927  

27^th May 2022 – Nottingham, The Nottingham Playhouse
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk / 0115 3419419

28^th May 2022 – Durham, The Gala Theatre
www.galadurham.co.uk / 03000 266 600

29^th May 2022 – Leeds, City Varieties Music Halls
www.cityvarieties.co.uk / 0113 243 0808

30^th May 2022 – Broxbourne, The Spotlight
www.broxbourne.gov.uk/thespotlight / 01992 441946

1st June 2022 – Newbury, Corn Exchange
 www.cornexchangenew.com / 0845 5218 218

5^th June 2022  – Yeovil, The Octagon Theatre
www.octagon-theatre.co.uk / 01935 422884

6^th June 2022 – Richmond, Richmond Theatre
www.atgtickets.com / 0333 009 6690

12^th June 2022 – St Albans, Alban Arena
www.alban-arena.co.uk / 01727 844488

15^th June 2022 – LINCOLN, NEW THEATRE ROYAL
www.newtheatreroyallincoln.co.uk / 01522 519999