Live Dates.
There are currently no live dates planned. I toured a show (by bicycle) in Autumn 2009 and (by more conventional means) in Spring 2010 and a 90 minute version of the show was filmed in July 2010 for a DVD. It'll be released soon.
For the record, here's a list of the last live show's live dates:
2009 TOUR: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP
When |
Where |
Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|
August 30, 2009 |
Grampound (nr Truro) |
Grampound Village Hall |
August 31, 2009 |
Liskeard |
Sterts Theatre |
September 1, 2009 |
Exeter |
Northcott Theatre |
September 2, 2009 |
Taunton |
The Brewhouse |
September 3, 2009 |
Bristol |
Colston Hall |
September 4, 2009 |
Swindon |
Wyvern Theatre |
September 5, 2009 |
High Wycombe |
Wycombe Town Hall |
September 6, 2009 |
Cambridge |
Corn Exchange |
September 7, 2009 |
Ipswich |
Regent Theatre |
September 8, 2009 |
Lowestoft |
Marina Theatre |
September 9, 2009 |
Kings Lynn |
Corn Exchange |
September 10, 2009 |
Peterborough |
The Cresset Theatre |
September 11, 2009 |
Leicester |
The Y Theatre |
September 12, 2009 |
Stoke on Trent |
Victoria Hall |
September 13, 2009 |
Salford |
The Lowry Centre |
September 14, 2009 |
Preston |
The Guildhall |
September 15, 2009 |
Lancaster |
Grand Theatre |
September 16, 2009 |
Kendal |
Brewery Arts Centre |
September 17, 2009 |
Threlkeld, nr Keswick |
Threlkeld Village Hall |
September 18, 2009 |
Carlisle |
The Brickyard |
September 19, 2009 |
Dumfries |
Bridgend Theatre |
September 20, 2009 |
Cumnock |
Town Hall |
September 21, 2009 |
Glasgow |
The Pavilion |
September 22, 2009 |
Dumbarton |
Denny Civic Hall |
September 23, 2009 |
Ardlui |
The Ardlui Hotel |
September 24, 2009 |
Fort William |
Fired Art |
September 25, 2009 |
Ardnamurchan |
The Big Barn, Sonachan Hotel |
September 26, 2009 |
Glenfinnan |
Railway Station Dining Car |
September 27, 2009 |
Fort Augustus |
Fort Augustus Public Hall |
September 28, 2009 |
Inverness |
The Ironworks |
September 29, 2009 |
Dornoch |
Carnegie Hall |
September 30, 2009 |
Lyth |
Lyth Arts Centre |
2010 EXTENDED TOUR: SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP (ONLY WITHOUT THE PEDAL, PEDAL BIT)
When |
Where |
Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|
February 11 |
Preston |
Guildhall |
February 12 |
Sheffield |
City Hall |
February 13 |
Nottingham |
Royal Concert Hall |
February 14 |
Reading |
The Hexagon |
February 15 |
Edinburgh |
Festival Theatre |
February 16 |
Bradford |
St. George's Hall |
February 17 |
Oxford |
New Theatre |
February 18 |
Derby |
Assembly Rooms |
February 19 |
York |
Grand Opera House |
February 20 |
London |
Hammersmith Apollo |
February 24 |
Folkestone |
Leas Cliff Halls |
February 25 |
Southend |
Cliffs Pavilion |
February 26 |
Bournemouth |
Pavilion |
February 27 |
Cambridge |
Corn Exchange |
February 28 |
Tunbridge Wells |
Assembly Theatre |
March 3 |
Portsmouth |
Guildhall |
March 4 |
Plymouth |
Pavilions |
March 5 |
Bedford |
Corn Exchange |
March 6 |
High Wycombe |
The Swan |
March 7 |
Newcastle |
Theatre Royal |
March 10 |
Cheltenham |
Town Hall |
March 11 |
Cardiff |
St. David's Hall |
March 12 |
Birmingham |
Alexandra |
March 13 |
Salford |
The Lowry Centre |
March 14 |
Brighton |
Theatre Royal |
March 17 |
Bolton |
Albert Halls |
March 18 |
Stoke on Trent |
Victoria Hall |
March 19 |
Coventry |
Warwick Arts Centre |
March 20 |
Liverpool |
The Empire |
March 21 |
Blackburn |
King George's Hall |
March 24 |
Aberdeen |
Music Hall |
March 25 |
Glasgow |
Kings Theatre |
March 26 |
Dorking |
Dorking Halls |
March 27 |
Belfast |
Waterfront Hall |
March 28 |
Basingstoke |
The Anvil |
March 30 |
Leicester |
De Montfort Hall |
March 31 |
Llandudno |
Venue Cymru |
DVD Warm Up Dates:
Sunday, June 27: Norden Farm Arts Centre, Maidenhead. SOLD OUT
Tuesday, June 29: Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham. SOLD OUT
Monday, July 5: West End Centre, Aldershot.SOLD OUT
Friday, July 9: The Lights, Andover
Monday, July 12: The Bloomsbury Theatre - two shows. SOLD OUT
And here are the details for the original tour undertaken by bicycle:
For the curious... here's an explanation of why the show has the title it does and also some details about the 2009 tour.
In 2009 I undertook two different challenges at the same time. I cycled between the four cardinal points of the British mainland (from the southernmost point to the easternmost to the westernmost to the northernmost) and at the same time I toured a live stand-up show around the country.
Like I say, they were very different things. The show wasn't about the journey... it was an entirely separate thing. Where the two were connected was purely in matters geographical. I obviously had to stick to a particular route to complete the cycling challenge and a show had to be arranged every night somewhere along that route. It meant I played some unconventional venues - especially towards the end as I travelled through the Scottish Highlands.
There's no theme to the show - unlike all the live shows I've toured before this one is a back to basics, straight-up, one man and a microphone stand up show. Which made coming up with a title a more abstract task. I decided to name it Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up because that's pretty much what I was doing. At the time I didn't think there was going to be a second leg of touring.
Inevitably there were parts of the country that I didn't get to because they simply weren't on the route. Some venues got in touch asking if they could have the show and a few of the venues that sold out quickly on the first leg asked if they could host the show again... so a new batch of dates were sorted. It was a chance to get to Kent, Yorkshire, Wales and all the other parts of the UK that weren't on the cycling route. But it also made it impossible to cycle. The bike ride came in at around 1600 miles and the second leg came it at over 8000 miles... I did get fit in September, but not that fit.
Even though I wasn't cycling, I kept the title the same to avoid any confusion about whether it's a different show or not. It was the same show after all. It's just that I wasn't saddle sore and blistered while I was performing it.
If you take a look at the list of dates I cycled to on the original 32 date tour it gives you some idea of the logistical problems involved. Having to find a venue somewhere on the route, between 30 and 90 miles from the last one isn't easy.