David Baddiel Announces Trolls: Not The Dolls Stand-Up Tour For Spring 2020
Wednesday, 05 June 2019
Written by Jon Stickler
David Baddiel has announced a new stand-up show for 2020.
Titled Trolls: Not the Dolls, the 52-date tour will kick off in Swansea in January, with tickets for the shows on general sale at 10am on June 7. Head here for pre-sale tickets.
Based on Baddiel's experiences with online trolls, the new trek follows his previously acclaimed live shows, his 2013 stand-up comeback Fame: Not The Musical and last year's My Family: Not The Sitcom. Promoters Avalon had this to say:
"The internet, as we know, doesn't have rules and laws, but if it has one, it might be: Don't Feed The Trolls. Don't for goodness sake, encourage these terrible people who spend all day insulting and abusing strangers for no other reason than their own souls have huge gaps in them, by replying to them.
"It's a good law. And it's one that David Baddiel has consistently broken. Because David has always seen trolls as hecklers. And if you get heckled, it is a comedian's duty not to ignore the heckler but to wittily put them down. Over the years he's spent a lot of time doing this. Which has led him to think that there might be a show in it: a show that would say something about how we live now. And also, a bit of a self-help manual. As lots of people get trolled, but not that many people know how to deal with it.
"David has stories to tell, of the dark, terrible and hysterically absurd cyber-paths interacting with trolls has led him down. Come with him on this comedy journey into our culture's most dank virtual underground. You will come back safe, more able to deflect your own trolls, and only a little bit soiled."
David Baddiel Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri January 24 2020 - SWANSEA Swansea Grand Theatre
Sat January 25 2020 - CARDIFF St Davids Hall
Sun January 26 2020 - MANCHESTER Lyric Theatre - The Lowry
Fri January 31 2020 - DORKING Dorking Halls
Sun February 02 2020 - BUXTON Buxton Opera House
Wed February 05 2020 - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Thu February 06 2020 - WORCESTER Huntingdon Hall
Fri February 07 2020 - WORTHING Assembly Hall
Sat February 08 2020 - FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall
Sun February 09 2020 - STRATFORD UPON AVON RSC
Wed February 12 2020 - DONCASTER Cast
Thu February 13 2020 - BLACKBURN King Georges Hall
Fri February 14 2020 - HULL City Hall
Sat February 15 2020 - HARROGATE Harrogate Theatre
Sun February 16 2020 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle Theatre Royal
Thu February 20 2020 - SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion
Fri February 21 2020 - BASINGSTOKE Anvil
Sat February 22 2020 - PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Sun February 23 2020 - WOKING New Victoria Theatre
Thu February 27 2020 - CREWE Lyceum Theatre
Fri February 28 2020 - SHEFFIELD City Hall
Sat February 29 2020 - DUDLEY Dudley Town Hall
Sun March 01 2020 - NOTTINGHAM Nottingham Playhouse
Thu March 05 2020 - ABERDEEN Music Hall
Fri March 06 2020 - EDINBURGH Rose Theatre
Sat March 07 2020 - MOTHERWELL Motherwell Concert Hall & Theatre
Sun March 08 2020 - GLASGOW Kings Theatre
Thu March 12 2020 - HAYES Beck Theatre
Fri March 13 2020 - AYLESBURY Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Sat March 14 2020 - LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Centre
Sun March 15 2020 - CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre
Thu March 19 2020 - BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall
Fri March 20 2020 - GUILDFORD G Live
Sat March 21 2020 - READING Reading Hexagon
Sun March 22 2020 - BRIGHTON Brighton Theatre Royal
Thu March 26 2020 - NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate
Sun March 29 2020 - WYCOMBE Swan Theatre
Fri April 03 2020 - ALDERSHOT Princes Hall
Sat April 04 2020 - SWINDON Wyvern Theatre
Sun April 05 2020 - YORK Grand Opera House
Thu April 09 2020 - ST ALBANS Alban Arena
Thu April 16 2020 - ISLE OF WIGHT Shanklin Theatre
Fri April 17 2020 - TORQUAY Babbacombe Theatre
Sat April 18 2020 - EXETER Northcott Theatre
Wed April 22 2020 - DARTFORD Orchard Theatre
Fri April 24 2020 - LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
Sat April 25 2020 - LEEDS Playhouse
Sun April 26 2020 - STAFFORD Gatehouse
Wed April 29 2020 - PETERBOROUGH Cresset
Thu April 30 2020 - PETERBOROUGH Cresset
Fri May 01 2020 - JERSEY Jersey Opera House
Sat May 02 2020 - WATFORD Watford Colosseum
Sun May 03 2020 - KINGSTON Rose Theatre
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