Following a sell-out 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a run at London’s Soho Theatre, MATT FORDE embarks on a UK tour with his new stand-up show, Get The Political Party Started on October 2nd. With up to the minute political observations, satire and impressions of some of the UK’s leading Westminster figures, MATT will tackle some of the many great questions facing our country in the aftermath of the election…. What effect will the SNP have on Parliament? Will David Cameron serve a full third term? Does Andy Burnham wear mascara?
A former advisor to the Labour Party, MATT FORDE is fast becoming acknowledged as the UK’s leading political comic and has appeared on Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Mock The Week (BBC Two), Rory Bremner’s Coalition Report and Rory Bremner’s Election Report (BBC Two), 8 out of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Question Time (BBC One), This Week (BBC One), Newsnight (BBC Two), Daily Politics (BBC Two) and Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three). He also starred alongside Jon Richardson in Channel 4’s Jon Richardson Grows Up.
MATT FORDE’s London show, The Political Party, has been a sell-out during its monthly residency at Westminster’s St James Theatre. MATT has brought Parliament to life with his stand-up and debate with some of the Government’s most notorious figures, including ALASTAIR CAMPBELL, MICHAEL PORTILLO, NIGEL FARAGE, NEIL KINNOCK, ALAN JOHNSON, JOHN PRESCOTT, JACK STRAW, DAME TESSA JOWELL, GEORGE GALLOWAY, JIM MURPHY and CHARLES CLARKE. The show is also released as a podcast which has amassed over 100,000 downloads on Soundcloud, hit the top spot of the iTunes comedy chart, was picked as the Daily Telegraph’s podcast of the week, and was nominated for the Internet Award in the 2015 Chortle Awards.
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TOUR DATES
2nd October
Southend, Dixon Studio
01702 351 135
15th October
Birmingham, The Glee Club
0871 472 0400
25th October
Glasgow, The Stand
0141 212 3389
1st November
Cardiff, The Glee Club
0871 472 0400
3rd November
Colchester, Arts Centre
01206 500 900
4th November
Brighton, Komedia
0845 293 8480
10th November
Nottingham, The Glee Club
0871 472 0400
18th November
Oxford, The Glee Club
0871 472 0400
27th November
Barnsley, Civic
01226 327000
28th November
Evesham, Arts Centre
01386 446944
19th November
Bath, Komedia
0845 293 8480
3rd December
Reading, South Street Arts Centre
0118 937 3456
6th December
Newcastle, The Stand
0191 300 9700
