Comedian Geoff Norcott has announced a new national tour that will call into Lyme Regis later this year.

Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke is coming to the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis on Thursday, November 9.

Geoff has appeared on Have I Got News For You, A League Of Their Own, The Last Leg, Would I Lie to You?, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats, Backstage With Katherine Ryan and many more TV programmes.

For his sixth UK tour, Geoff Norcott will be trying to make sense of the current cultural and political scene with his playfully provocative brand of humour.

Whether it's the dire blandness of the two main parties or the shamelessly shoe-horned right-on messages in adverts and films, Geoff will continue to delve into areas much of comedy leaves well alone.

But this time around he also has a mission. As well as casting his everyman eye over what's happening in wider society, Geoff is trying to unpick what's happening with your average bloke. Remember them?

Taking up his own bloke’s-eye-view, Geoff can see that, despite the social media vortex, your man in the street, average Joe, man on the Clapham Omnibus and your John Smiths just keep plodding on, fuelled by a diet of football, sheds, super-hero films, sporting autobiographies, wearing socks at all times and strategically burying feelings when necessary.

However, under the paraphernalia of manhood and the sometimes basic, even primal, behaviour of dads and lads, Geoff can see that there is something mysterious and definitely non-toxic going on.

A kindly and funny stock-take of both himself his fellow man, Basic Bloke unlocks some of the more complicated behaviour of your husbands, dads and brothers.

This month Geoff returned to Live at the Apollo to host his own episode.

Other broadcast credits include his own documentary, How The Middle Class Ruined Britain (BBC2) and (to date) four Radio 4 specials, one of which won 'Best Comedy' at BBC Radio & Music Awards.

Meanwhile, Geoff continues to be a feature in the world of political and social commentary, with regular appearances on political programmes including Question Time, Politics Live, Peston, and All Out Politics. 

As well as writing for all the major topical comedy programmes, Geoff is also extending his forays into scripted comedy with credits for Tom Davis’ King Gary (BBC1) and Stephen Merchant’s The Outsiders (BBC2), and has an exciting new project in development with production company Mammoth.

In 2021, Geoff released his first book, the memoir Where Did I Go Right (How the Left Lost Me). It garnered praise from comics including Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan and David Baddiel and enjoyed 5-star reviews across Amazon (where it was a long-running No.1 best-seller in political comedy), Audible and Waterstones.

To buy tickets, visit the website https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-geoff-norcott-1252793