MICHAEL SPICER: THE ROOM NEXT TOUR
DEBUT UK TOUR FOR 2021
Internet sensation Michael Spicer has announced dates for his debut tour of the UK for 2021 with highly anticipated live show, The Room Next Tour. Starting in Newbury on 29th May 2021 and concluding on the 4th December 2021 all tickets are available now from www.michaelspicer.co.uk.
Hot on the heels of the publication of his first book The Secret Political Adviser: The Unredacted Files of the Man in the Room Next Door, Michael Spicer’s The Room Next Tour provides an entertaining insight into the internet sensation of 2020. Michael talks about his life making comedy under the radar, his viral hits of the past and of course, brand new Room Next Door sketches. This is a unique opportunity as the man from The Room Next Door finally leaves his room behind and walks out live onto the stage.
Michael Spicer is a comedy writer, actor, director and the creator of the viral sketch, The Room Next Door (50 million views and counting). After several months posting the videos on social media, Michael made his Room Next Door debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden earlier this year, and also featured on BBC Two’s The Mash Report. The Room Next Door has also resulted in a Radio 4 series which is due for broadcast later this year, the pilot of which won a British Comedy Guide award for Best Radio Sitcom and a TV adaptation which is currently in development with Zeppotron. Michael also has a book The Secret Political Adviser which was published by Canongate in October 2020 and is the recipient of Chortle’s Internet Award. He has also spoken about his creation on Newsnight.
Michael Spicer said: “This tour is going to be a thrilling experience for me, not only because it is the realisation of something I’ve been dreaming about and working towards for years but also because I’ll be outside of my house. I hope audiences will be equally thrilled about being outside of their houses.”
Tickets for Michael Spicer “The Room Next Tour” are available now from www.michaelspicer.co.uk
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PRAISE FOR MICHAEL SPICER:
“Spicer is the foil who reflects the absurdity of what’s being said” The Observer
“Spicer is a FUNNY MAN” Diane Morgan
“I grinned throughout like a loon” Sanjeev Bhaskar
“Genius” – Richard Herring
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Listings:
Date: Venue:
29/05/2021 Newbury, Corn Exchange
30/05/2021 Salford Quays, The Lowry (Lyric Theatre)
03/07/2021 Oxford Playhouse
08/07/2021 Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
02/08/2021 London, Bloomsbury Theatre
09/10/2021 Liverpool, Playhouse
30/10/2021 Birmingham, The Old Rep
02/11/2021 Leeds, City Varieties
06/11/2021 Margate, Theatre Royal
13/11/2021 London artsdepot
16/11/2021 Cambridge, Junction (J2)
18/11/2021 Bath, Komedia
20/11/2021 Cardiff, The Gate
21/11/2021 Bristol, Tobacco Factory
03/12/2021 Brighton, The Old Market04/12/2021 Ashford Revelation
Sindhu Syndicated Interview edit
“I am all about the 100% truth”. Acclaimed stand-up, actor, writer, and former investment banker Sindhu Vee has worked in businesses that may occasionally encourage people to be economical with the truth, so it’s pleasing to hear that lies to her are like kryptonite. “There is no need to tell people bullshit about yourself. As a stand-up, I think you guys should believe that I thought these things. It speaks volumes about how much I love my audiences and how much I trust them.”
The love between audiences and Sindhu has been a two-way street since the India-born stand-up broke through on the UK comedy scene in 2018. Her full debut show Sandhog went down a storm with crowds and critics alike (she earned rave reviews and an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination), and having taken it out onto the road, she’s desperate to bring fresh material to venues across the country.
Her new show, Alphabet, will tour this year, and takes in a whole range of different subjects and ideas. There’s no overarching theme, just a series of very funny stories, all of which are, remember, 100% true. Vee feels that this is as much about her process as anything else.
“There’s no explicit theme but, yes, there’s something in there about the alphabet. When I’m putting material together, typically my heart is in one place. I tend not to write for a show, I just write material. I am someone who believes that an hour of stand-up can be different bits, in what can be broadly called the American model: there might be turnips and then shoes and then my mother-in-law, but there’s no big theme. If that does happen, it’s not on purpose.”
Alphabet may turn out not to include root vegetables, footwear and family members, but like every other comic producing a show this year, there is one over-riding subject that will be almost impossible to ignore. “I’m someone who will only talk about what they care about at the time. Maybe all stand-ups do that, I don’t know. For a lot of people, lockdown was about being with your family but for me it was about being inward. I discovered a few things about my life that I thought ‘well this is shit: am I really that shallow?’ And, well, yes, I am. And, yes, it’s all in the show.”
A lot has happened to Sindhu since she made that breakthrough three years ago. Her TV credits have included acting spots on hit comedy-dramas such as Sex Education and Feel Good, while she has been funny as herself on the likes of Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, QI, and Have I Got News For You. For radio, she’s made Sindhustan and Things My Mother Never Told Me About Lockdown, while she also co-hosts the Child Labour podcast with fellow comic and parent Stuart Goldsmith. On the horizon is an appearance in the movie version of Tim Minchin’s musical Matilda which will be released in 2022.
“Though stand-up is definitely my big love, I discovered over time that comedy isn’t just one thing; you can exercise your comedy muscles in various ways and you have to have the discipline. There’s something about stand-up that requires discipline but is very sociable as well. A lot of your different needs are met; it’s not like writing where it’s all on you. Lockdown taught me a lot; there was no gigging and no clubs, so if you’re a comic, you have to self-generate your stuff.”
With a fully self-generated show to now take to her public, Sindhu is fully aware from her Sandhog experience that being on the road for a national tour has its ups and downs. “Before, I had never had a reason to travel the UK so much. I’m from India so when I went on holiday I would go back to India: why would I go to Kettering? So the biggest positive thing for me on tour was to look at all of this UK! Also I had zero geography. I’d say, ‘why is there water here?’ and my tour manager would say ‘oh god, do I have to show you a map?’ Another big pro is simply getting to tour and having an audience; it really is a highlight of doing this as a profession.”
And what of the cons? “Before I got a tour manager, in a couple of places there were hotels that were a combination of Fawlty Towers and that one from The Shining. They were so weird. I thought ‘I’m going to die here and no one is going to know where I am’. I have a very vivid imagination and I was addicted to all kinds of true crime before true crime became a thing. Another con is that I have come from very full families and touring can be very lonely. But, by and large, I am very excited to be on tour and I feel very lucky.”
Sindhu has one final message for those coming to see Alphabet, whether they’re already fans of her stand-up or those who have come to her through the TV programmes she’s appeared in or the radio shows and podcasts she’s recorded. “I feel like Sandhog was an introduction: this is who I am, this is who I’m married to, this is what I think. Whereas Alphabet is actually less about who I am on the outside, all the stuff you could have picked up on Wikipedia, and more about who I am on the inside. I think that’s the real difference. Pretty much everything I’m going to say in Alphabet you wouldn’t know if you didn’t come to the show. I have too much respect for stand-up as an artform and for the audiences who come to see me to not write and perform what’s really coursing through me.”
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SINDHU VEE: ALPHABET
Live Tour Announced for 2021
Fresh from appearances on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You and Channel 4’s award-nominated Feel Good, Sindhu Vee has announced rescheduled dates for her brand new UK tour, starting in September 2021 and running until February 2022. Tickets are on sale now from www.sindhuvee.com.
Sindhu Vee: Alphabet is about the hair we want, the friends we have, and living the vast difference between virus and viral. Expect razor sharp, unapologetic stand-up from one of comedy’s most engaging talents.
Sindhu has fast become one of the most exciting and sought-after comedians on the UK circuit. In 2018 Sindhu took her eagerly anticipated debut hour, Sandhog, to the Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. After the Fringe, Sindhu took Sandhog to the Soho Theatre for two sold-out runs before embarking on a hugely successful UK tour.
Her television career is also firmly on the up. She has twice appeared on BBC Two’s Live at the Apollo, most recently as host, and has guested on BBC panel shows Mock the Week, QI and Have I Got News for You. In 2020, Sindhu also acted in the critically acclaimed shows Feel Good (Netflix/Channel 4) and Sex Education (Netflix). Most recently she has starred in Starstruck (BBC Three) and has also been cast in the Netflix adaptation of Matilda.
In 2018 Sindhu wrote and hosted her own series, Sindhustan, on Radio 4. She returned to the station this summer with her new series, Things My Mother Never Told Me (…About Lockdown) and also co-hosts the Child Labour podcast with Stuart Goldsmith for Radio X.
Praise for Sindhu Vee:
“Refreshing, clever stuff”
BRUCE DESSAU
“She effortlessly manages to be simultaneously waspish yet instantly very likeable”
STEVE BENNETT, CHORTLE
“Her acerbic perspective and unapologetic delivery of less politically correct home truths are alarmingly persuasive”
THE LIST
“Excellent”
BROADWAY BABY
For more info and tickets visit: www.sindhuvee.com
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