Comedian John Oliver Set for Bass Concert Hall, 10/25

Comedian, writer, and actor John Oliver brings his stand up performance to Bass Concert Hall on Friday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for John Oliver go on sale Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m., at the following authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall ticket office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.livenation.com or www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

John Oliver has been a writer and correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 2006. As a result of his popularity on The Daily Show, Comedy Central asked John to write and star in his own one hour stand up special, Terrifying Times, which premiered in April 2008 and was subsequently released on DVD. In 2008 John Starred in the Mike Myers movie The Love Guru, and is currently appearing in a recurring role in the NBC series Community and his own series for Comedy Central, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show. John has had multiple Writers Guild and Emmy nominations for his writing on The Daily Show and in 2009 he won the Emmy Award for Best Comedy Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series. Now through September 3, Oliver has replaced John Stewart as host of The Daily Show while Stewart takes a hiatus to direct his first feature film, Rosewater.

Alongside long term writing partner Andy Zaltzman, John currently co-writes and stars in The Bugle, an ongoing series of satirical news podcasts, in association with The Times newspaper. John co-wrote and hosted three series of the BBC Radio 4 show Political Animal, which was based on his satirical live stand up show with Andy Zaltzman. John has also written and starred in three series of The Department (BBC Radio 4) alongside Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman. Further credits include Mock the Week (BBC Radio 2), Bremner, Bird & Fortune(Channel 4), The Last Word (More 4); Green Wing (Channel 4), Chambers (BBC 1), People Like Us (BBC 1) and the Ardal O'Hanlon sitcomMy Hero (BBC 1), and Important Things with Demetri Martin (Comedy Central).

John also regularly performs his stand-up comedy act at colleges and comedy venues throughout the United States.

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