Alasdair Beckett-King Will Embark on New UK Tour

With several viral internet hits, appearances on Mock The Week a debut performance on Comedy Central Live and an upcoming debut on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown later this year, two sensational children's books and a sell-out UK tour earlier this year under his (vegan leather) belt, Alasdair Becket King is taking his total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show “Nevermore”  on tour across the UK, playing 23 dates from March to May 2024.

Sea levels have been rising Alasdair's whole life. But for the first 16 years he was getting taller, so he didn't notice. Now 6"2, Alasdair Beckett-King is the only comedian brave enough to speak out against that wet b*stard: The North Sea.

Nevermore is more than an anti-sea diatribe. As a 500 year old man ABK is uniquely poised to draw parallels between the history of the ever- shrinking British Isles, and his own childhood in the swinging 1990s. The multi award- winning stand-up comedian unravels some of life's shallowest mysteries:

1. What are train guards actually guarding?
2. Why wasn't Jaws set in County Durham?
3. Does his hair do that on its own?

Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of mischief and his armour made of a third amusing thing. The show that many people are calling “Nevermore“ is an island in a sea of existential terror and entirely justified fears. It is silly, faintly mystical and does not (at the time of going to press) feature any ravens. It is also a real show with jokes and everything.

Alasdair Beckett-King won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2017 and garnered a very enthusiastic critical response plus Amused Moose Comedy Award nomination with his debut Edinburgh show of the same year. Alongside his TV appearances and YouTube fame, he has featured on BBC radio as a comedian and sketch writer and performed stand-up across the UK, at Glastonbury, Citadel Fest, the Udderbelly Southbank and the Fringe. He once won a student RTS award and was nominated for a Student Oscar, but quit filmmaking for stand-up on realising it was a cheaper medium to be unsuccessful in.

Tour Dates

MARCH

27/03/2024                                     Birmingham - The Old Rep.

29/03/2024                                     Glasgow - Comedy Festival

30/03/2024                                     Belfast - The Limelight 

APRIL                

02/04/2024                                     Colchester - Arts Centre                  

05/04/2024                                     Cambridge - Junction

06/04/2024                                     Canterbury - Gulbenkian Theatre   

10/04/2024                                     Nottingham - New Theatre

12/04/2024                                     Southampton - The Attic

13/04/2024                                     Salisbury - Arts Centre                     

19/04/2024                                     Leeds - City Varieties

20/04/2024                                     Liverpool - Hardman Street

21/04/2024                                     Manchester - Home          

24/04/2024                                     Bristol - The Redgrave Theatre

25/04/2024                                     Shrewsbury - The Walker Theatre

27/04/2024                                     Newcastle - The Stand

MAY     

01/05/2024                                     Norwich - Norwich Playhouse

02/05/2024                                     Brighton - Komedia

03/05/2024                                     Bury St Edmunds - Theatre Royal

              

07/05/2024                                     Swindon - Arts Centre

08/05/2024                                     Cardiff - The Glee Club 

09/05/2024                                     Exeter - Phoenix 

10/05/2024                                     Taunton - Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre

16/05/2024 & 24/05/2024            London  - Leicester Square Theatre

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