Paul Merton to Launch UK Tour on April 24

Following the publication of his autobiography, Only When I Laugh, and over a decade of sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Paul Merton will take to the road again in 2015 with his world renowned Impro Chums. Paul and his Chums are wonders of nature. They take audience suggestions and create cascades of fantastic tumbling laughter... Most of the time.

Paul and his Impro Chums - Mike McShane, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch and Suki Webster - take suggestions from the audience and spin them into comedy gold, weaving fun and laughter together into a richly hilarious mesh of jollity.

Every show is a new adventure.

Paul Merton is a founder member of The Comedy Store Players, he still appears at the Comedy Store most Sundays. He is a regular guest on Radio 4's Just A Minute and is an established face on TV shows such as the hugely popular Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (BBC4/2), Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood (BBC 2) and his travel series for Channel Five, Paul Merton's Adventures which covered his travels in India, China and Europe. His recent Autobiography, Only When I Laugh reached the Sunday Times bestseller Top 10.

Mike Mcshane has squandered his life by improvising with his friends and making friends by improvising. He has appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Little Shop of Horrors and Stephen Sondheims' Assassins and his TV work includes Doctor Who, and the new M. Night Shyamalan joint, Wayward Pines. He is lucky to be with Karen, woman of his dreams and all around great lady, and makes himself available to a cat named DeNiro, for which disdain is his ultimate reward.

Lee Simpson became a member of the Comedy Store Players in 1989. He is Artistic Director of Improbable, one of the country's foremost theatre companies and along with Richard Vranch he wrote and performed on Paul Merton - The Tour and Paul Merton -- The Palladium, he also directed Paul Merton -- And This is Me.

Richard Vranch improvises and writes comedy, and he does voiceovers for adverts and documentaries. Dr Vranch has appeared on Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox, and he is half of the science/hula-hoop act Dr Hula. He's toured the world from Mexico to Palestine acting in sketch shows, and he does stand-up in French.

Suki Webster is a regular guest of The Comedy Store Players and has toured the world with Paul Merton And His Impro Chums more recently she co-wrote and was Assistant Director on Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood (BBC2). Suki's play, My Obsession, which she wrote and starred in garnered audience and critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014.

For more, visit www.paulmerton.com or www.comedystoreplayers.com.

UK TOUR DATES:

Venue: Alban Arena ST ALBANS

Dates Friday 24th April

Box Office: 01727 844 488

Online: www.alban-arena.co.uk

Venue: The Pavilion, BIC, BOURNEMOUTH

Dates Saturday 25th April

Box Office: 0849 576 3000

Online: www.bic.co.uk

Venue: Town Hall CHELTENHAM

Dates Monday 27th April

Box Office: 0844 576 2210

Online: www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk

Venue: The Hall for Cornwall TRURO

Dates: Tuesday 28th April

Box Office: 01872 262 466

Online: www.hallforcornwall.org.uk

Venue: Octagon Theatre YEOVIL

Dates: Wednesday 29th April

Box Office: 01935 422 884

Online: www.octagon-theatre.co.uk

Venue: Grand Opera House YORK

Dates Friday 1st May

Box Office: 0844 871 3024

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: Warwick Arts Centre COVENTRY

Dates Saturday 2nd May

Box Office: 024 7652 4524

Online: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

Venue: The Hippodrome BRISTOL

Dates Sunday 3rd May

Box Office: 0844 871 3024

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: St David's Hall, CARDIFF

Dates: Monday 4th May

Box Office: 029 2087 8444

Online: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

Venue: Marlowe Theatre CANTERBURY

Dates Tuesday 5th May

Box Office: 01227 787 787

Online: www.marlowetheatre.com

Venue: New Theatre OXFORD

Dates Friday 8th May

Box Office: 0844 871 7615

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: Theatre Severn, SHREWSBURY

Dates Saturday 9th May

Box Office: 01743 281 281

Online: www.theatresevern.co.uk

Venue: Anvil Arts BASINGSTOKE

Dates Tuesday 12th May

Box Office: 01256 844 244

Online: www.anvilarts.co.uk

Venue: The Assembly Halls TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Dates Friday 15th May

Box Office: 01892 530 613 or 01892 532 072

Online: www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk

Venue: Music Hall ABERDEEN

Dates Saturday 16th May

Box Office: 01224 641 122

Online: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com

Venue: Eden Court Theatre INVERNESS

Dates: Sunday 17th May

Box Office: 01463 234 234

Online: www.eden-court.co.uk

Venue: Kings Theatre GLASGOW

Dates Monday 18th May

Box Office: 0844 871 3024

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: Richmond Theatre RICHMOND

Dates Tuesday 19th May

Box Office: 0844 871 7627

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: G-Live GUILDFORD

Dates Friday 22nd May

Box Office: 0844 7701 797

Online: www.glive.co.uk

Venue: Royal and Derngate NORTHAMPTON

Dates Saturday 23rd May

Box Office: 01604 624 811

Online: www.royalandderngate.co.uk

Venue: The Lowry SALFORD

Dates Sunday 24th May

Box Office: 0843 208 6000

Online: www.thelowry.com

Venue: Lyceum Theatre CREWE

Dates: Monday 25th May

Box Office: 01270 368 242

Online: www.crewelyceum.co.uk

Venue: Gaiety Theatre ISLE OF MAN

Dates Tuesday 26th May

Box Office: 01624 600 555

Online: www.cfvg.gov.im

Venue: Hexagon READING

Dates: Friday 29th May

Box Office: 0118 960 6060

Online: www.readingarts.com/thehexagon

Venue: Dome BRIGHTON

Dates: Saturday 30th May

Box Office: 01273 709 709

Online: www.brightondome.org

Venue: Wyvern Theatre SWINDON

Dates Sunday 31st May

Box Office: 01795 524 481

Online: www.wyverntheatre.org.uk

Venue: Grand Theatre SWANSEA

Dates Monday 1st June

Box Office: 01792 475 715

Online: www.swanseasgrand.co.uk

Venue: The Swan Theatre & Old Town Hall HIGH WYCOMBE

Dates Tuesday 2nd June

Box Office: 01494 552 811

Online: www.wycombeswan.co.uk

Venue: New Victoria Theatre WOKING

Dates Friday 5th June

Box Office: 0844 871 7615

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: Palace Theatre SOUTHEND

Dates Saturday 6th June

Box Office: 01702 351 135

Online: www.southendtheatres.org.uk

Venue: The Theatre MILTON KEYNES

Dates: Sunday 7th June

Box Office: 0844 871 7652

Online: www.atgtickets.com

Venue: Alive Corn Exchange KINGS LYNN

Dates Monday 8th June

Box Office: 01553 764 864

Internet: www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk

Venue: City Varieties LEEDS

Dates Tuesday 9th June

Box Office: 0113 243 0808

Online: www.cityvarieties.co.uk

Venue: Baths Hall SCUNTHORPE

Dates Friday 12th June

Box Office: 0844 854 2776

Online: www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk

Venue: Durham Gala, DURHAM

Dates: Saturday 13th June

Box Office: 0191 332 4041

Online: www.galadurham.co.uk

Venue: Buxton Opera House BUXTON

Dates Sunday 14th June

Box Office: 0845 127 2190

Online: www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

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