Alexei Sayle has announced his first stand-up tour in 7 years.

He'll perform Alexei Sayle Live UK 2020 Tour in venues around England from January to April 2020.

His promoters confirm: "Following huge success with 3 series of his incredibly popular recent Radio 4 show Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar, alternative comedy legend Alexei Sayle has just announced he'll be returning to stages across the UK in 2020 with his first stand-up tour in 7 years. Sayle's brand-new show will span the UK, including a 3-night homecoming residency at Liverpool's Epstein Theatre (12-14 March) and 2 nights at London's Bloomsbury Theatre (6-7 April)."

Of his return to the stage, Sayle says: "This tour won't be another arsehole comic talking about his girlfriend or the funny things his kids do or the funny things cats do or how he doesn't understand the internet or bleeding Brexit... This is ALEXEI FUCKING SAYLE you'll be seeing."

His promoters jokingly add: "Sayle has been performing stand-up for forty years since the day he invented modern comedy. He'd like to stay at home with his cat but he's still really funny, dangerously political and wildly energetic so he feels compelled to do a live tour. The least you can do is to come and see him."

A full list of dates is below. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster

2020 dates

Friday 31st January - Saturday 1st February: Manchester (Home)
Monday 3rd - Tuesday 4th February: Winchester (Theatre Royal)
Saturday 15th February: Nottingham (Playhouse)
Monday 17th - Tuesday 18th February: Norwich (Playhouse)
Friday 21st - Saturday 22nd February: Oxford (Playhouse)
Friday 28th - Saturday 29th February: Birmingham (MAC)
Wednesday 4th - Thursday 5th March: Exeter (Phoenix)
Thursday 12th - Saturday 14th March: Liverpool (Epstein Theatre)
Tuesday 17th - Wednesday 18th March: Sheffield (Memorial)
Wednesday 25th - Thursday 26th March: Bristol (The Redgrave Theatre)
Friday 3rd - Saturday 4th April: Margate (Theatre Royal)
Monday 6th - Tuesday 7th April: London (Bloomsbury)

Tickets via Ticketmaster