Comic Dawn French is to go on tour later in 2022 with a brand new one-woman stage show.

Dawn French Is A Huge Twat will tour the UK from 15th September, with a string of 20 initially announced dates running into the following month. Tickets are on sale now

The award-winning actor and best-selling novelist explains: "This show is so named because unfortunately, it's horribly accurate. There have been far too many times I have made stupid mistakes or misunderstood something vital or jumped the gun in a spectacular display of twattery. I thought I might tell some of these buttock clenching embarrassing stories to give the audience a peek behind the scenes of my work life...

"Roll up! Book early to see the telly vicar lady be a total twat on stage, live in front of your very eyes. And ears."

The dates announced so far are as follows:

15 September - Peterborough, New Theatre
16 September - Oxford, New Theatre
17 September - Leicester, De Montfort Hall
18 September - Stoke-on-Trent, Victoria Hall
22 September - Sheffield, City Hall
23 September - Blackburn, King George's Hall
24 September - Bradford, St Georges Hall
25 September - Northampton, Royal & Derngate
29 September - Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre
30 September - Portsmouth, Guildhall
01 October - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
02 October - Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
06 October - Plymouth, Pavilion
07 October - Torquay, Princess Theatre
08 October - Basingstoke, The Anvil
09 October - Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
13 October - Bournemouth, Pavilion Theatre
14 October - Eastbourne, Congress Theatre
15 October - Woking, New Victoria Theatre
16 October - Ipswich, Regent Theatre

Dawn French will appear on The Graham Norton Show tomorrow night (18th February) discussing the new tour.