Comedian Pierre Novellie is to embark on his first stand-up tour in 2023.

Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?, which enjoyed a 5-star-rated and British Comedy Guide Recommended run at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, sees the comedian, writer and podcaster look into why he can't just enjoy things.

After a run at London's prestigious comedy venue Soho Theatre from 30th January to 8th February, the show will resume in Oxford late in September, taking in locations such as Exeter, York, Newcastle, Norwich and Bath, before concluding in Salford in mid-November.

Promoters Avalon tease: "Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie looks into why he can't just enjoy things. It's observational comedy for people who think they hate observational comedy.

"Pierre isn't a curmudgeon, exactly, it's just most things feel about 6/10 - and he doesn't see eye-to-eye with anyone else on what makes a 0/10 or a 10/10. Through his comedy, Pierre tries to work out why, enlisting along the way the help of fish blood, Charles Dickens and the 'piss goblin'.

"Is Pierre his own worst enemy when it comes to breaking through to the 'fun zone' or is everyone else in the world wrong? And if he is wrong: why?"

Tickets for most dates are on sale now via his website, pierrenovellie.com.

Dates

21st September - Oxford, Glee
22nd September - Brighton, Komedia
23rd September - Cambridge, Junction
29th September - Birmingham, Glee
30th September - Bristol, Wardrobe
1st October - Exeter, Phoenix
6th October - York, 41Monkgate
7th October - Leeds, Hyde Park Book Club
8th October - Leicester, Firebug
11th October - Glasgow, The Stand
12th October - Edinburgh, Monkey Barrel
13th October - Newcastle, The Stand
14th October - Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
18th October - Southend, Dixon Studio
19th October - Norwich, The Garage
22nd October - Dublin, Whelan's
2nd November - Sheffield, Leadmill
3rd November - Lincoln, The Platform
4th November - Northampton, Derngate Underground
5th November - Nottingham, Canalhour
10th November - Bath, Rondo Theatre
11th November - Salford, The Lowry