Ray Bradshaw is preparing to embark on a tour of the UK for 2024 with his new stand-up show, Doppelginger. The run will kick off in Southend in February and will finish in Salford in April.

His promoters explain: "Multi award-winning comedian Ray Bradshaw is forever being told 'you look just like my mate...' wherever he goes. It's been happening for years, and he's worried about it. Either someone is cloning generic bald men or, there's a ginger bearded bald man out there who's doing a bad job of stalking Ray. In his brand-new show Doppelginger, Ray is going to use the latest in genetic research (the internet) to try and put an end to this once and for all. He's on a quest to find the person who looks most like him.

"Doppelginger is a funny heartwarming comedy show about a silly search for a man with an orange beard who's follicly challenged. If you have a bald, ginger bearded friend in their 30s (true at time of writing), then bring them along. You never know - they could be The One."

The new tour follows on from Deaf Com 1, the comic's last show about growing up with deaf parents, which sold-out theatres across the world. As a result, every show of Doppelginger will have a BSL interpreter on stage.

The comic says: "I'm really excited to be going back on tour and finding lots of doppelgingers; maybe even doing a gig to a room full of them in what must be the best-looking audience ever."

A full list of dates is below. Tickets go on sale Friday 1st September and are available from raybradshaw.com

2024 dates

February 2024
Sunday, 25 February: Southend Cliffs Pavilion (Dixon Studio)
Wednesday, 28 February: Cardiff The Glee Club
Thursday, 29 February: Bristol Hen and Chicken

March 2024
Friday, 1 March: Swindon Arts Centre
Saturday, 2 March: Newport The Riverfront (Studio)
Tuesday, 5 March: Canterbury Gulbenkian
Friday, 8 March: Aylesbury Norman Bragg Studio
Saturday, 9 March: Maidstone Hazlitt Studio
Wednesday, 13 March: Dublin Whelans
Friday, 15 March: Belfast Limelight 1
Wednesday, 20 March: Brighton The Forge Comedy Club
Thursday, 21 March: North Finchley Arts Depot
Friday, 22 March: Cambridge Junction
Saturday, 23 March: Maidenhead Norden Farm
Sunday, 24 March: Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday, 27 March: Southampton The Attic
Thursday, 28 March: Nottingham Just The Tonic Metronome

April 2024
Wednesday, 3 April: Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
Thursday, 4 April: Norwich Playhouse
Friday, 5 April: Northampton Royal and Derngate (Underground)
Saturday, 6 April: Guildford G Live
Sunday, 7 April: Dorking Halls
Wednesday, 10 April: Birmingham The Glee Club
Thursday, 11 April: Reading South Street
Friday, 12 April: Leicester Big Difference
Saturday, 13 April: Newcastle Stand 4PM
Thursday, 18 April: Edinburgh Queens Hall
Friday, 19 April: Glasgow Pavilion
Saturday, 20 April: Greenock The Albany
Sunday, 21 April: Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Monday, 22 April: Inverness Eden Court
Wednesday, 24 April: Hull Social
Thursday, 25 April: Leeds Wardrobe
Friday, 26 April: Chorley Theatre
Saturday, 27 April: Chester Garrett Studio
Sunday, 28 April: Salford Lowry Studio