Andy Zaltzman announces The Zaltgeist tour
- Andy Zaltzman will tour stand-up show The Zaltgeist between November 2024 and April 2025. Ticketmaster
- "The Zaltgeist sees one of the UK's leading satirical comedians assess the state of Planet Earth and its most famous and controversial species - the human race"
The News Quiz host and soon-to-be Taskmaster contestant Andy Zaltzman has announced a new stand-up tour.
The Zaltgeist will visit venues in the UK and Ireland between November 2024 and April 2025.
His agents confirm: "Chair of The News Quiz, host of the global hit satirical podcast The Bugle, Test Match Special statistician and just-reported future Taskmaster Series 18 star, Andy Zaltzman is set to embark on his biggest UK tour to date with a brand-new show, The Zaltgeist. The 46-date UK & IRE tour will start in November 2024 and run to April 2025, including dates in Cardiff, Salford, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Belfast and London.
The show's blurb explains: "With the 3rd millennium almost 2.5% complete, The Zaltgeist sees one of the UK's leading satirical comedians assess the state of Planet Earth and its most famous and controversial species - the human race. Andy will attempt to concoct vaguely plausible answers to perennial questions such as What?, Who?, Where?, and above all Why? He will also try to harness the unharnessable power of technology to find solutions for the world's various problems and ailments, as requested by the audiences at each show."
A full list of dates is below. Tickets will be on sale from 10am on Friday 7th June from sites including Ticketmaster
November 2024
1 READING South Street Arts Centre (Warm-up)
2 CORSHAM Pound Arts Centre (Warm-up)
3 GUILDFORD Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
9 MONMOUTH Savoy Theatre
10 EXETER Phoenix
16 WINCHESTER Theatre Royal
17 BRIGHTON Old Market
21 LEICESTER Y Theatre
22 SWINDON Arts Centre
23 BRIDPORT Electric Palace
26 LONDON Leicester Square Theatre
30 LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Centre
December 2024
1 BATH Komedia
6 MAIDENHEAD Norden Farm
8 WORCESTER Huntingdon Hall
January 2025
11 CAMBRIDGE Junction
12 CHELTENHAM Pillar Room
17 CARDIFF Sherman Theatre
18 LONDON Bloomsbury Theatre
19 OXFORD Playhouse
24 LEEDS City Varieties
25 NOTTINGHAM Playhouse
26 SALFORD The Lowry Quays Theatre
31 LAUNCESTON Town Hall
February 2025
1 PLYMOUTH University Main Hall
7 CHORLEY Theatre
8 NEWCASTLE The Stand
9 SHEFFIELD Memorial Hall
14 SALISBURY Arts Centre
16 CHELMSFORD Theatre
21 DURHAM Gala Theatre
23 EDINBURGH The Stand
24 ABERDEEN Lemon Tree
28 SHREWESBURY Theatre Severn
March 2025
1 NORWICH Playhouse
2 COLCHESTER Arts Centre
5 WIMBORNE Tivoli Theatre
6 FARNHAM Maltings
7 BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
28 BELFAST Limelight
29 DUBLIN Liberty Hall
30 GLASGOW The Stand
April 2025
2 CANTERBURY Gulbenkian
3 TUNBRIDGE WELLS Trinity Theatre
6 BRISTOL Tobacco Factory Theatre
25 MILTON KEYNES The Stables