Geoff Norcott reveals Basic Bloke 2 stand-up tour
- Stand-up show Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire will tour from September 2025 to March 2026
- "Geoff will savour getting his teeth into the new 'big beasts' of British politics"
- Tickets are on sale from Friday 7th March. Ticketmaster
Geoff Norcott will tour new stand-up show Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire between September 2025 and March 2026.
The show's blurb explains: "Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire is the latest tour from comedian, author, podcaster and radio host Geoff Norcott and Geoff's first under a Labour government, so he's got plenty to get off his chest! Not least because there's nothing quite so British as being promised a brave new dawn then realising it's as crap as the last one.
"Geoff will savour getting his teeth into the new 'big beasts' of British politics, with scathing words for Starmer and Rachel Reeves (while surprisingly positive about the idea of Angela Rayner as PM).
"Culturally, Geoff is conscious that - as the global headwinds shift right - he might end up at odds with people who used to be on 'his side'. He's dismayed to find that some of the cultural right weren't really against censorship and cancellation, they just wanted to be the ones doing it. What's more, Geoff can't get his head around people who shared his suspicion of the EU's power openly salivating over the idea of Britain becoming Trump's 51st State.
"Unlike most sequels, Basic Bloke 2 will move beyond some of the themes of the original (while fully aware that a comedian doing a 'sequel' at all is a bit ridiculous).
"He's been moving in male mental health circles for a while now, but while they're all saying blokes should 'check in' on each other, he's wondering what happens if you do 'check in' all the time but they mainly want to send you politically incorrect memes.
"Geoff's also taking advantage of the rediscovered tolerance towards jokes being jokes to tell you what he really thinks. How much he judges people. Bad parents, people who eat too much, anyone who wears a dressing gown beyond 9am...it's fair to say the gloves are off."
A list of dates are below. Tickets are on sale from Friday 7th March at 10am via sites including Ticketmaster
2025 dates
Thursday 18th September: DEMBE Theatre, Tring
Saturday 20th September: Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
Sunday 21st September: Komedia, Bath
Wednesday 24th September: Gordon Craig, Stevenage
Thursday 25th September: Leicester Square Theatre, London
Saturday 27th September: Palace Theatre, Southend
Sunday 28th September: Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Tuesday 30th September: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Wednesday 1st October: Glee, Cardiff
Thursday 2nd October: Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Saturday 4th October: Town Hall, Birmingham
Sunday 5th October: The Theatre, Chipping Norton
Wednesday 8th October: Oran Mor, Glasgow
Thursday 9th October: Gardyne Theatre, Dundee
Friday 10th October: The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Sunday 12th October: Leeds City Varieties
Wednesday 15th October: Swindon Arts Centre
Thursday 16th October: Norden Farm, Maidenhead
Saturday 18th October: Princes Hall, Aldershot
Sunday 19th October: The Old Market, Brighton
Wednesday 22nd October: Milton Keynes Stables
Thursday 23rd October: The Sub Rooms, Stroud
Saturday 25th October: Reading Concert Hall
Wednesday 29th October: Pocklington Arts Centre
Thursday 30th October: Otley Courthouse
Saturday 1st November: Chelmsford Theatre
Wednesday 5th November: Palace Theatre, Redditch
Thursday 6th November: Savoy Theatre, Monmouth
Saturday 8th November: Alnwick Playhouse
Sunday 9th November: The Stand, Newcastle
Thursday 13th November: Leicester Square Theatre, London
Saturday 15th November: Electric Palace, Bridport
Sunday 16th November: Northcott Theatre, Exeter
Wednesday 19th November: Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
Thursday 20th November: The Y Theatre, Leicester
Saturday 22nd November: Key Theatre, Peterborough
Friday 28th November: Crawley Hawth
Saturday 29th November: Leicester Square Theatre, London
2026 dates
Thursday 29th January: Cambridge Junction
Saturday 31st January: Salisbury Arts Centre
Sunday 1st February: Wimborne Tivoli
Wednesday 4th February: The Drill, Lincoln
Thursday 5th February: Colchester Arts Centre
Saturday 7th February: ARC (The Point), Stockton-on-Tees
Sunday 8th February: The Queens Hall, Hexham
Wednesday 11th February: South Holland Centre, Spalding
Thursday 12th February: Loughborough Town Hall
Saturday 14th February: Ipswich Corn Exchange
Sunday 15th February: Just the Tonic, Nottingham
Wednesday 18th February: Derby Theatre
Thursday 19th February: Salford Lowry (Quays)
Saturday 21st February: Wellingborough Castle Theatre
Sunday 22nd February: Bedford Quarry
Wednesday 25th February: Cheltenham Town Hall (Pillar Room)
Thursday 26th February: High Wycombe Town Hall
Saturday 28th February: Norden Farm, Maidenhead
Sunday 1st March: The Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
Wednesday 4th March: Old Fire Station, Carlisle
Thursday 5th March: The Atkinson, Southport
Saturday 7th March: Crewe Lyceum
Sunday 8th March: Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Wednesday 11th March: Taunton Brewhouse
Thursday 12th March: The Berry, Hedge End
Saturday 14th March: Limelight 2, Belfast
Thursday 19th March: Worcester