Sedaris ain’t the preeminent humorist of his generation by accident.”
– ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
David Sedaris, humorist, bestselling author and star of Radio 4 series ‘Meet David Sedaris’, has announced a 20 date UK tour for 2022 which starts on Sunday 10th July at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and culminates on 2nd August at Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall. The celebrated writers run includes the rescheduled dates at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 30th & 31st July and Manchester’s The Lowry on 1st August. The tour is preceded by a new book in June 2022 entitled ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is the master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers addressing the human condition.Sedaris has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His audio recordings include “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Plea- sure” and “David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall.” Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Meet David Sedaris.”
His recent books are The Best of Me – a collection of 42 previously published stories and essays and a second volume of his diaries A Carnival of Snackery, Diaries (2003- 2020) andCalypso, another collection of essays, was a New York Times best-seller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The audiobook of Calypsowas also nominated for a 2019 Grammy for the Best Spoken Word Album.
In 2019 David Sedaris became a regular contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, and his Masterclass, David Sedaris Teaches Storytelling and Humor, was released. There are over 16 million copies of his books in print, and they have been translated into 32 languages. He has been awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, Thurber Prize for American Humor, Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, Time2001 Humorist of the Year Award, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In March 2019 he was elected as a member into the American Academy of Arts & Letters. In 2020 the New York Public Library voted Me Talk Pretty One Day as one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years.
He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays, which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service.
Check out the dates below
JULY
Sun 10th EDINBURGH – Usher Hall
Mon 11th NEWCASTLE – Tyne Theatre
Wed 13th DUBLIN – NCH
Fri 15th LIVERPOOL – Olympia
Sat 16th BRIGHTON – Dome
Sun 17th GLASGOW – Theatre Royal
Tues 19th BEXHILL – De La Warr Pavilion
Wed 20th & Thurs 21st LONDON – Cadogan Hall
Fri 22nd POOLE – Lighthouse
Sat 23rd BATH – Forum
Sun 24th CAMBRIDGE – Corn Exchange
Mon 25th BIRMINGHAM – Symphony Hall
Tues 26th NOTTINGHAM – Royal Concert Hall
Wed 27th YORK – Barbican
Fri 29th GUILDFORD – G Live
Sat 30th & Sun 31st LONDON – Royal Festival Hall
AUGUST
Mon 1st MANCHESTER – The Lowry
Tues 2nd CARDIFF – St. David’s Hall
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