Proving that there’s life in the old dog, off JENNY ECLAIR goes again with a brand new stand-up show. Having dug up some fresh new comedy bones, the Perrier Award winner and self-appointed Grumpy Head Girl is back, wagging her arthritic tail and will be performing Old Dog, New Tricks across 46 UK dates from 15th September 2010 until 19th February 2011. This autumn also sees the release of JENNY’s new book, Chin Up Britain: Restoring Common Sense to the Nation, on 4th October.

JENNY is fifty years old which in dog years would qualify for The Guinness Book of Records. Having recently been de-wormed and with her teeth newly bleached, she’ll be prancing around the regions, basically doing her comedy tricks for a ‘nice biscuit and maybe a glass of Chardonnay’, proving yet again that she’s got what it takes to be an award winner (Crufts 1982).

Don’t expect anything that involves balancing stuff on her nose or jumping through hoops, her hips are too big and she has a tendency to fall over. However do expect a Lady Gaga tribute and possibly some dancing on her back legs. Plus some young male pup support from recent fashionable litter. Good Dog Jenny!

JENNY ECLAIR has been a stand up comic since the last millennium: she was the first woman to win the coveted Perrier Award and hasn’t stopped banging on about it ever since. She is also the Grumpy Old Women Team Captain, having co-written and starred in the live versions of the show. Additionally she has done ’acting’ on Skins and The Bill and is an acclaimed writer (sometimes it’s nice to just sit down), author of Camberwell Beauty and Having a Lovely Time and non fiction books including The Book of Bad Behaviour, Grumpy Old Couples and Wendy: The Bumper Book of Fun for Women of a Certain Age (the latter two were co-written with Judith Holder).
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What the press said about Jenny’s 2007/08 tour, Because I Forgot To Get A Pension

“It is hard to imagine anyone making greater comic capital of midlife alarm than Eclair.”
Brian Logan, The Guardian

“Some of the best one liners you’ll hear this year…
the sold-out crowd adored every vulgar, self obsessed quip.”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

“The one-liners she sprays out so liberally are often absolute crackers.”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times

“An event that both entertains and informs.
In one show, Jenny Eclair delivers both sharp gags and financial advice.
Who knows, it may save you money in the long run.”
Alun Palmer, The Mirror

For further information please contact Ben Nolan or Dan Lloyd at Avalon Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 7222 Email: benn@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com

TOUR DATES

September

Wednesday 15th LONDON Millfield Arts Centre 020 8807 6680
Friday 17th HEREFORD The Courtyard 01432 340 555
Saturday 25th FOLKESTONE Quarter House 01303 858 500
Monday 27th DERBY Guildhall 01332 255 800
Wednesday 29th SHREWSBURY Theatre Severn 01743 281 281

October

Friday 1st MARGATE Winter Gardens 01843 292 795
Sunday 3rd WELLINGBOROUGH The Castle 01933 270 007
Tuesday 5th BASINGSTOKE Anvil 01256 844 244
Wednesday 6th WIMBORNE Tivoli Theatre 01202 885 566
Friday 8th BRADFORD St George's Hall 01274 432 000
Friday 15th ANDOVER The Lights 01264 368 368
Saturday 16th CANTERBURY Gulbenkian 01227 769 075
Friday 22nd WORTHING Pavilion 01903 206 206
Saturday 23rd NEWBURY Corn Exchange 01635 522 733
Tuesday 26th CAMBRIDGE Junction 01223 511 511
Thursday 28th BATH Komedia 0845 293 8480
Friday 29th ALDERSHOT Princes Hall 01252 329 155
Sunday 31st SALFORD Lowry, The Quays 0843 208 6000

November

Wednesday 3rd BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion Ballroom 0844 576 3000
Thursday 4th TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Theatre 01892 530 613
Friday 5th CHATHAM Central Theatre 01634 338 338
Saturday 6th TEWKESBURY Roses Theatre 01684 295 074
Sunday 7th READING Hexagon 01189 606 060
Tuesday 9th HARROGATE Theatre 01423 502 116
Wednesday 10th WARRINGTON Parr Hall 01925 442 345
Tuesday 16th LANCASHIRE Ace Centre 01282 661 080
Wednesday 17th INVERNESS Ironworks 0871 7894 173
Thursday 18th ABERDEEN Music Hall 01224 641 122
Friday 19th LANCASTER Grand Theatre 01524 646 95
Saturday 20th TELFORD Oakengates Theatre 01952 382 382
Wednesday 24th PONTARDAWE Arts Centre 01792 863 722
Friday 26th COLCHESTER Arts Centre 01206 500 900
Sunday 28th BRIGHTON Komedia 0845 293 8480

TOUR DATES CONTINUED

December

Thursday 2nd SWINDON Wyvern Theatre 01793 524 481
Friday 3rd MAIDENHEAD Nordern Farm Arts Centre 01628 788 997
Thursday 9th TAUNTON Brewhouse 01823 283 244
Saturday 11th NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598 598
Tuesday 14th DARLINGTON Arts Centre 01325 486555

January

Saturday 29th BRISTOL Tobacco Factory 0117 902 0344
Sunday 30th BRISTOL Tobacco Factory 0117 902 0344

February

Friday 4th BARNSLEY Civic Theatre 0845 1800 363
Saturday 5th STOCKTON ON TEES ARC 01642 525 199
Friday 11th KENDAL Brewery Arts 01539 725 133
Tuesday 16th LANCASHIRE Ace Centre 01282 661 080
Friday 18th CHELTENHAM Town Hall 0844 576 2210
Saturday 19th WORCESTER Huntingdon Halls 01905 611 427

JENNY ECLAIR

Comedian, writer and stand up JENNY ECLAIR was the first woman to win the Perrier Award, and recently co-wrote and starred in Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain on tour and in London’s West End. In 2007 she returned to her stand-up roots with her Because I Forgot To Get A Pension tour, which was extended due to demand for tickets. She has hosted her own show on LBC radio, and is a regular contributor on shows such as BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Banter and Just a Minute. JENNY has also presented Meter Mad and Drawn to be Wild (both BBC Radio 4).

JENNY performed and co-wrote (with JULIE BALLOO) The Andy Warhol Syndrome - a play about celebrity - at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival, London’s Fringe and on tour around the UK. As an actress, she has also starred in a number of West End productions including Steaming, Mum’s The Word and The Vagina Monologues.

JENNY has co-written Wendy and Grumpy Old Couples with JUDITH HOLDER. She has also written three novels: The Book of Bad Behaviour, published in 1994, followed by Camberwell Beauty in 2000 and Having a Lovely Time in 2005. She is a respected critic, and was on the judging panel for the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction.

JENNY’s TV appearances include Skins (Channel 4), Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1) Comedy Map of Britain, Grumpy Old Women, The Grumpy Guides To … and Grumpy Old Holidays (BBC TWO), Holby City (BBC ONE), The Bill (ITV1), Dawn French’s Girls Who Do: Comedy (BBC ONE), The Culture Show (BBC TWO), Empire’s Children (Channel 4) The ONE Show (BBC TWO), It’s Grim Up North (BBC TWO), My Childhood (BBC THREE) and Graham Norton’s Bigger Picture (BBC ONE). She was a memorable contestant on Celebrity Fame Academy (BBC ONE) and has also participated in Room 101 (BBC TWO), So Graham Norton (Channel 4), The Joan Rivers Position (five), Celebrity Weakest Link (BBC ONE) and Call my Bluff (BBC ONE). Previously, JENNY has also hosted The British Comedy Awards Aftershow Party (ITV2), Eurovision Song Contest (BBC THREE), The BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC ONE) and The Perrier Awards (Channel 4). In Spring 2010 she was a finalist on BBC ONE’s Let’s Dance for Sport Relief, alongside fellow Grumps SUSIE BLAKE, LESLEY JOSEPH and LINDA ROBSON.

AVALON PROMOTIONS

Avalon Promotions Limited is one of the leading promoters of live comedy in the UK. Productions include: NEWMAN & BADDIEL in the first comedy show ever to be staged at Wembley Arena; FRANK SKINNER’s record-breaking performance to an audience of 6,000 at the Battersea Power Station; Jerry Springer - The Opera at the National Theatre, at the Cambridge Theatre in London’s West End, on national tour and at New York’s Carnegie Hall; HARRY HILL at the Palace and Dominion Theatres in London; and Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure at the Sydney Opera House, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on national tour and at the Village Theatre, New York (nominated for Drama Desk Award 2004).

The last 12 months has seen Avalon Promotions: present multi-award winning comics CHRIS ADDISON, SIMON BIRD, JENNY ECLAIR, DAVE GORMAN, RICHARD HERRING, RUSSELL HOWARD, LEE MACK, and FRANK SKINNER on sell-out runs; produce AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD live at the O2 and RUSSELL HOWARD at Wembley Stadium; introduce some of the fastest-rising stars in comedy such as KRISTEN SCHAAL & KURT BRAUNOHLER and ISY SUTTIE; produce stage shows, such as Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret and Grumpy Old Women Live, which has toured the UK three times and performed highly successful runs in Australia and London’s West End; and present 20 acts at the Edinburgh Festival, where it has promoted a total of five Perrier Award winners and 18 Perrier Award/Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees in just 21 years.