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GREG DAVIES, one-third of Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated We Are Klang and star of BAFTA-winning show The Inbetweeners, is to embark on a national tour with his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated stand-up show Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog. Beginning 2nd October, the 39-date tour will see GREG play venues nationwide until 10th December.

Can a chance encounter with a stray Spanish dog and a bag of crisps lead to an epiphany and a fresh approach to life? No of course it can't, but is that a reason not to build an entire show around it? Finding himself firing cheeseballs at a dog, GREG reached the entirely sensible conclusion that we will all be a lot happier if we simply ignore difficult emotional issues in favour of a celebration of the pointless. Asking questions that can't be answered is a short cut to unhappiness. GREG has no interest in why we are here, doesn’t know why your boyfriend treats you like that and can’t offer any insight into how to be a good parent, but he does know why that kid got that nickname, what Satan’s genitals look like and why his dad is choosing to act like a mental. This show will be the first ever to attempt to chronicle an entire life without offering even the slightest insight into the human condition, every significant incident forensically removed to leave only the lean meat of the trivial.

Best known for his part as Mr. Gilbert in award-winning comedy The Inbetweeners (E4 and Channel 4), GREG is soon to appear as a team captain on the new BBC One show Ask Rhod Gilbert. GREG has also appeared on: 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Mock The Week (BBC Two), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two), and The World Stands Up, Edinburgh and Beyond and The Comedy Store (all Comedy Central). As a stand-up, GREG has won Best Newcomer at the Laughing Horse and Metro Comedy awards, and reached the final of Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny contest. WE ARE KLANG made their eponymous debut series for BBC THREE last summer, and have also appeared on Saturday Night Live Again (ITV1). They have performed four critically-acclaimed sell-out Edinburgh shows, and won the Spirit of the Fringe Award for their debut in 2004. In addition to their 2006 Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination, they were nominated for the prestigious Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2007.
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“This hilarious show about seizing life's funny moments is a near-perfect Fringe hour.”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times

“One of the funniest but also one of the most unexpectedly moving shows on the Fringe.”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

For more information and press tickets, please contact: Ben Nolan or Dan Lloyd on 020 7598 7222 or benn@avalonuk.com / danl@avalonuk.com

PRAISE FOR FIRING CHEESEBALLS AT A DOG:

“Davies weaves a magnificent web. Fact or fiction, he sells the whole show, frequently leaving you helpless with laughter.”
Julian Hall, The Independent

“A hilarious but touching résumé of his life so far … a wonderfully feelgood show that demands repeated viewings.”
Veronica Lee, The Sunday Telegraph

“Greg Davies doesn't look like he'll be struggling for work. Not only is he part of a cult sitcom success thanks to his role as sadistic head of sixth form Mr Gilbert in Channel 4's The Inbetweeners, but his Edinburgh fringe show has also one of this year's most talked-about. Eschewing any grand themes or narrative arcs, Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog is an hour of deliberately unconnected autobiographical stories. Davies says that he's often felt his life has been free of consequence or meaning, so he's structured his show in the same way, allowing each bizarre episode to speak for itself. It's a genius move, helping us to focus on the comic's eye for weird detail and infectious, energetic storytelling style.”
James Kettle, The Guardian

“His show revels in the joy of spontaneous foolishness ... boisterous, sometimes fruity, but always in a carefree spirit of enjoying the moment, assuming no consequences. In such an atmosphere, laughter thrives, and this show produces guffaws like few others.”
Steve Bennett, Mail on Sunday

“Quite simply, this is one of the most joyous hours of stand-up I have seen in a very long time … It's just about as perfect a Fringe show as you could ask for, with one of the most giving performers out there.”
Laura Adshead, British Comedy Guide

“Ridiculously funny from start to finish … a complete triumph.”
Tim Arthur, Time Out Live

“He stands both head and shoulders above the competition, both literally and figuratively”
Graeme Strachan, British Theatre Guide

“This could be the best one-hour solo show this year. On this performance, its not just height that makes Davies stand above his fellow comedians.”
Chris Aitken, Fresh Air

“Such a superb raconteur that it is impossible not to warm to him. Like meeting up with an old friend with a life-time's worth of funny stories, it may not be edgy, but it is eminently enjoyable.”
Georgia Galastro, Three Weeks

“For all his protestations, there is actually a message here - and it’s the very simple one of savouring every moment that makes you happy, however stupid. This ultimate feelgood show is so jam-packed with such moments, you’d be a fool to miss it.”
Steve Bennett, Chortle

“Davies is one of those people who infect you with their energy… I can give no higher praise than to say that this is a show I didn’t want to end, and which I wanted to see again immediately it did.”
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk

“This is a startlingly accomplished debut that scores big on the all important, instinctive, belly laugh-o-meter.”
Julian Hall, The Stage

“It’s an engaging, oddly touching hour.”
Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph

“A well-developed and magnetic set.”
Claire Sawers, The List

PRAISE FOR WE ARE KLANG LIVE:

“This is stupid comedy done with great intelligence…Buy, borrow or steal to see this uproarious sketch trio in the funniest show on the fringe.”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times

“I have seen the future of comedy and it is We Are Klang."
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

“A chaotic masterclass in physical clowning.”
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times

“Non-stop boisterous fun delivered with such gloriously effervescent excess that it's impossible to resist. Nowhere on the Fringe will you hear a room ringing with such volume of uncontrollable, guttural laughter as when the Klang gang are in full flow. And they are always in full flow. They are, simply, the best idiots in Britain.”
Steve Bennett, Chortle

“This trio have to be the most enjoyable combination since sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll … breathtaking comic firepower.”
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman

"Delicious touches all through the show... anarchic and hilarious."
Julian Hall, The Independent

“Klangbang [is] … like being walloped on the head with a large inflatable hammer, but in a good way.”
Sharon Lougher, Metro

“The crowd quickly realises that it's in for something special, in all senses of the word …The range of characters is vast … the laughs here are constant and warmly honest.”
Sian Bevan, The List

TOUR DATES

October

Saturday 2nd STAFFORD Gatehouse Theatre 01785 254 653
Sunday 3rd SHEFFIELD Comedy Festival, Memorial Hall 0114 278 9789
Tuesday 5th ABERDEEN Lemon Tree 01224 641 122
Thursday 7th INVERNESS Ironworks 0871 789 4173
Friday 8th BERWICK UPON TWEED The Maltings 01289 330 661
Wednesday 12th EDINBURGH The Stand 0131 558 7272
Thursday 13th GLASGOW The Stand 0870 600 6055
Saturday 16th BRIGHTON Comedy Festival, Corn Exchange 01273 709 709
Sunday 17th HARROGATE Theatre 01423 502 116
Tuesday 19th NOTTINGHAM Playhouse 0115 941 9419
Thursday 21st LONDON The Bloomsbury 020 7388 8822
Friday 22nd CLACTON-ON-SEA Princes Theatre 01255 686 633
Wednesday 27th LUTON Library Theatre 01582 547474
Thursday 28th WOLVERHAMPTON Little Civic 0870 320 7000
Friday 29th CAMBRIDGE Junction 01223 511 511
Saturday 30th NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598 598
Sunday 31st WARWICK Arts Centre 024 7652 4524

November

Tuesday 2nd SALISBURY Arts Centre 01722 321 744
Friday 5th LOUTH The Otherside 0845 838 1558
Saturday 6th SCARBOROUGH The Otherside 0845 838 1558
Sunday 7th HULL The Otherside 0845 838 1558
Wednesday 10th EPSOM Playhouse 01372 742 555
Thursday 11th CARDIFF Glee 0871 472 0400
Friday 12th ALDERSHOT West End Centre 01252 330 040
Saturday 13th WINDSOR Firestation Arts 01753 866 865
Monday 15th MANCHESTER Comedy Store 0844 826 0001
Thursday 18th LANCASTER Grand Theatre 01524 64695
Friday 19th DONCASTER Dome 01302 370 777
Saturday 20th FOLKESTONE Quarter House 01303 858 500
Sunday 21st BIRMINGHAM Glee 0871 472 0400
Tuesday 23rd LINCOLN Performing Arts Centre 0844 888 4414
Wednesday 24th BEDFORD Corn Exchange 01234 269 519
Thursday 25th OXFORD Glee 0871 472 0400
Friday 26th ANDOVER The Lights 01264 368 368
Monday 29th CANTERBURY Gulbenkian 01227 769 075
Tuesday 30th MILTON KEYNES The Stables 01908 280 800

TOUR DATES CONTINUED

December

Thursday 2nd POCKLINGTON Arts Centre 01759 301547
Thursday 9th MIDDLESBROUGH Town Hall Crypt 0870 154 40 40
Friday 10th WARRINGTON The Pyramid 01925 442345

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.