BAFTA-winning stand-up LEE MACK, writer and star of BBC ONE’S hugely popular primetime sitcom Not Going Out (Royal Television Society and Golden Rose award-winner), is to embark on a brand new stand-up tour making over 60,000 tickets available across 50 dates in the UK and Ireland. Following the sell-out success of LEE’S previous tour (Lee Mack Live - 2007), Lee Mack - Going Out sees the comic again take to the stage with his trademark razor-sharp wit from 3rd December 2009. LEE will also be returning to BBC ONE soon with a new series of Would I Lie To You? alongside ROB BRYDON and DAVID MITCHELL.
In addition to his critically acclaimed live work, award-winning writer and performer LEE is probably best known to television audiences for his starring role in BBC ONE’S hit sitcom Not Going Out. As well as a resident team captain on Would I Lie To You? (BBC ONE), LEE’S credits also include; guest host on Have I Got News For You (BBC ONE) and a key writer and performer in the BAFTA Award winning The Sketch Show (ITV1), which ran for two series in the UK before LEE went on to work alongside KELSEY GRAMMER in an American version of the show. He has also written and starred in his Sony Radio Award nominated The Lee Mack Show (BBC Radio 2); hosted They Think It’s All Over (BBC ONE); and headlined and hosted Live at the Apollo (BBC ONE). Series 2 of Not Going Out was released on DVD earlier this year by Universal. An award-winning stand-up, LEE'S last tour was a sell-out, nominated for a British Comedy Award, recorded for release on DVD, and subsequently broadcast on Channel 4 last autumn and swiftly repeated in February of this year. A nominee for the prestigious Perrier Award, LEE has also won a Time Out Best Live Comedy Award and in 2005, the Best Stand-Up award at the Loaded LAFTAS.
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What the press has said about Lee Mack
“Mack is one of the best live stand-ups around.”
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times
“Tour tickets are like golddust”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“If it’s a barrel of belly-laughs and an achy jaw you’re after, Lee Mack cuts to the funny bone like a knife.”
Mickey Noonan, Metro
“King of the one-liners”
Graham Kibble-White, Daily Mirror
For further information or pictures please contact Lucy Plosker or Dan Lloyd at Avalon Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 7222; Email: lucyp@avalonuk.com / danl@avalonuk.com
TOUR DATES
December
Thursday 3rd NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598598
Friday 4th NORWICH Playhouse 01603 598598
Monday 7th LEAMINGTON Assembly 01926 523001
Tuesday 8th CANTERBURY Gulbenkian Theatre 01227 769075
Monday 14th CANTERBURY Gulbenkian Theatre 01227 769075
January
Wednesday 13th ANDOVER The Lights 01264 368368
Thursday 14th ANDOVER The Lights 01264 368368
Friday 15th ANDOVER The Lights 01264 368368
Thursday 21st WIMBOURNE Tivoli Theatre 01202 885566
Friday 22nd WIMBOURNE Tivoli Theatre 01202 885566
Saturday 23rd WIMBOURNE Tivoli Theatre 01202 885566
February
Friday 5th WYCOMBE Swan Theatre 01494 512000
Saturday 6th OXFORD New Theatre 0844 847 1585
Sunday 7th TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Hall Theatre 01892 530613
Tuesday 9th LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111
Wednesday 10th LEAS Cliff Hall 0844 847 1776
Thursday 11th SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion 01702 351135
Friday 12th BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre 0844 847 2293
Saturday 13th WARWICK Arts Centre 024 7652 4524
Wednesday 17th CHELTENHAM Town Hall 0844 576 2210
Thursday 18th CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
Friday 19th DORKING Halls 01306 881717
Saturday 20th BASINGSTOKE Anvil Arts Centre 01256 844244
Sunday 21st YORK Grand Opera House 0844 847 2322
Wednesday 24th BRISTOL Hippodrome 0844 847 2325
Thursday 25th CARDIFF St David’s Hall 029 2087 8444
Friday 26th DUBLIN Vicar Street 0870 243 4455
Saturday 27th BELFAST Waterfront Hall 028 9033 4455
Sunday 28th NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal 08448 11 21 21
March
Monday 1st ABERDEEN Music Hall 01224 641122
Wednesday 3rd NORTH WALES Theatre 01492 872000
Thursday 4th NOTTINGHAM Royal Centre 0115 989 5555
Friday 5th STOKE Victoria Hall 0871 297 5454
Saturday 6th PRESTON Guildhall 0845 344 2012
Sunday 7th SALFORD The Lowry 0870 787 5780
Wednesday 10th PORTSMOUTH Guildhall 023 92824355
Thursday 11th PLYMOUTH Pavilions 0845 146 1460
Friday 12th HAMMERSMITH Apollo 08448 444748
Sunday 14th BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion 0844 5763000
Wednesday 17th BUXTON Opera House 0845 127 2190
Thursday 18th LIVERPOOL Empire Theatre 0844 847 2525
Friday 19th BLACKBURN King George’s Hall 0844 8471664
Saturday 20th CARLISLE Sands Centre 01228 625222
Monday 22nd BRIGHTON Theatre Royal 08712 975 454
Wednesday 24th EDINBURGH Festival Theatre 0131 529 6000
Thursday 25th DERBY Assembly Rooms 01332 255800
Friday 26th SHEFFIELD City Hall 0114 2789 789
Saturday 27th GLASGOW Kings Theatre 0871 2975454
Sunday 28th LEEDS Grand Opera House 0844 8482706
