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Jon Culshaw announces The Great British Take Off tour

Tuesday 20th June 2017, 4:17pm

The Great British Take Off. Image shows from L to R: Jon Culshaw, Bill Dare
  • Jon Culshaw has announced The Great British Take Off, a 14 date UK tour
  • The impressionist will be joined on stage by Dead Ringers producer Bill Dare
  • The tour will run from 2nd September to 30th November 2017

Jon Culshaw has announced The Great British Take Off, a 14 date UK tour.

The impressionist will be joined on stage by Dead Ringers producer Bill Dare, and the duo will perform "an evening of unscripted, unrehearsed, spontaneous comedy and conversation as politicians, sports personalities and celebrities old and new are all up for a roasting."

The show's producers, Avalon, explain: "The audience help choose which characters appear and what direction the show takes. Jon reveals the secrets of mimicry, and shares stories of some of the fascinating characters that coloured his childhood in Lancashire and his early career. Together with Bill he reveals some of the mayhem of life behind the scenes in television and on the celebrity circuit."

The Great British Take Off will run from the 2nd September to 30th November 2017, and follows on from a successful sell out preview run earlier in the year. The full dates are below.

Culshaw boasts a catalogue of over 350 voices, from politicians such as Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, to celebrities such as Michael McIntyre and Professor Brian Cox. Many of these voices are showcased in his TV and radio work, with his credits including Newzoids, The Now Show and Spitting Image. He can currently be heard in the new series of Dead Ringers, broadcasting on Radio 4 on Friday nights.

Bill Dare, who has created and overseen shows such as The Mary Whitehouse Experience, The Now Show and Dead Ringers and produced shows such as Spitting Image, is also a comedy writer and novelist when not producing shows.

The Great British Take Off 2017 tour dates

Saturday 2nd Sept - London, Jackson's Lane Theatre

Saturday 9th Sept - Newbury Corn Exchange

Saturday 16th Sept - Cumbria, Beggars Theatre

Thursday 28th Sept - Bath Komedia

Friday 29th Sept - Maidstone, Hazlitt Arts

Friday 6th Oct - Maidenhead, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

Saturday 21st Oct - Colchester Arts Centre

Sunday 22nd Oct - Lancaster Grand

Thursday 26th Oct - Salford, The Lowry

Friday 3rd Nov - Hertford Theatre

Monday 6th Nov - Swindon, Wyvern Theatre

Thursday 23rd Nov - Hayes, Beck Theatre

Friday 24th Nov - Leamington Spa, The Royal Spa Centre

Thursday 30th Nov - Harpenden Public Halls

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