Liam Withnail to embark on first UK tour
- Critically acclaimed stand-up show Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom will tour the UK between March and May 2024
- The show focuses on how Withnail is learning to live with inflammatory bowel disease
- Chronic Boom picked up sixteen 4 and 5 star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe in August
Stand-up Liam Withnail is to take his multi award-winning health-focused show Chronic Boom on a tour between March and May 2024.
The tour promoters say: "Don't miss this gifted comic storyteller as he battles chronic illness and hilariously reckons with his new reality. Described as 'extraordinary' (The Independent), 'vividly funny' (Chortle) and 'the most amusing at tackling some serious shit' (The Times), Chronic Boom has racked up sixteen 4 and 5 star reviews making it one of the best reviewed comedy shows of 2023. This enlightening stand-up show about battling chronic illness takes audiences on a rollercoaster of laughter while packing an emotional punch.
"At the start of 2022, Liam believed himself to be able bodied and healthy. He lived a 'normal' life, ate whatever he wanted, and was even training for a marathon. Then he was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis (a type of inflammatory bowel disease) and in October 2022 a 'flare' saw him spending 10 days in hospital.
"Coming to terms with the fact he could be suddenly hospitalised at any time, which would mean cancelling work-in-progress shows, Liam knew he would have to find a new way of testing his new material. Planning for the worst case scenario, Liam set about creating a show made up of ten distinct five minute routines (one for each day of that first hospital stay) which could be finessed at new material nights. This functional technique also underpins the narrative arc of this illuminating show, demonstrating how people with chronic illness or disabilities have to make changes every day just to try to live a 'normal' life."
2024 dates
8pm, Friday 29th March: The Stand, Glasgow (as part of Glasgow Comedy Festival)
9pm, Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th April: Soho Theatre, London
7pm, Thursday 11th April: Hot Water Comedy Club, Liverpool
8pm, Saturday 13th April: Perth Theatre
7pm, Sunday 14th April: Aberdeen Lemon Tree
8pm, Wednesday 17th April: Brighton Komedia
8pm, Thursday 18th April: The Attic, Southampton
7:30pm, Friday 19th April: The Junction, Cambridge
8pm, Saturday 20th April: Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
8pm, Thursday 2nd May: Alma Tavern, Bristol
8pm, Tuesday 7th May: The Frog & Bucket, Manchester
Wednesday 8th May: Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
8:30pm, Thursday 9th May: The Stand, Newcastle
8:30pm, Friday 10th May: The Glee Club, Birmingham