Michael Palin announces autumn book tour

Thursday 30th May 2024, 11:05am

Michael Palin will appear in There and Back - The Diary Tour 2024 in September and October. Ticketmaster
The 13 dates are linked to the publication of There And Back: Diaries 1999-2009 (Volume 4)

Michael Palin has announced 13 dates for a new tour.

There and Back - The Diary Tour 2024 is set to coincide with the September publication of his new book, There And Back: Diaries 1999-2009 (Volume 4).

The tour begins on 15th September in Norwich and then we will travel to cities across the UK before culminating at London's Cadogan Hall on 15th October.

Talking about the topics his book covers, his producers explain: "10 years since his last published diary, Michael unlocks volume four of his life and times, from 1999 to 2009. As the centuries change and Michael heads into middle age, he's busier than ever. In this new show, with the help of rarely seen photos and video, Michael brings these momentous times to life as he talks through this latest diary to take us backstage on this most productive decade of his life, whilst always, in the background, showing us the wider world, one of infinite possibilities and new and unimagined dangers.

"He takes on four new travel series, and a wide variety of documentaries from art and artists to the last day of the First World War. He watches his family grow and expand at a time of ominous new threats and dangers. The Twin Towers fall, bombs blast London, banks collapse, whole economies teeter on the brink. Tony Blair offers hope with the Good Friday agreement, then embroils us in Iraq.

"Michael enters his 60s, and finds grown-up responsibilities come his way. By the end of this diary, he's in his first year as President of the Royal Geographical Society. His diary reflects his constant struggle against routine and repetition, and his irresistible and often nerve-shredding attraction to new challenges. Some work, some don't, but by the end of this volume he's reached the retirement age of 65. And he's planning a new journey."

Below is a list of tour dates. Tickets are on sale via sites including Ticketmaster

15th September: Norwich Theatre Royal
18th September: Guildford G Live
21st September: Brighton Theatre Royal
23rd September: Southsea Kings Theatre
25th September: Cambridge Corn Exchange
28th September: Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
3rd October: York Grand Opera House
4th October: Bradford The Alhambra
6th October: Edinburgh Queen's Hall
7th October: Dundee Whitehall Theatre
8th October: Glasgow Pavilion Theatre
13th October: Chesterfield Winding Wheel
15th October: London Cadogan Hall

Michael Palin - There And Back: Diaries 1999-2009 (Volume 4)

The fourth volume of Michael Palin's best-selling diaries.

A new millennium, and a new chapter for Michael Palin unfolds. With a Hemingway travel project testing his confidence, doubts creeping in about his abilities as a writer, the death of his great friend George Harrison and the last of his children leaving home, the dawn of the twenty-first century sees Michael at his most reflective yet.

Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels from the successive shocks of September 11, the 7/7 bombings and the global financial crash. With the warmth and gentle empathy that have endeared millions of fans to him over the decades, Michael documents the day-to-day detail of living in a world buffeted by such powerful winds of change. 

First published: Thursday 26th September 2024

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