Mark Steel to discuss throat cancer battle in 2025 tour
- Mark Steel: The Leopard In My House will tour between February and June 2025
- The show will see the comic discussing his battle with throat cancer
- "Doing the show doesn't quite make me glad that it happened, but it definitely makes up for it quite a bit"
Stand-up show Mark Steel: The Leopard In My House, which will tour between February and June 2025, will see the comedian discussing his battle with cancer.
His promoters say: "Join multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel for his new tour The Leopard in My House. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of. Cancer has done nothing to dull Mark's acute political observations or quash his 'frankly bonkers' energy: you will laugh, you will cry, but you'll laugh again, and again, and again. The Leopard in My House is proof that this leftie, working class, Radio 4 favourite truly deserves his place in the UK comedy pantheon."
The show's blurb quotes a passage of text from the comedian: "The consultant had told me he was confident I had throat cancer that had spread into the lymph glands. Joyfully, I held his hand and looked up to the heavens like a South American footballer after scoring a goal. It was one of the happiest moments of my life."
Mark Steel says: "This show is the story of my year, of wonderful characters and often tricky but bafflingly positive experiences. Doing the show doesn't quite make me glad that it happened, but it definitely makes up for it quite a bit."
Opening on 27th February in Bracknell and closing on 20th June in Portsmouth, tickets for the tour are available via presale from Thursday 24th October and on general sale from Friday 25th October.
2025 dates
Thursday, 27 February: Bracknell South Hill Park
Friday, 28 February: Farnham Maltings
Saturday, 1 March: Gravesend The Woodville
Thursday, 6 March: Basingstoke Haymarket
Friday, 7 March: Dorchester Hardye Theatre
Saturday, 8 March: Tiverton TCAT
Tuesday, 11 March: Norwich Playhouse
Wednesday, 12 March: Norwich Playhouse
Thursday, 13 March: Hertford BEAM
Saturday 15 March Southend Palace
Thursday, 20 March: Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre
Friday, 21 March: Dunstable Grove Theatre
Tuesday, 25 March: Hull Truck Theatre
Wednesday, 26 March: Northampton Royal
Thursday, 27 March: Lancaster Grand
Thursday, 3 April: Chester Storyhouse
Friday, 4 April: Radlett Centre
Saturday, 5 April: Newbury Corn Exchange
Saturday, 12 April: Hereford Courtyard
Wednesday, 16 April: Colchester Mercury
Thursday, 24 April: Loughborough Town Hall
Friday, 25 April: Chesterfield Winding Wheel
Saturday, 26 April: Stamford Corn Exchange
Friday, 2 May: Swindon Wyvern
Saturday, 3 May: Exeter Corn Exchange
Wednesday, 7 May: Oxford Playhouse
Thursday, 8 May: Leeds City Varieties
Saturday, 10 May: Crewe Lyceum
Sunday, 11 May: Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Wednesday, 14 May: Scarborough Spa Theatre
Thursday, 15 May: Durham Gala
Friday, 16 May: Coventry Warwick Arts Centre Theatre
Thursday, 22 May: St Austell Keay Theatre
Friday, 23 May: Plymouth Quad Theatre
Saturday, 24 May: Launceston Town Hall
Wednesday, 28 May: Sunderland Firestation
Thursday, 29 May: Swaledale Festival
Saturday, 31 May: Monmouth Savoy Theatre
Sunday, 1 June: Doncaster CAST
Friday, 13 June: Shanklin (IOW) Shanklin Theatre
Friday, 20 June: Portsmouth New Theatre Royal