Live Comedy
Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore
With several viral internet hits, appearances on Mock The Week, a debut performance on Comedy Central Live and an upcoming debut on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown later this year, two sensational children's books and a sell-out UK tour earlier this year under his (vegan leather) belt, Alasdair Beckett-King is thrilled to be taking his total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show Nevermore on tour across the UK, playing 23 dates from March to May 2024.
Sea levels have been rising Alasdair's whole life. But for the first 16 years he was getting taller, so he didn't notice. Now 6"2, Alasdair Beckett-King is the only comedian brave enough to speak out against that wet b*stard: The North Sea.
Nevermore is more than an anti-sea diatribe. As a 500 year old man ABK is uniquely poised to draw parallels between the history of the ever- shrinking British Isles, and his own childhood in the swinging 1990s. The multi award- winning stand-up comedian unravels some of life's shallowest mysteries:
What are train guards actually guarding?
Why wasn't Jaws set in County Durham?
Does his hair do that on its own?
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of mischief and his armour made of a third amusing thing. The show that many people are calling Nevermore is an island in a sea of existential terror and entirely justified fears. It is silly, faintly mystical and does not (at the time of going to press) feature any ravens. It is also a real show with jokes and everything.
2024 dates
27/03: Birmingham - The Old Rep.
29/03: Glasgow - Comedy Festival
30/03: Belfast - The Limelight
02/04: Colchester - Arts Centre
05/04: Cambridge - Junction
06/04: Canterbury - Gulbenkian Theatre
10/04: Nottingham - New Theatre
12/04: Southampton - The Attic
13/04: Salisbury - Arts Centre
19/04: Leeds - City Varieties
20/04: Liverpool - Hardman Street
21/04: Manchester - Home
24/04: Bristol - The Redgrave Theatre
25/04: Shrewsbury - The Walker Theatre
27/04: Newcastle - The Stand
01/05: Norwich - Norwich Playhouse
02/05: Brighton - Komedia
03/05: Bury St Edmunds - Theatre Royal
07/05: Swindon - Arts Centre
08/05: Cardiff - The Glee Club
09/05: Exeter - Phoenix
10/05: Taunton - Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre
16/05: London - Leicester Square Theatre
24/05: London - Leicester Square Theatre
Press
- 22nd April: Alasdair Beckett-King review (Starburst Magazine)
- 17th April: Alasdair Beckett-King interview (Northern Soul)
- 17th March: Glasgow Comedy Festival: 10 things that changed my life with Alasdair Beckett-King (The National (Scotland))
- 3rd October: Alasdair Beckett-King to tour Nevermore stand-up show