Live Comedy
Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatterbrain
Having reassessed her life through the prism of an ADHD diagnosis in 2023's funny and touching memoir, one of Britain's most beloved and most scatterbrained stand-ups lets you back into her mind (warning: it's cluttered in there).
Among other things, this show will be a love-letter to letter-writing, a trip back through her early years as a comic and woman-about-town, and a whirlwind tour of a hilarious, sometimes frantic brain. At least, it might be. With one of the UK's most delightfully shambolic comics, raconteurs and writers, all that's guaranteed is - as ever - a night of memorable entertainment.
Although it might not be remembered by Shaparak herself; that's part of how ADHD works. And actually, we'll probably check in with her in case she's decided to start a career as an antique furniture expert instead. The diagnosis has helped Shaparak make sense of many aspects of her behaviour and personality, as movingly chronicled in her warmly-received book Scatterbrain. In this national tour of the same name, a woman who deserves the tag of national treasure uses her newly liberated mind as a springboard for a comedic rollercoaster ride.
2024 dates
Wednesday 11th Sept: Taunton, Taunton Brewhouse
Thursday 19th Sept: Worcester, Huntingdon Hall
Friday 20th Sept: Leicester, Y Theatre
Sunday 22nd Sept: Northampton, Royal & Derngate
Friday 27th Sept: London, artsdepot
Sunday 29th Sept: Stroud, The Sub Rooms
Wednesday 2nd Oct: Scarborough, Stephen Joseph Theatre
Thursday 3rd Oct: Hull, Hull Truck Theatre
Friday 4th Oct: Southport, The Atkinson
Wednesday 9th Oct: Kettering, Kettering Arts Centre
Wednesday 16th Oct: Leeds, The Old Woollen
Thursday 17th Oct: Newcastle, Northern Stage
Thursday 24th Oct: New Milton, Forest Arts Centre
Sunday 27th Oct: London, Blackheath Halls
Friday 1st Nov: Chelmsford, Chelmsford Theatre Studio
Sunday 3rd Nov: Basingstoke, The Haymarket
Friday 15th Nov: Didcot, Cornerstone Arts Centre
Saturday 16th Nov: Chester, Storyhouse
Sunday 17th Nov: Bristol, Bristol Old Vic
Friday 22nd Nov: Winchester, The Arc
Saturday 23rd Nov: Faversham, The Alex
Saturday 30th Nov: Cranleigh, Cranleigh Arts Centre
Tuesday 3rd Dec: Henley-on-Thames, Kenton Theatre
2025 dates
Sunday 26th January: Belfast Out To Lunch Festival @ The Black Box
Friday 31st January: Bedford The Quarry Theatre
Sunday 2nd February: Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Literature Festival @ Bilston Town Hall
Friday 28th February: Newbury Newbury Corn Exchange
Saturday 1st March: Havant The Spring Arts Centre
Friday 14th March: Gloucester Gloucester Guildhall
Thursday 20th March: Milton Keynes The Stables
Friday 28th March: Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
Sunday 30th March: Banbury The Mill Arts Centre
Wednesday 9th April: Lancaster The Dukes
Thursday 10th April: Prescot Shakespeare North
Friday 11th April: Birmingham Midlands Arts Centre
Sunday 13th April: Chippenham The Neeld Community & Arts Centre
Friday 25th April: Folkestone Quarterhouse
Sunday 27th April: Norwich Norwich Theatre Playhouse
Friday 2nd May: Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Theatre
Saturday 3rd May: Clevedon Curzon Cinema & Arts
Thursday 22nd May: Worthing Pavilion Atrium
Saturday 24th May: Monmouth Savoy Theatre
Friday 30th May: Reading South Street
Thurs & Fri 5th & 6th June: Oxford Arts at the Old Fire Station
Wednesday 11th June: Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Thursday 12th June: Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
Sunday 22nd June: Richmond Orange Tree Theatre
Saturday 1st July: Canterbury Gulbenkian
Friday 11th July: Tunbridge Wells Trinity Theatre