Live Comedy
John Shuttleworth: Raise The Oof
Radio 4 favourite, comedy legend, and 'the 42nd best reason to love Britain' (The Telegraph), John Shuttleworth, is back with more hilarious stories and songs performed on his trusty Yamaha organ (with built-in auto accompaniment!) In Raise The Oof John celebrates 40 years in showbiz. Yes, it was 1985 when he met TV's Clarinet Man - next door neighbour Ken Worthington who came last on New Faces in 73 (Tony Hatch crucified him!)
"Actually, I feel rather calm" muses John, "although after forty years and still no chart success, perhaps I should be slightly anxious. My wife Mary says I should get a proper job, but there's not time - I'm about to retire! Besides, Comet - where I used to demonstrate audio equipment - no longer exists. As for the sweet factory in the Rotherham area where I worked as a security guard in the 1980s - that's now an Axe Throwing Centre. Oof!"
February 2025
Saturday 8th: Demontford Hall Leicester
Tuesday 11th: Everyman Playhouse Liverpool
Wednesday 12th: Winchester Theatre Royale
Saturday 15th: Tyne Theatre Newcastle
Sunday 16th: Opera House Buxton
Wednesday 19th: Chelmsford Theatre
Thursday 20th: Yvonne Arnaud Guildford
Friday 21st: Cheltenham Town Hall
Sunday 23rd: The Lowry, Salford
Monday 24th: New Vic Newcastle Under Lyme
Wednesday 26th: Clapham Grand (Over 14s Only)
Thursday 27th: Tivoli Grand Wimborne
March 2025
Tuesday 4th: Corn Exchange Brighton Dome
Thursday 6th: Birmingham Town Hall
Friday 7th: Nottingham Playhouse
Tuesday 11th: Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
Wednesday 12th: City Varieties Leeds
Thursday 13th: City Varieties Leeds
Saturday 15th: White Rock Hastings
Sunday 16th: Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone
Tuesday 18th: Theatre Royal Lincoln
Wednesday 19th: Redgrave Theatre Bristol
Saturday 22nd: Theatre Severn Shrewsbury
Tuesday 25th: The Stables Milton Keynes
Wednesday 26th: Sheffield City Hall
April 2025
Tuesday 1st: Kings Hall Ilkley
Wednesday 2nd: Hull Truck
Friday 4th: Lancaster Grand
Saturday 5th: Queens Hall Edinburgh
Sunday 6th: Oran Moor Glasgow
Monday 7th: Oran Moor Glasgow
Tuesday 8th: Sherman Theatre Cardiff
Thursday 10th: The Forum Northallerton
Friday 11th: Scarborough Spa
Tuesday 15th: Bloomsbury Theatre London
Wednesday 16th: Bloomsbury Theatre London
Saturday 19th: Louth Riverhead