Former CNN host live on stage

American talk show legend Larry King is bringing his ‘stand-up’ show to London.

The veteran journalist, who hosted the nightly interview show on CNN for 25 years, has recently been touring the US with a live comedy show that promises an ‘hilarious and insightful look’ at his life.

Now it has been announced that he will be bringing the show, Larry King: Standing U, to the Apollo Theatre in Victoria, London, on October 2.

King’s material will cover his life from being a street-smart kid in Brooklyn to his interview career – which includes encounters with the likes of Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Jerry Seinfeld – followed by an audience Q&A.

Ahead of his retirement from CNN last year, when he was replaced by Piers Morgan, King told New York magazine: ‘I’m funny. I’m going to do stand-up. That’s what I love.’

And he performed a comic routine when he appeared on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show back in December.

Published: 3 May 2011