Eddie Izzard's latest linguistic challenge

Eddie Izzard is to perform his stand-up show in three languages in one night.

He has scheduled three back-to-back performances of his Force Majeure at Yale University on Friday night; first in German, then in French and finally in English.

Each show at the Connecticut university’s Whitney Humanities Centre will last an hour – and is free to attend. The English version at 9pm sold out quickly, but tickets are still available for the others at 7pm and 8pm.

Izzard performed a run of German gigs in Berlin earlier this year, after a similar engagement in Paris in 2011. He said: ‘In my show I say I'm on the fifth floor, cooking something, and I need to get the steam up to the 10th floor. I need to cook my German up.’

It was also revealed that Izzard will be performing the French version in Normandy, France, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June.

Izzard has previously donated what charity organisers called an ‘eye-watering’ sum to help ensure 700 veterans of the Normandy landings can make the trip to the beaches to commemorate the date.

Published: 25 Mar 2014