Nish Kumar announces a 2022 tour

55 dates for new show, Control

Mash Report host Nish Kumar has announced a 55-date tour for 2022, entitled Control.

The title is a reference to the Brexiteers’ rallying cry of ‘take back control’ and promises his usual agitated take on politics.

He said: ‘It has been a period of upheaval and uncertainty with Covid and the political situation. You will be amazed by my capacity to somehow take all these things personally.’

Kumar was famously booed while performing at the Lord's Taverners annual charity cricket lunch in December 2019 – a fact he defiantly mentions in his press release, countering it with Bob Dylan’s quote: ‘You can boo, but booing’s got nothing to do with it.’

The tour hicks off in Hull on February 2 and winds up at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival in May - the full schedule is below.

Tickets go on sale at 10am next Wednesday, March 31.

Kumar has previously performed five solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, two of which have been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. His TV appearances include Taskmaster, Live At The Apollo, QI and Have I Got News For You.

NISH KUMAR: CONTROL TOUR DATES 2022

2 February: Hull Bonus Arena
3 February: Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
4 February: Nottingham Playhouse
5 February: Cambridge Corn Exchange
6 February: Oxford New Theatre
9 February: York Grand Opera House
10 February: Leeds City Varieties
11 February: Salford Lowry
12 February: Carlisle Sands Centre
17 February: Royal Leamington Spa Centre
18 February: Blackburn Kings Hall
19 February: Telford The Place
20 February: Peterborough Cresset
26 February: Guildford G Live
27 February: Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
2 March: Ipswich Regent Theatre
3 March: Lincoln Engine Shed
4 March: LeicesterDe Montfort Hall
5 March: Leeds City Varieties
9 March: Huddersfield Town Hall
10 March: Newark Palace Theatre
11 March: Warwick Arts Centre
12 March: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
13 March: Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
17 March: Aberdeen Tivoli
18 March: Glasgow Pavilion
19 March: Newcastle Tyne Journal Theatre
20 March: Buxton Opera House
23 March: Bath Forum
24 March: Weymouth Pavilion
25 March: Exeter Corn Exchange
26 March: Torquay Babbacombe Theatre
27 March: Basingstoke Anvil
31 March: Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
1 April:Cheltenham Town Hall
2 April:Brighton Dome
3 April:St Albans Albans Arena
6 April:Reading Hexagon
8 April:Liverpool M & S Bank Arena
9 April:Colchester Charter Hall
13 April: Bangor Pontio
14 April: Birmingham Town Hall
15 April: Birmingham Town Hall
16 April: Brecon Theatr Brycheiniog
17 April: Cardiff St Davids Hall
20 April: Dorking Halls
21 April: Gravesend Woodland
22 April: Hackney Empire
23 April: Hackney Empire
24 April: Tunbridge Wells
27 April: Carmarthen Lyric
28 April: Monmouth Savoy
29 April: Machynlleth Comedy Festival
30 April: Machynlleth Comedy Festival
1 May: Machynlleth Comedy Festival