Ben Elton announces 2024 tour
54 UK and Ireland dates for Authentic Stupidity
Ben Elton has announced a 54-date UK and Ireland tour next year, called Authentic Stupidity.
It comes five years after his last British tour, which marked his return to stand up after a 15 year hiatus.
He said: "The verdict’s in! Humanity is thick! Homo halfwit. The idiot branch of the ape family!
‘We need signs to tell us to step off escalators, we elect gibbering fools to lead us and now we’ve invented Artificial Intelligence which is actually going to replace us.
‘I’ve spent 45 years in comedy exploring the outer limits of human idiocy and my mission has never been more timely. Forget AI! It’s AS [Authentic Stupidity] we need to be worrying about!"
The tour opens at York Barbican on 1 September and culminates at the Lyceum Theatre in London’s West End on 18 November. Tickets go on sale at midday.
To coincide with the announcement, Channel 4 will air his last stand-up tour, Ben Elton Live, at 11.05pm tonight.
Published: 15 Dec 2023
