Omid Djalili announces new tour, Namaste
...as Russell Kane expands his Hyperactive dates
Omid Djalili has announced a new tour – in which he vows to yield to his inner anger.
He has 38 dates scheduled for the show, Namaste, starting in October and running to 2025.
Promoters explain that ‘namaste’ is typically a word associated with peace and tranquillity, but the word - which comes from Sanskrit - literally means ‘bowing to you’.
‘As he watches a world on fire, as climate change, terrorism, financial instability, oceanic pollution, and depletion of natural resources tear ever more at the fabric of our lives, Omid has decided he'll eschew tranquillity, and bow instead to his inner anger,’ the description continues.
The tour promises to unleash ‘a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet’.
Last year, Djalili starred in the n Christian musical film Journey To Bethlehem as one of the Wise Men and as Bridget Christie’s husband in Channel 4’s The Change.
Meanwhile, Russell Kane has announced the second, more substantial, leg of his new stand-up show, Hyperactive.
He is currently in the middle of a run of 26 relatively intimate venues, with more than 100 more UK gigs – plus one Dubai date – now being lined up from the autumn,
The eighth series of Kane’s BBC Sounds podcast Evil Genius has just launched, following its recent transfer to TV on Sky History, while his first children’s book, Pets Selector!, will be out later this year.
The first tickets will go on sale at 11am tomorrow, and on general release on Thursday.
Sketch duo Grubby Little Mitts and off-the-wall stand-up Paul F Taylor have also recently announced tours.
Published: 12 Feb 2024
