More dates following their 30th anniversary celebrations

The cast of the Fast Show are going back on tour following the success of the 30th anniversary live shows earlier this year.

Co-creators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse reunite with Simon Day, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Mark Williams for 15 more dates next year, including two nights at the London Palladium.

As in the gigs earlier this year, the shows will feature the cast in conversation about the show, interspersed with performances of some of their best-loved sketches, monologues and songs.

There will also be  on-screen inserts and a moment to remember their former collaborator, the late, great Caroline Aherne.

Higson said: ‘The Fast Show was all about repetition, catchphrases and familiar characters. So we’re going to repeat our last tour with the same catchphrases and characters. Hopefully audiences will believe it’s all new material.’

Whitehouse added: ‘The Fast Show back on tour again, sir? Oooooh - suit you, madam!’

The Fast Show first aired on BBC Two on September 27, 1994 and ran to 1997, with catchphrases such as ‘Suit You’, ‘Brilliant!!’ and ‘Scorchio’ entering the vocabulary.

It returned for specials in 2000 and 2014, and previously spawned two  live tours in 1998 and 2002 before this year's revivial

Characters featuring in the live show will include Ted & Ralph, Jesse, Swiss Toni, Does My Bum Look Big In This?, Dave Angel, Jazz Club, The Suit You Tailors, Ron Manager, The Mad Painter, Rowley Birkin, Bob Fleming, Competitive Dad, Professor Denzil Dexter, and The Girl Who Boys Can’t Hear.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday.

Fast Show 2025 tour schedule: 

3 November: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
4 November: Portsmouth Guildhall
5 November: Swansea Arena
7 November: Hull, Connexin Live
8 November: Edinburgh, Usher Hall
10 November: Bradford, St George’s Hall
11 November: Blackpool, Opera House
12 November: Manchester, O2 Apollo
13 November: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
14 November: Bath Forum
15 November: Plymouth Pavilions
17 November: Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
18-19 November: London Palladium
23 November: Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre

Published: 19 Nov 2024