SANDI TOKSVIG LIVE!
THE NATIONAL TREVOR TOUR
BRAND NEW COMEDY SHOW TOURING JAN & FEB 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Tues 15th January 2019
THE NATIONAL TREVOR TOUR
BRAND NEW COMEDY SHOW TOURING JAN & FEB 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Tues 15th January 2019
Sandi Toksvig is touring a brand new, one-woman comedy show throughout the UK in January and February 2019.
Sandi realises some people harbour an ambition to be a National Treasure but following a misunderstanding with a friend has decided instead to become a National Trevor – half misprint, half Danish comedian, novelist, actor and broadcaster.
Expect tall stories, fascinatingly funny facts, really silly jokes, a quickfire Q&A and a quiz. Don’t expect tap-dancing, leotards or a forward roll.
Sandi realises some people harbour an ambition to be a National Treasure but following a misunderstanding with a friend has decided instead to become a National Trevor – half misprint, half Danish comedian, novelist, actor and broadcaster.
Expect tall stories, fascinatingly funny facts, really silly jokes, a quickfire Q&A and a quiz. Don’t expect tap-dancing, leotards or a forward roll.
About Sandi Toksvig:
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sandi was brought up around the world in Europe, Africa and the United States. She began her comedy career at Girton College, Cambridge where she found time to write and perform in the first all-woman show at the Footlights as well as achieve a first-class degree.
Sandi is well known to UK audiences as a broadcaster having begun her career in children’s television playing Ethel in the long-running Saturday-morning show Number 73. Since then her television career has included celebrated series such as Call My Bluff (as regular team captain) and Whose Line Is It Anyway? She was also host of Antiques Master for BBC2 and 1001 Things You Should Know for Channel 4. In 2016, Sandi took over from Stephen Fry as host of ‘QI’, BBC2’s fiendishly difficult and hugely popular quiz. She also replaced William G. Stewart as the host of the popular teatime quiz Fifteen to One which made its comeback after 11 years in April 2014. In 2017 she and Noel Fielding became the new co-hosts of ‘The Great British Bake Off’.
For a decade Sandi was a familiar voice for BBC Radio 4 listeners as the chair of The News Quiz which led to her induction into the Radio Hall of Fame.
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sandi was brought up around the world in Europe, Africa and the United States. She began her comedy career at Girton College, Cambridge where she found time to write and perform in the first all-woman show at the Footlights as well as achieve a first-class degree.
Sandi is well known to UK audiences as a broadcaster having begun her career in children’s television playing Ethel in the long-running Saturday-morning show Number 73. Since then her television career has included celebrated series such as Call My Bluff (as regular team captain) and Whose Line Is It Anyway? She was also host of Antiques Master for BBC2 and 1001 Things You Should Know for Channel 4. In 2016, Sandi took over from Stephen Fry as host of ‘QI’, BBC2’s fiendishly difficult and hugely popular quiz. She also replaced William G. Stewart as the host of the popular teatime quiz Fifteen to One which made its comeback after 11 years in April 2014. In 2017 she and Noel Fielding became the new co-hosts of ‘The Great British Bake Off’.
For a decade Sandi was a familiar voice for BBC Radio 4 listeners as the chair of The News Quiz which led to her induction into the Radio Hall of Fame.
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Sandi is passionate about live performance. She performed at the very first night of The Comedy Store in London and for many years was a member of The Comedy Store Players, an improvisational comedy team. Sandi conceived Playhouse Live for Sky Arts, producing specially commissioned live drama for television and for three years was both a writer for the series and the executive producer.
Much of Sandi’s time is devoted to writing. She has more than 20 fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults to her credit. Her latest novel ‘The End of the Sky’ was published in 2017. For the theatre Sandi co-authored the musical Big Night Out at the Little Sands Picture Palace Theatre (with Dillie Keane), the Shakespeare deconstruction The Pocket Dream (with Elly Brewer), Charity Begins for Playhouse Live, Bully Boy and Silver Linings. Her adaptation of Treasure Island reopened the Leicester Haymarket Theatre in December 2018. In 2019 her adaptation of Mamma Mia the Party will open at London’s 02. |
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Sandi is an activist for gender equality. In 2014 she co-founded the Women’s Equality Party. Sandi has received an OBE but is yet to be made a National Trevor.
www.sanditoksvig.com
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SANDI TOKSVIG LIVE! NATONAL TREVOR JAN & FEB 2019 SCHEDULE
JAN 2019
WED 9, 7.30PM, SALFORD QUAYS, The Lyric Theatre, 0843 208 6000*, www.thelowry.com
THU 10, 7.30PM, BRADFORD, St George’s Hall, 01274 432000, bradford-theatres.co.uk
FRI 11, 7.30PM, DARLINGTON, Darlington Hippodrome, 01325 405405, www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk
TUE 15, 7.30PM, SOUTHEND ON SEA, Cliffs Pavilion, 01702 351135, southendtheatres.org.uk
WED 16 & WED 23, 7.30PM GUILDFORD, G Live, 01483 369350, GLive.co.uk
THU 17, 7.30PM, READING, The Hexagon, 0118 960 6060, www.readingarts.com/hexagon
FRI 18, 7.30PM, CHICHESTER, Festival Theatre, 01243 781312, www.cft.org.uk
SUN 20, 7.30PM LONDON, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, 020 3879 9555, www.southbankcentre.co.uk
TUE 22, 7.30PM, LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall, 0116 233 3111, www.demontforthall.co.uk
THU 24, 7.30PM, CARDIFF, St David’s Hall, 029 2087 8444, www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
SUN 27, 7.30PM, EDINBURGH, King’s Theatre, 0131 529 6000, www.capitaltheatres.com/kings
MON 28, 7.30PM, YORK, Barbican, 0844 854 2757*, www.yorkbarbican.co.uk
TUE 29, 7.30PM, NORTHAMPTON, Royal & Derngate, 01604 624811, www.royalandderngate.co.uk
THU 31 & SUN 3 FEB, 7.30PM, BRIGHTON, Dome, 01273 709709, brightondome.org
FEB 2019
FRI 1 & SAT 2, 7.30PM, BIRMINGHAM, Hippodrome, 0844 338 5000* www.birminghamhippodrome.com
TUE 5, 7.30PM, SHEFFIELD, City Hall, 01142 789 789, sheffieldcityhall.sivtickets.com
THU 7, 7.30PM, NOTTINGHAM, Royal Concert Hall, 0115 989 5555, trch.co.uk
FRI 8, 8PM, LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic Hall, 0151 709 3789, liverpoolphil.com
JAN 2019
WED 9, 7.30PM, SALFORD QUAYS, The Lyric Theatre, 0843 208 6000*, www.thelowry.com
THU 10, 7.30PM, BRADFORD, St George’s Hall, 01274 432000, bradford-theatres.co.uk
FRI 11, 7.30PM, DARLINGTON, Darlington Hippodrome, 01325 405405, www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk
TUE 15, 7.30PM, SOUTHEND ON SEA, Cliffs Pavilion, 01702 351135, southendtheatres.org.uk
WED 16 & WED 23, 7.30PM GUILDFORD, G Live, 01483 369350, GLive.co.uk
THU 17, 7.30PM, READING, The Hexagon, 0118 960 6060, www.readingarts.com/hexagon
FRI 18, 7.30PM, CHICHESTER, Festival Theatre, 01243 781312, www.cft.org.uk
SUN 20, 7.30PM LONDON, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, 020 3879 9555, www.southbankcentre.co.uk
TUE 22, 7.30PM, LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall, 0116 233 3111, www.demontforthall.co.uk
THU 24, 7.30PM, CARDIFF, St David’s Hall, 029 2087 8444, www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
SUN 27, 7.30PM, EDINBURGH, King’s Theatre, 0131 529 6000, www.capitaltheatres.com/kings
MON 28, 7.30PM, YORK, Barbican, 0844 854 2757*, www.yorkbarbican.co.uk
TUE 29, 7.30PM, NORTHAMPTON, Royal & Derngate, 01604 624811, www.royalandderngate.co.uk
THU 31 & SUN 3 FEB, 7.30PM, BRIGHTON, Dome, 01273 709709, brightondome.org
FEB 2019
FRI 1 & SAT 2, 7.30PM, BIRMINGHAM, Hippodrome, 0844 338 5000* www.birminghamhippodrome.com
TUE 5, 7.30PM, SHEFFIELD, City Hall, 01142 789 789, sheffieldcityhall.sivtickets.com
THU 7, 7.30PM, NOTTINGHAM, Royal Concert Hall, 0115 989 5555, trch.co.uk
FRI 8, 8PM, LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic Hall, 0151 709 3789, liverpoolphil.com