Comedian and writer announces show
Mark Steel hits the road this autumn with a new show: An Evening and A Little Bit of a Morning.
The comedian and writer (pictured) said: “There is so much to yell about. There 's the modern world in which you spend so long trying to work out iTunes, that it 's easier to form a band and learn the songs.
“But there 's also so much to be delighted with. Like the fact that everyone in Northampton knows the sign that says 'Family Planning Advice - Use Rear Entrance '.
“Then there 's the crazy story of being brought up in a working-class street in Kent, to discover my natural father was a millionaire backgammon player who was best mates with Lord Lucan.
“I 've come to terms with the fact I 'm a heap of contradictions, trying to stay young while being unable to log into any website. Trying to be respectable and mainstream (in this show there will even be a piano and a bit of singing), until I can 't help breaking into a steaming rant that would get me locked away somewhere secure if it wasn 't on a stage.
“And this is stand-up, so whatever has happened in the room, in the town or in the world that day will almost certainly be in the show.
“So, I 'll try to keep it to a decent length, but it could so easily end up as an evening and part of the next day. ”
The critically acclaimed Mark Steel 's in Town was voted the 6th best radio comedy ever and Mark is a regular on the BBC 's Have I Got News For You, QI and BBCR4 's News Quiz.
He has been named newspaper columnist of the year and is author of the award-winning audiobook Who Do I Think I Am.
An Evening and A Little Bit of a Morning With Mark Steel comes to the Lichfield Garrick on Saturday 3 September.
To find out more, visit: www.lichfieldgarrick.com