Dawn French adds a further Sydney date to her brand new live tour 'Dawn French is a Huge Twat'
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, JANUARY 15: Dawn French, the Queen of British comedy, returns to the stage with her one-woman stand-up show ‘Dawn French is a Huge Twat’ playing across Australia this April and May – and the extraordinary demand for tickets continues!
A further show has been added for Sydney’s State Theatre on May 11, a special 3pm matinee!
Tickets go on sale on Thursday, January 18 at 11am. Live Nation presale runs from Wednesday, January 17 at 10am, for 24 hours. All times are local.
Dawn French is a much-loved figure in Australia, having toured most recently in 2016 with her first solo stand-up show Thirty Million Minutes – performing a magnificent 38 shows across the country!
Discussing this new tour, French said, "This show is so named because unfortunately, it’s horribly accurate. There have been far too many times I have made stupid mistakes or misunderstood something vital or jumped the gun in a spectacular display of twattery. I thought I might tell some of these buttock clenching embarrassing stories to give Australian audiences a peek behind the scenes of my work life…Roll up! Book early to see the telly vicar lady be a total twat on stage, live in front of your very eyes. And ears.”
Few people are as firmly ensconced in the British comedy firmament as Dawn French. As one half of the ground-breaking comedy duo French & Saunders (with Jennifer Saunders) she blazed a trail that shaped TV comedy through the 80s and 90s, spoofing everyone from Oasis to The Corrs and brilliantly sending up films such as Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings series.
In the early 90s, both French and Saunders forged separate but equally successful paths, creating two comedy institutions in the process. As Jennifer Saunders launched Absolutely Fabulous, Dawn French starred in multiple roles in the black comedy Murder Most Horrid, often playing both murderer and murdered in the same episode. This was followed by the enormously popular Richard Curtis series The Vicar Of Dibley, which attracted over 12 million viewers to its series finale. Dawn is also a successful author, having written six best-selling books. Her latest book, The Twat Files, is published in October.
French has also enjoyed considerable success on stage, both as a stand-up comedian and actress, and on the big screen in films from Coraline to Death On The Nile. In 2022, she announced her return to the stage with her show Dawn French Is A Huge Twat.
DAWN FRENCH IS A HUGE TWAT
AUSTRALIA 2024
RIVERSIDE THEATRE, PERTH - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
RIVERSIDE THEATRE, PERTH - THURSDAY, APRIL 11
RIVERSIDE THEATRE, PERTH - FRIDAY, APRIL 12
AEC THEATRE, ADELAIDE - TUESDAY, APRIL 16
AEC THEATRE, ADELAIDE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
CIVIC THEATRE, NEWCASTLE - FRIDAY, APRIL 19 SOLD OUT
CIVIC THEATRE, NEWCASTLE - SATURDAY, APRIL 20 SOLD OUT
PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE - TUESDAY, APRIL 23 SOLD OUT
PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 SOLD OUT
PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE - FRIDAY, APRIL 26
PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE - SATURDAY, APRIL 27
WREST POINT, HOBART - MONDAY, APRIL 29
WREST POINT, HOBART - TUESDAY, APRIL 30
ROYAL THEATRE, CANBERRA - FRIDAY, MAY 3
CIVIC THEATRE, NEWCASTLE - SATURDAY, MAY 4
STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY - THURSDAY, MAY 9 SOLD OUT
STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY - FRIDAY, MAY 10
STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY - SATURDAY, MAY 11
STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY - SATURDAY, MAY 11, MATINEE – NEW SHOW
THE STAR, GOLD COAST - TUESDAY, MAY 14
CONVENTION CENTRE, BRISBANE - THURSDAY, MAY 16 - SOLD OUT
CONVENTION CENTRE, BRISBANE - FRIDAY, MAY 17
Tickets for this Sydney 3pm matinee show go on sale Thursday, January 18 at 11am.
Live Nation presale runs from Wednesday, January 17 at 10am, for 24 hours.
All times are local.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.livenation.com.au
For all tour-related enquiries, contact: Revolutions Per Minute PR Pty Ltd
Nicole Hart
nicole@revolutions.com.au +61 418 324 312
For all Live Nation related enquiries, contact: Live Nation Australasia