Lakin McCarthy presents
RORY BREMNER’S ELECTION BATTLEBUS TOUR 2010

As Britain gets ready to vote in the biggest election in a generation, the country’s top satirical impressionist takes to the road again for his first stand-up tour in five years.

In the run-up to polling day, Rory Bremner will give his own unique take on the characters and events dominating the news, with impressions ranging from Gordon Brown to Louis Walsh and back again. WARNING: May not contain Nick Clegg!

Described as a ‘one-man opposition party’ Rory has been at the heart of political comedy for twenty years. Here’s a chance to see him in action live.

The election run-up will give Rory the chance to involve surprise guests in a Q and A session in the second half of the show. Watch this space!

RORY BREMNER

Rory Bremner is best known as Britain’s sharpest impressionist, with a repertoire of over 100 characters.

His unique brand of comedy and satire has sustained a highly successful career in radio and television for over 25 years. Nowadays, he’s equally in demand as a columnist for newspapers and magazines, a documentary presenter and one of the country’s leading after-dinner speakers.

Together with John Bird and John Fortune, his satirical programmes (Rory Bremner- Who Else 1992-97, Bremner, Bird and Fortune 1997-present) have been a mainstay of Channel 4’s output since 1992, winning a total of four BAFTAs and three RTS awards. The trio regularly produce specials, including a trilogy on Iraq (Between Iraq and a Hard Place, Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place and Beneath Iraq and a Hard Place) and a number of programmes charting the rise and fall of New Labour.

Their book ‘You Are Here’, (‘a stockpile of satirical ammunition’- Daily Telegraph) was published in 2005. In 2008 they created a four-part satirical documentary series on the global financial crisis, Silly Money.

Prior to that, Rory had seven series on the BBC, from 1986 to 1992, winning the Special Award at the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1987. Over the last two decades, Rory’s appeared in many of the top TV comedy shows, from Spitting Image and Whose Line is it Anyway to Have I got News For You, Mock the Week, and QI. He’s appeared more than any other guest on Parkinson and Wogan.

He is a frequent guest on The Andrew Marr Show (BBC1) where he provides a satirical review of current political events through his many characters.

In 2008 he retraced his family history for Who Do You Think You Are (BBC 1, January 2009) He is a regular contributor to The Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman and Radio Times, for whom he has interviewed Michael Parkinson and David Frost.

Tickets for Rory Bremner in the Memorial Hall - Sheffield City Hall on 30th March are available online through this web site at www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk through the ticket hotline on 0114 2 789 789 or in person at the Sheffield City Hall Box Office.