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Jack Whitehall Settles Down with Back to Back Shows in Bournemouth

Catch Jack Whitehall  in Bournemouth this June. International comedy superstar Jack Whitehall is back with his highly anticipated new live show. Following three complete sell-out arena tours Jack is eager to get back on the road doing what he does best - delighting audiences!

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On his new tour  Settle Down , Jack says: “ This is my most personal show yet, with plenty of material about the big changes that have happened in my life. It’s about my struggle to settle down gracefully. I’ve got a long-term partner, a ridiculous dog and am now hurtling towards middle aged without a clue. It’s about a foppish man-child’s crack handed attempt at adulting!”

With his father Michael being an agent/producer and his mother Hilary an actress, it was only natural Londoner Jack Whitehall would become an entertainer. A child actor himself in various television dramas, he gravitated toward comedy shortly after leaving school.

In 2007, Whitehall was a finalist in the  So You Think You’re Funny  stand-up talent hunt and nominated for best newcomer at the Chortle Awards the following year. He performed  Nearly Rebellious,  his first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in 2009. Over the next two years, Whitehall appeared on panel shows like  8 Out Of 10 Cats ,  Would I Lie To You?  and  Mock The Week  as well as made an acclaimed performance on  Live At The Apollo .

In 2012, he snagged the first of many British Comedy Awards for King of Comedy. Whitehall also has three huge arena tours under his belt – 2014’s  Jack Whitehall: Gets Around , 2017’s  Jack Whitehall: At Large  and 2019’s  Jack Whitehall: Stood Up .

In addition to stand-up, he has built an impressive acting career. Whitehall actually landed a role in Disney’s blockbuster animated film  Frozen  in 2013 providing the voice for Gothi, a troll priest. However, after the final edit only about two lines of his dialogue remained.

He went on score the role of Zack in the star-studded, big-hearted comedy  Mother’s Day  in 2016, plus appeared opposite Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman in Lasse Hallström’s  The Nutcracker And The Four Realms  in 2018. In 2021, Whitehall starred in Disney’s  Jungle Cruise  alongside Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

His television credits are numerous and wide-ranging too. Best known for starring as JP in  Fresh Meat  and Alfie Wickers in  Bad Education  (which he co-wrote), Whitehall has also had parts in  Decline & Fall, Thunderbirds Are Go, Bounty Hunters  and  Good Omens .

What’s more, he has been utilising his sharp wit and edgy humour as host of the BRIT Awards since 2018, and has presented The Fashion Awards and BAFTA Britannia Awards.

Many people have also enjoyed seeing Whitehall on screen with his father. In the early ’10s, they did a chat show together called  Backchat.  Since 2017, the twosome have been in  Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father  during which they tour foreign lands, encountering awkward situations and clashing over what to see.

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International comedy superstar, Jack Whitehall , is back with his highly anticipated new live show. Following three complete sell-out arena tours, Jack is eager to get back on the road doing what he does best – delighting audiences!

Jack says: “This is my most personal show yet, with plenty of material about the big changes that have happened in my life. It’s about my struggle to settle down gracefully. I’ve got a long-term partner, a ridiculous dog and am now hurtling towards middle aged without a clue. It’s about a foppish man-child’s crack handed attempt at adulting!”

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Jack Whitehall announces Settle Down tour

Friday 31st March 2023, 8:33am

• Jack Whitehall is to bring his new stand-up show to arenas across June and July 2023
• He describes Settle Down as "my most personal show yet, with plenty of material about the big changes that have happened in my life"

Tickets go on pre-sale from 10am on Wednesday 5th April from sites including Ticketmaster

Jack Whitehall has announced a new stand-up tour.

He'll perform Jack Whitehall: Settle Down at arenas in Brighton, Bournemouth, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham and London across June and July 2023 .

His promoters say: "Following three complete sell-out arena tours Jack is eager to get back on the road doing what he does best - entertaining audiences! His biggest-ever stand-up tour to date, Jack Whitehall: Stood Up , sold out arenas across the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. It was the UK's largest comedy tour of 2019 , with a ticketed audience over 450,000. Jack has previously sold-out venues across the UK on two earlier tours: Jack Whitehall Gets Around ( 2014 ) and Jack Whitehall: At Large ( 2017 ), which was also filmed for Netflix ."

Jack Whitehall says: "This is my most personal show yet, with plenty of material about the big changes that have happened in my life. It's about my struggle to settle down gracefully. I've got a long-term partner, a ridiculous dog and am now hurtling towards middle aged without a clue. It's about a foppish man-child's cack-handed attempt at adulting!"

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4: Cardiff, International Arena 5: Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena 7: Birmingham, Utilita Arena 8: Birmingham, Utilita Arena 9: Cardiff, International Arena 10: Cardiff, International Arena 14: London, The O2 15: London, The O2 16: London, The O2

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Jack Whitehall's Settle Down tour 2023: Venues, dates and how to get tickets

27 April 2023, 06:00 | Updated: 21 July 2023, 12:17

How can I get Jack Whitehall tickets and where is he performing? Here's everything you need to know about the comedian's new tour...

Jack Whitehall is back with a brand new live show this summer and we are so excited.

Following three complete sell-out arena tours, Jack has hailed this his ‘most personal show yet’ with loads of hilarious material.

“There’s plenty of material about the big changes that have happened in my life,” he said.

Buy Jack Whitehall: Settle Down tickets here

“It’s about my struggle to settle down gracefully. I’ve got a long-term partner, a ridiculous dog and am now hurtling towards middle aged without a clue.

“It’s about a foppish man-child’s cack-handed attempt at adulting!”

Best known for his roles in Bad Education and Fresh Meat, the star rose to fame on shows such as Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo.

He’s gone on to bag his own Netflix stand-up shows, a hosting spot at the BRIT Awards, and the much-loved series Travels with My Father.

Jack Whitehall tour dates

• Wednesday, 2 August 2023 - Exeter - Great Hall
• Thursday, 3 August 2023 - Ipswich - Regent Theatre
• Monday, 14 August 2023 - Coventry - Warwick Arts Centre
• Friday, 18 August 2023 - Halifax - Victoria Theatre
• Sunday, 20 August 2023 Edinburgh - Edinburgh Playhouse
• Monday, 21 August 2023 - Edinburgh - Edinburgh Playhouse
• Saturday, 16 September 2023 - Bournemouth - BIC
• Monday, 18 September 2023 - Oxford - New Theatre
• Wednesday, 20 September 2023 - Cardiff - International Arena
• Friday, 22 September 2023 - Stockholm - Waterfront
• Wednesday, 27 September 2023 - Scarborough - Grand Hall
• Thursday, 28 September 2023 - Salford - The Lyric
• Friday, 29 September 2023 - Stockton - Globe
• Sunday, 1 October 2023 - Oslo - Spectrum
• Wednesday, 4 October 2023 - Southend - Cliffs Pavilion
• Friday, 6 October 2023 - Belfast - SSE Arena
• Saturday, 7 October 2023 - Dublin - 3Arena
• Sunday, 8 October 2023 - Aberdeen - P&J Live
• Monday, 9 October 2023 - Blackpool - Winter Gardens
• Friday, 13 October 2023 - Leicester - De Montfort Hall
• Saturday, 14 October 2023 - Bristol - Hippodrome

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Jack Whitehall: How to get tickets to comedian's Settle Down tour

The comic has called it his 'most personal' tour.

Jack Whitehall is heading back on the road later this year.

Hitting most of the UK's major cities, Whitehall is embarking on the Settle Down tour which he says features his "most personal" material to date.

In a statement, announcing the tour, Whitehall said: "It's about my struggle to settle down gracefully. I've got a long-term partner, a ridiculous dog and am now hurtling towards middle aged without a clue. It's about a foppish man-child's cack-handed attempt at adulting!"

While Settle Down will be Whitehall's sixth stand-up tour, in recent years he has been more focussed on film and TV projects.

He starred in Jungle Cruise alongside Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt , presented a number of shows such as Live Italian, Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation and Got, Got, Need as well appearing in a Bad Education reunion.

Settle Down will be his first full comedy tour since 2019's Stood Up and will feature many dates visiting cities such as Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield.

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Whitehall will also be performing in locations such as Basingstoke, Plymouth and Northampton.

The tour kicks off on 3 May in Milton Keynes and runs until mid-July where Whitehall will finish with three show at London's O2 Arena.

Where is Jack Whitehall touring?

Below is every date Whitehall has announced so far for his Settle Down tour.

3 May 2023 – Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes

23 May 2023 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth

24 May 2023 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge

27 May 2023, 3pm– Swansea Arena, Swansea

27 May 2023, 7:30pm – Swansea Arena, Swansea

31 May 2023 – Derngate , Northampton

2 June 2023 – Theatre Royal, Norwich

3 June 2023 – Bonus Arena, Hull

5 June 2023 – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth

6 June 2023 – Anvil, Basingtoke

7 June 2023 – Bath Forum, Bath

8 June 2023 – Regent Theatre, Ipswich

13 June 2023 – The Brighton Centre, Brighton

14 June 2023 – The Brighton Centre, Brighton

15 June 2023 – The Brighton Centre, Brighton

16 June 2023 – International Centre, Bournemouth

17 June 2023 – First Direct Arena, Leeds

18 June 2023 – First Direct Arena, Leeds

19 June 2023 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

20 June 2023 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

21 June 2023 – AO Arena, Manchester

22 June 2023 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

23 June 2023 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne

24 June 2023 – AO Arena, Manchester

25 June 2023 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

4 July 2023 – International Arena, Cardiff

5 July 2023 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

7 July 2023 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham

8 July 2023 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham

9 July 2023 – International Arena, Cardiff

10 July 2023 – International Arena, Cardiff

14 July 2023 – The O2, London

15 July 2023 – The O2, London

16 July 2023 – The O2, London

How much do Jack Whitehall tickets cost?

Tickets for Whitehall's tour range between £30 and £50 depending on seats and venue. There are still plenty of tickets left at most venues, but they can go up to £166 for more expensive places such as the O2 Arena in London.

How can I get Jack Whitehall tickets?

Tickets can be bought through Ticketmaster or ATG , as well as via the venues or by visiting Jack Whitehall's website directly .

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How to get tickets to Jack Whitehall's UK tour

The Bad Education and Fresh Meat actor is coming to four cities.

Jack Whitehall is about to head out on a mini-UK tour and tickets are available now.

This will be a tour of new material — so fans can possibly expect the scoop on recent projects like Apple TV+ 's star-studded series The Afterparty or his hit movie Robots with Hollywood star Shailene Woodley.

"This is my most personal show yet, with plenty of material about the big changes that have happened in my life," he explained. "It’s about my struggle to settle down gracefully. I’ve got a long-term partner, a ridiculous dog and am now hurtling towards middle aged without a clue. It’s about a foppish man-child’s cack-handed attempt at adulting!"

Jack Whitehall: Settle Down

Tickets for Jack Whitehall's 'Settle Down' mini-tour are available now from £29.50 to £118.28 , with a transaction fee of up to £3.80 added to the ticket price. See the list of dates below:

• Edinburgh Playhouse : Sunday, August 20 - Monday, August 21, 2023
• New Theatre Oxford : Monday, September 18, 2023
• Stockton Globe : Friday, September 29, 2023
• Bristol Hippodrome : Saturday, October 14 - Sunday, October 15, 2023

One of the big life changes Jack is likely to address is the wonderful news that he's expecting a child with his partner Roxy Horner .

The couple subsequently opened up about the joy of this pregnancy, in light of previously experiencing a miscarriage and a death in their family.

"We found out the same week my nan passed away," Horner told Heat Magazine . "There's a part of me that feels like my nan knew we were trying for a baby and maybe this was her gift to us. That's how I'm seeing it."

They have also revealed that their first child together will be a baby girl . Jack and Roxy have been together since 2020.

Organisations including Sands and Tommy's are able to offer help and support to anyone affected by baby loss.

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Jack Whitehall: Settle Down

Review of the comic's first stand-up tour in four years

Just before the interval of his first tour in four years, Jack Whitehall confesses to always seeking any distraction to avoid having a serious conversation.  

That realisation raises the possibility that in the second half the comic will challenge himself to start probing deeper subjects, especially given that the set-up of Settle Down is how, at 34, he is growing up and discarding trivial things as he prepares for fatherhood.

However, save for a couple of fleeting and notable exceptions, deeper self-analysis is thin on the ground. There’s far more about his ‘fur baby’ dog, and how the toy poodle is emasculating (how very on-brand for this perennial beta-male), than the higher responsibility of being a parent.

Whitehall remains the archetypal banter merchant – proving the same great company that’s such an asset to panel shows and talk shows – as his riffs, self-effacingly about his privilege and his feeble masculinity. It’s  sprinkled with a few good gags, but it feels like we’ve been here before. His comedy isn’t maturing as his life is.

After the obligatory references to his father, he harks back to his school days at Marldborough, as he calls it – as if that errant extra letter will keep the lawyers at bay – in the shadow of much more successful alumni such as Emma Watson and Robert Pattison. (And the Princess of Wales, who he fails to mention, maybe she’s an echelon of poshness too far). But he has a nice line in exaggerated indignation at the one time the Daily Mail did name him as an old boy, in a far-from-flattering story about the school.

There’s no faulting his performance skills – he’s excellent at both feigning spontaneity and putting in a few genuine ad-libs, and effective at acting out exaggerated scenarios. His burgeoning demand in Hollywood – where he spent at least one of the years since his last tour – is not a total surprise.  

It means he can hold the audience. In the brief moment he talks about his partner Roxy Horner’s miscarriage, he has the audience’s full attention and sympathy. But it’s not long before that compulsion to head for the trivial kicks in again and we’re imagining God designing zebras, inspired by a safari he took where he found himself among Americans who were – guess what? –  loud and stupid.  

Fans already know most of his life’s landmarks from the media, such as how diabetic Roxy collapsed at the Brit Awards – related here with something of a glib punchline. But sometimes the elevated circles he moves in are exploited well. The relatable fears of how you measure up to a partner’s ex become a whole different prospect when that man is Leonardo DiCaprio.

Much is about he’s a victim of relentless ill-fortune – presumably considered more accessible than his rarefied upbringing and A-list lifestyle. A recurring theme is about he’s a ‘massive melt’, a coward unable to defend Roxy’s honour when a bouncer disrespects her. Meanwhile, a routine about the humiliation of dining alone in a restaurant gives reign to those act-outs, though there’s not too much substance behind it. And of course there’s an anecdote about drunken high jinks.

Plenty of topics are stand-up staples that could be – and have been – told by anyone: mocking right-wing fundamentalists for getting vexxed about ‘woke’ Disney movies; how Americans would whoop and cheer at news of him becoming a parent but Brits are cynically subdued; wondering what songs will be golden oldies when the current youngsters are in their dotage… He closes with a stirring speech about what he loves about Britain – Greggs, pub gardens and surly service staff – as stirring music plays. It seems cynical and manipulative.

In a rare philosophical moment, Whitehall reflects that he spent his youth chasing pleasure, while now he’s achieving happiness. If only he could find similar maturity in his comedy, which offers plenty of enjoyable snacks, but little that’s more satisfying.

Review date: 16 Jun 2023 Reviewed by: Steve Bennett Reviewed at: Brighton Centre

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Jack Whitehall announces UK dates for 2023 Settle Down Tour

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The hit comedian will headline arenas in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester and more this summer

British comedian and actor Jack Whitehall has announced a run of 2023 UK tour dates as part of his brand new Settle Down Tour . Tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday 6 April.

The Bad Education star will kick things off on Tuesday 13 June, taking over the Brighton Centre for three nights before heading to Bournemouth's BIC on Friday 16 June. He'll also headline the First Direct Arena in Leeds, Glasgow's OVO Hydro, Sheffield's Utilita Arena and the AO Arena in Manchester.

From Thursday 22 June to Sunday 16 July, the Fresh Meat comic will take over arenas in Nottingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Nottingham, Birmingham and Cardiff before the trek concludes with three shows at the O2 Arena in London. See a full list of tour dates and venues below.

The Settle Down trek follows the 2021 Christmas tour How To Survive Family Holidays (And Christmas) and the award-winner's 2019 Stood Up Tour .

Jack Whitehall 2023 UK tour dates: Tuesday 13 - Thursday 15 June – Brighton Centre Friday 16 June – BIC, Bournemouth Saturday 17 June – First Direct Arena, Leeds Sunday 18 June – First Direct Arena, Leeds Monday 19 June – OVO Hydro, Glasgow Tuesday 20 June – Utilita Arena, Sheffield Wednesday 21 June – AO Arena, Manchester Thursday 22 June – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Friday 23 June – Utilita Arena, Newcastle Saturday 24 June – AO Arena, Manchester Sunday 25 June – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool Tuesday 4 July – CIA, Cardiff Wednesday 5 July – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Friday 7 July – Utilita Arena, Birmingham Saturday 8 July –Utilita Arena, Birmingham Sunday 9 July – CIA, Cardiff Monday 10 July – CIA, Cardiff Friday 14 - Sunday 16 July – O2 Arena, London

Tickets for Jack Whitehall go on sale at 10am on Thursday 6 April.

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