sandi toksvig tour 2022

Touring Autumn 2024

Following the sell-out 2022 tour of next slide please, the comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner returns to theatres with an evening to celebrate the publication of her new novel. the show will be packed with silly stories, profound truths, fascinating facts, readings from the book and a quick-fire q&a. life affirming, wise and funny, sandi investigates what it really means to be a ‘friend of dorothy’..

These events mark the publication of Sandi’s brand-new novel Friends of Dorothy : and each ticket includes a hardback copy (RRP £22.00)

TOURING AUTUMN 2024

September 2024.

BRIGHTON , Brighton Dome, 01273 709709

BASINGSTOKE , The Anvil, 01256 844244

IPSWICH , Regent Theatre

CAMBRIDGE , Arts Theatre, 01223 503333

GUILDFORD , G Live, 0343 310 0055

OCTOBER 2024

LONDON ,  Bloomsbury Theatre, 020 3108 1000

CARDIFF ,  New Theatre, 0343 310 0041

POOLE , Lighthouse, 01202 280000

LIVERPOOL , Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 0151 709 3789

CHESTER , Storyhouse, 01244 409 113

BATH , The Forum, 0161 832 1111

COVENTRY , Warwick Arts Centre, 024 7649 6000

SALFORD , The Lowry, 0161 876 2000

EDINBURGH , The Royal Lyceum Theatre, 0131 248 4848

Booking fees may apply

ABOUT THE BOOK

The funny and brilliant new novel from the star of qi, sandi toksvig.

After much searching, the happily married young couple, Amber and Stevie think they have found the perfect spot in Grimaldi Square. Despite the rundown pub across the way, the overgrown garden and a decidedly nosy neighbour, number 4 is the house of their dreams. Stevie, a woman who has never left anything to chance, has planned everything so nothing can spoil their happiness.  But … upstairs in their new home, seated on an old red sofa is the woman they bought the place from — eighty-year-old foul-mouthed, straight-talking, wise-cracking Dorothy – who has decided that she’s not going anywhere.  It turns out that Dorothy will be only the first in a line of life-changing surprises. 

Friends of Dorothy is a touching, funny novel about a family that is not biological, but logical; a story close to Sandi Toksvig’s heart.

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. 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 and in 2019 she became president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. 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 and early in 2019 her adaptation of Mamma Mia the Party opened at London’s 02. Sandi has written the Globe Theatre’s new family show Christmas at the (Snow) Globe with Jenifer Toksvig which will open Christmas 2019. 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.

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. 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.

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Comedian Sandi Toksvig Brings Tour to Australia

The performer will stop in nine cities.

Sandi Toksvig , the internationally-renowned comedian, broadcaster, writer, campaigner, and all-round good egg, will make her Australian and New Zealand touring debut with a new, specially-conceived comedy show: Sandi Toksvig Live! Regularly featured on a variety of television shows, most recently a three-year stint as co-host on The Great British Baking Show, this 9-city tour marks Sandi's welcome return to live stand-up comedy performance in 2022. The Sydney show will be part of the Just For Laughs Sydney Comedy Festival.

In an evening of comedy and curiosities Sandi will share little known facts and tell tall tales alongside some really silly jokes. Packed full of reasons to be cheerful, this show will be a soothing balm after recent years of lockdown gloom, with a side of parlour games for those who wish to take part.

Sandi said, "I am thrilled to finally come down to Australia and New Zealand to perform my new show for my fans down under. It has been a perilous time for live performance, but I am thrilled to be back on the boards. And leaving our winter for an Australian summer is a bonus, I can't wait."

WED 8, 7.30PM, LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall, 0116 233 3111 BOOK HERE

THU 9, 8PM, LONDON, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall BOOK HERE

FRI 10, 7.30PM, CRAWLEY, The Hawth, 01293 553636 BOOK HERE

SUN 12, 7.30PM, KINGSTON, Rose Theatre, 020 8174 0090 BOOK HERE

MON 13, 7.30PM, BROMLEY, Churchill Theatre, 0343 310 0020 BOOK HERE

THU 16, 7.30PM, DARLINGTON, Darlington Hippodrome, 01325 405405 BOOK HERE

FRI 17, 7.30PM, SHEFFIELD, City Hall BOOK HERE

SAT 18, 7.30PM, LIVERPOOL, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 0151 709 3789 BOOK HERE

SUN 19, 7.30PM, SALFORD, The Lowry, 0343 208 6000 BOOK HERE

WED 22, 7.30PM, BRIGHTON, Brighton Dome, 01273 709709 BOOK HERE

THU 23, 7.30PM, CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange, 01223 357851 BOOK HERE

SAT 25, 7.30PM, CHESTER, Storyhouse, 01244 409 113 BOOK HERE

SUN 26, 7.30PM, GLASGOW, Theatre Royal, 0844 871 7615* BOOK HERE

MON 27, 7.30PM, EDINBURGH, Festival Theatre, 0131 529 6000 BOOK HERE

TUE 28, 7.30PM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Tyne Theatre & Opera House, 0844 2491 000* BOOK HERE

THU 30, 7.30PM, CANTERBURY, The Marlowe Theatre, 01227 787787 BOOK HERE

About Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig OBE, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and brought up around the world in Europe, Africa and the United States. She began her comedy career at Girton College, Cambridge where she wrote and performed in the first all-woman Footlights show as well as achieving a first-class degree.

Sandi is well known to television 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 and Whose Line Is It Anyway? She was also host of Antiques Master and 1001 Things You Should Know. In 2016, Sandi took over from Stephen Fry as host of BBC2's hugely popular quiz show QI, and in 2014 she also replaced William G. Stewart as the host of 15 to 1 which made its comeback after 11 years. In 2017 she and Noel Fielding became the new co-hosts of The Great British Bake Off in its move to Channel 4.

For a decade Sandi was a familiar voice to BBC Radio 4 listeners as the chair of The News Quiz which led to her induction into the Radio Hall of Fame.

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.

Much of Sandi's time is devoted to writing having written more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. 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.

Sandi is an activist for gender equality. In 2015 she co-founded the Women's Equality Party.

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SANDI TOKSVIG: Friends of Dorothy

Following the sell-out 2022 tour of Next Slide Please , the comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner returns to theatres with an evening to celebrate the publication of her new novel. The show will be packed with silly stories, profound truths, fascinating facts, readings from the book and a quick-fire Q&A. Life affirming, wise and funny, Sandi investigates what it really means to be a ‘Friend of Dorothy’.

These events mark the publication of Sandi’s brand-new novel Friends of Dorothy: and each ticket includes a hardback copy (RRP £22.00)

Age guidance: 14+

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Sandi Toksvig talks about her latest tour, National Trevor

Great British Bake Off and QI presenter, Sandi Toksvig is starting off the New Year with a new live tour, National Trevor. Ahead of the opening at The Lowry, the comedian and writer talks to Quays Life about celebrity, unpredictable live audiences, and being much younger, thinner and taller in the flesh.

Sandi Toksvig is remembering a terrific occasion at the Festival Hall in London 4 years ago. “My wife and I renewed our wedding vows on the stage. It was a small gathering, a few family – and a thousand of my close friends. It was held on the day that same sex marriages were made legal.

“It was astonishing, you know. I invited 150 family and friends, and let it be known to the general public that if anybody wanted to come, they were most welcome. The hall was full. There were literally thousands of people. It was every kind of person you could possibly imagine. It was very jolly. The only drawback was that there wasn’t enough cake!”

This story tells you everything about the presenter’s popularity. She’s the sort of approachable, lovable figure everyone considers their friend. In person, Sandi is every bit as delightful as you would hope. Offscreen, she is just as warm, witty, welcoming and generally wonderful as she is on screen. She is marvellous company, and an hour with her simply flies by.‎

Over a burger in a central London hotel, Sandi is brimming with excitement about the forthcoming tour, ‘National Trevor’ which kicks off at The Lowry in Salford on Wednesday 9 January.

After a spell making such hugely popular TV shows as The Great British Bake Off and QI, Sandi can’t wait to come face-to-face with her audience again in a show that will feature a Q&A and lots and lots of excellent jokes.

In addition, Sandi will be regaling audiences with a raft of funny facts.”I’m endlessly interested in things,” confirms the 60-year-old. “I think detail is terribly funny. Did you know that the glue on Israeli postage stamps is Kosher?”

“National Trevor” also showcases a general knowledge quiz. “I don’t know if you want to win it,” Sandi smiles, “because then you have to come up on stage and talk to me all about your life!”‎

During the show, Sandi invites the audience to help her conduct a piece of music, too. “I get them to conduct Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. I chose that piece because Beethoven was deaf by the time he completed it.

“It’s remarkable to want to create music when you can’t hear it. On the night of the premiere, he was seen running through the streets shouting, ‘Grab life by the throat!’ That’s what I’m saying in this show.”

Sandi adds that, “Whenever I see people wearing a T-shirt that says,’ Living the Dream,’ ‎I think, ‘You’re totally not.’ I want to tell them, ‘If you had to buy a T-shirt saying that, it’s not working’.”

The aspect of the tour Sandi is most looking forward to is the audience interaction. She adores the spontaneity of it all. “I can’t wait to get out there. The best bit is not me talking to them – it’s them talking to me. Me talking? Not so interesting. Them talking? Very interesting!

“You never quite know what is going to happen.‎ The unexpected stuff is always the most enjoyable part. The most unexpected thing that ever happened in a show took place during a Q and A in Bradford. A woman asked me what my bra size was. I couldn’t remember, so she had to come up on stage and have a look!”

Sandi, who was a very popular host of Radio 4’s News Quiz for a decade, proceeds to underscore her love of live performance. ‎”The other reason to do a live show is that there is still something magical about sharing an evening out at the theatre.

“When actors stand backstage before a performance, we listen to the sound of the audience. We say, ‘They’re a bit Monday night’ or ‘They’re a bit Saturday matinee’. A distinct personality overtakes an entire group of people.”

The theatre also demands a focus that we sometimes lack in other parts of our life. “It’s about getting people to put their phones away, have an engagement with the show and listen to other people laughing – hopefully – or weeping!

“For a brief moment we can forget about Brexit or whatever it is we’re worrying about and lose ourselves in the show. That’s good for us. We feel better.”

One of the main themes of “National Trevor” is our current fixation with celebrity. Sandi explains that, “The thing I’m slightly obsessed with is our whole attitude to fame. ‎There is a new trend of calling people a ‘National Treasure’.

“I don’t know where it’s come from, but I heartily disapprove. I think everybody has something to commend them. Everyone has a story where you go, ‘Really?’ We don’t get to hear their stories of extraordinary endeavours.”

Sandi proceeds to outline where the show’s title comes from. “One day, a friend of mine was being extremely rude to me‎. A lot of my friends are – I encourage it! So in the middle of this argument, I said to her, ‘Don’t you know I’m a National Treasure?’

“And she replied, ‘You’re a National Trevor?’ Then her husband said, ‘Who’s been calling her Trevor?’ Now they call me Trevor. So that’s why I gave the show this title. I’m going round the country looking for all the National Trevors. I’m celebrating people.”

Sandi muses on what she hopes audiences will take away from “National Trevor.” “I hope they think that they have had a really good evening, that they’re had a great laugh and that I’m much younger, taller and thinner in the flesh!”

Before she has to go off to another gig, Sandi decides to order an alcohol-free cocktail to clear her throat. It’s called, “Endless Joy.”

Quick as a flash, Sandi jokes: “That should be the title of my next live show.”

Well, I’d go and see that, wouldn’t you?

Sandi Toksvig’s “National Trevor” is at The Lowry Theatre , Salford Quays on 9 January 2019. For full tour details visit: www.sanditoksvig.com

After a sell-out in Spring 2019 and due to popular demand, Sandi Toksvig is returning to The Lowry with her one-woman comedy show on Sunday 12 January 2020.

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Sandi Toksvig: Friends of Dorothy

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Following the sell-out 2022 tour of Next Slide Please , the comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner returns to theatres with an evening to celebrate the publication of her new novel. The show will be packed with silly stories, profound truths, fascinating facts, readings from the book and a quick-fire Q&A. Life affirming, wise and funny, Sandi investigates what it really means to be a ‘Friend of Dorothy’.   

These events mark the publication of Sandi’s brand-new novel Friends of Dorothy. E ach paid for ticket includes a hardback copy (RRP £22.00)  

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Sandi Toksvig announces 2022 New Zealand tour

Sandi Toksvig , the internationally-renowned comedian, broadcaster, writer, campaigner, and all-round good egg, will make her New Zealand touring debut with a new, specially-conceived comedy show: Sandi Toksvig Live! Regularly featured on a variety of television shows, most recently a three-year stint as co-host on  The Great British Baking Show , this 3-city tour marks Sandi’s welcome return to live stand-up comedy performance in 2022.  

In an evening of comedy and curiosities Sandi will share little known facts and tell tall tales alongside some really silly jokes. Packed full of reasons to be cheerful, this show will be a soothing balm after recent years of lockdown gloom, with a side of parlour games for those who wish to take part.   Sandi said, “I am thrilled to finally come down to Australia and New Zealand to perform my new show for my fans down under.  It has been a perilous time for live performance, but I am thrilled to be back on the boards. And leaving our winter for a New Zealand summer is a bonus, I can’t wait.” The Sandi Toksvig Live! tour is co-produced by Bohm Presents and Temple Live Entertainment Limited in the UK. 

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About Sandi Toksvig Sandi Toksvig OBE, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and brought up around the world in Europe, Africa and the United States. She began her comedy career at Girton College, Cambridge where she wrote and performed in the first all-woman Footlights show as well as achieving a first-class degree. Sandi is well known to television 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 and Whose Line Is It Anyway? She was also host of Antiques Master and 1001 Things You Should Know. In 2016, Sandi took over from Stephen Fry as host of BBC2’s hugely popular quiz show QI, and in 2014 she also replaced William G. Stewart as the host of 15 to 1 which made its comeback after 11 years. In 2017 she and Noel Fielding became the new co-hosts of The Great British Bake Off in its move to Channel 4. For a decade Sandi was a familiar voice to BBC Radio 4 listeners as the chair of The News Quiz which led to her induction into the Radio Hall of Fame. 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.  Much of Sandi’s time is devoted to writing having written more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. 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.  Sandi is an activist for gender equality. In 2015 she co-founded the Women’s Equality Party.

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Sandi Toksvig: QI presenter gives health update after cancelling tour

Sandi Toksvig says she is out of hospital in Australia but still not well enough to fly back to the UK.

Tuesday 6 December 2022 14:53, UK

Comedian Sandi Toksvig has updated fans on her health after she was hospitalised with bronchial pneumonia in Australia.

Toksvig thanked her fans for "such kind words" while she had been unwell, going on to say that she has been discharged from hospital.

"I am now out of hospital and continuing my convalescence in Australia until I'm fit to fly home," she said in a statement posted on Twitter.

"My undying (literally) thanks to the amazing Australian health service."

Thank you to everyone who has sent such kind words while I’ve been unwell. I am now out of hospital and continuing my convalescence in Australia until I’m fit to fly home. My undying (literally) thanks to the amazing Australian health service. — Sandi Toksvig (@sanditoksvig) December 6, 2022

Many of the star's friends and fans expressed relief that the former Great British Bake Off (GBBO) presenter was on the mend.

The 64-year-old QI host embarked on her comedic debut across Australia in mid-November and was meant to be heading to New Zealand at the beginning of December, before becoming unwell and having to cancel the entire leg of the tour .

Pneumonia is typically caused by a bacterial infection or virus, causing inflammation of the tissue in one or both lungs. Bronchial pneumonia targets the bronchi, the two large tubes that carry air from the windpipe to the lungs. Both can cause the individual to develop a dry cough or bring up phlegm.

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In 2020, the star announced she was leaving GBBO to focus on other projects, with comedian Matt Lucas joining veteran host Noel Fielding on the popular Channel 4 baking show.

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Sandi Toksvig , the internationally-renowned comedian, broadcaster, writer, campaigner, and all-round good egg, will make her New Zealand touring debut with a new, specially-conceived comedy show: Sandi Toksvig Live! Regularly featured on a variety of television shows, most recently a three-year stint as co-host on The Great British Baking Show , this 3-city tour marks Sandi’s welcome return to live stand-up comedy performance in 2022.

In an evening of comedy and curiosities Sandi will share little known facts and tell tall tales alongside some really silly jokes. Packed full of reasons to be cheerful, this show will be a soothing balm after recent years of lockdown gloom, with a side of parlour games for those who wish to take part.

Sandi said, “I am thrilled to finally come down to Australia and New Zealand to perform my new show for my fans down under. It has been a perilous time for live performance, but I am thrilled to be back on the boards. And leaving our winter for a New Zealand summer is a bonus, I can’t wait.” The Sandi Toksvig Live! tour is co-produced by Bohm Presents and Temple Live Entertainment Limited in the UK.

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Tuesday 8 October 2024 7:30pm Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Age guidance: 14+ U16s must be accompanied by an adult This show may contain strong language and adult humour.

Following the sell-out 2022 tour of Next Slide Please , the comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner returns to theatres with an evening to celebrate the publication of her new novel.

The show will be packed with silly stories, profound truths, fascinating facts, readings from the book and a quick-fire Q&A. Life affirming, wise and funny, Sandi investigates what it really means to be a ‘Friend of Dorothy’.

Video courtesy of Channel 4 . This video contains strong language and adult themes.

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