Andy Hamilton, Definitely Coming to Swindon!

Here we are again, dรฉjร  vu. Iโ€™m taking to knocking our previews Iโ€™ve done before, stating back in early March last year, โ€œapparently, the UK just cannot live too long without spending An Evening with Andy Hamilton and so heโ€™s back for another short run of his โ€˜up close and personalโ€™ show this summer, just to keep us happy.โ€ And went onto inform the show comes to Swindonโ€™s Wyvern Theatre on a date in May, which obviously didnโ€™t, like just about everything, didnโ€™t happen.

Iโ€™m glad to announce one of the most noted comedy writers and directors of the last few decades, Andy Hamilton has been rescheduled for Sunday 19th September, same place, letโ€™s just pretend 2020 didnโ€™t happen, shall we?

Because, sigh, and thank the stars for copy and paste, this is an evening of reminiscence and revelation, which looks back over his forty years in comedy and sixty(ish) years on the planet.

Audiences will have the opportunity to ask Andy questions on any topic as he takes a look back at his very extensive professional career in comedy. Beginning in 1976 as a contributor to Radio 4โ€™s Weekending, Andy went on to pick up a raft of awards for co-writing and co-directing such household TV classics as Drop The Dead Donkey and Outnumbered.

His TV satires turned up the heat on Westminster with Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys, and he and his co-writer Guy Jenkin also penned and directed the hit British comedy feature film What We Did On Our Holiday. โ€œIn the spring,โ€ I wrote last time around, โ€œtheir latest sitcom Kate & Koji, starring Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola, will air on ITV.โ€ Of which it did, consisting of six episodes which concluded in April, and a second series is in the pipeline.

Andyโ€™s numerous TV and radio credits include Have I Got News For You, QI, Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, The News Quiz, Iโ€™m Sorry I Havenโ€™t A Clue and Old Harryโ€™s Game. Andyโ€™s debut novel, The Star Witness, is available via Outbound, and his handwritten (yes, handwritten!) epic fairy-tale comedy novel, Longhand was published last September.

Tickets for his show, An Evening with Andy Hamilton on 19th September at Swindonโ€™s Wyvern Theatre are here.


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Andy Hamilton Coming to Swindon’s Wyvern

Apparently the UK just cannot live too long without spending An Evening with Andy Hamilton and so heโ€™s back for another short run of his โ€˜up close and personalโ€™ show this summer, just to keep us happy. A show which comes to Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre on Wednesday 20th May.

In an evening of reminiscence and revelation, one of the most noted comedy writers and directors of the last few decades looks back over his forty years in comedy and sixty(ish) years on the planet.

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Audiences will have the opportunity to ask Andy questions on any topic as he takes a look back at his very extensive professional career in comedy. Beginning in 1976 as a contributor to Radio 4โ€™s Weekending, Andy went on to pick up a raft of awards for co-writing and co-directing such household TV classics as Drop The Dead Donkey and Outnumbered. His TV satires turned up the heat on Westminster with Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys, and he and his co-writer Guy Jenkin also penned and directed the hit British comedy feature film What We Did On Our Holiday. In the spring, their latest sitcom Kate & Koji, starring Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola, will air on ITV.

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Andyโ€™s numerous TV and radio credits include Have I Got News For You, QI, Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, The News Quiz, Iโ€™m Sorry I Havenโ€™t A Clue and Old Harryโ€™s Game.

Andyโ€™s debut novel, The Star Witness, is available via Outbound, and his handwritten (yes, handwritten!) epic novel Longhand will be available in June.


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