Here we are again, dรฉjร vu. Iโm taking to knocking our previews Iโve done before, stating back in early March last year, โapparently, the UK just cannot live too long without spending An Evening with Andy Hamilton and so heโs back for another short run of his โup close and personalโ show this summer, just to keep us happy.โ And went onto inform the show comes to Swindonโs Wyvern Theatre on a date in May, which obviously didnโt, like just about everything, didnโt happen.
Iโm 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, letโs just pretend 2020 didnโt 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 4โs 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. โIn the spring,โ I wrote last time around, โtheir 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.

Andyโs numerous TV and radio credits include Have I Got News For You, QI, Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, The News Quiz, Iโm Sorry I Havenโt A Clue and Old Harryโs Game. Andyโs 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 Swindonโs Wyvern Theatre are here.


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