Horror icon Garth Marenghi confirms UK tour

Garth Marenghi has announced a new UK tour, promoting his book This Bursted Earth.

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The character, a spoof horror author played by Matthew Holness, has performed on stages around the country on previous tours TerrorTome and Incarcerat, bringing his deadpan humour to audiences through a theatrical book reading and audience Q&As.

Starting with stage shows, Marenghi became a cult hit thanks to the 2004 series Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, a send-up of supernatural shows such as Tales Of The Unexpected. Cast members Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe, and Matt Berry all went on to great success after appearing in the series.

In the two decades since, Holness’ hilariously arrogant horror author has retained a loyal following, and this latest tour looks to add to the 50,000 tickets sold across the previous runs.

The press release reads: “Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth continues the adventures of horror author Nick Steen, who has appeared in Marenghi’s two previous bestselling titles, Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome and Garth Marenghi’s Incarcerat. In this third volume o’ terrifying tales, Nick is having visions: a sinister black steeple, eerie Catherine wheels in the sky that aren’t remotely Catherine wheels… plus a giant skeleton with a moustache”.

 

It continued: “Are they omens? Auguries? Portents of things to come? (Spoiler: yes, they are.) For Nick’s imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford. Can Nick stop the aforesaid bursting? Or have things already slightly burst regardless?”

Marenghi added in the release: “If you possess a brain, you will want to fill that brain with my visions. Specifically, my visions of a Bursted Earth. Said visions can be witnessed via the act of reading my related tome Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth”.
He adds: “The full title, by the way, is Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth. Not Garth Marenghi’s Bursted Earth or Garth Marenghi’s Earth That Was Bursted. It’s Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth”.

The tour dates are:

OCTOBER
20 – Norwich Playhouse, Norwich (Envisionings in Progress)
28 – City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
29 – The Lowry (Quays), Salford
31 – Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle

NOVEMBER
1 – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
2 – Eden Court, Inverness
6 – The Brewery Arts Centre (Theatre), Kendal
7 – Lancaster Grand Theatre, Lancaster
8 – The Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe
9 – The Leadmill, Sheffield
13 – Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich
14 – Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
15 – Bristol Beacon, Bristol
16 – Reading Arts (Concert Hall), Reading
18 – Cambridge Junction (J2), Cambridge
21 – Royal & Derngate (Royal), Northampton
22 – Scarborough Spa Theatre, Scarborough
28 – Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

FEBRUARY 2026
4 – Taunton Brewhouse, Taunton
5 – Komedia, Bath
6 – Fareham Live, Fareham
7 – The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
11 – MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
20 – Hazlitt Arts Centre (Hazlitt Theatre), Maidstone
21 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
27 – The Castle Theatre, Wellingborough
28 – Warwick Arts Centre (Theatre), Coventry

MARCH 2026
7 – Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea
14 – Lichfield Garrick, Lichfield
18 – The Atkinson, Southport
19 – Old Fire Station, Carlisle
20 – Caird Hall, Dundee
27 – The Dome, Brighton
28 – Grand Opera House, York

APRIL 2026
18 – Town Hall, Birmingham
24 – Cardiff New Theatre, Cardiff
25 – The London Palladium, London

MAY 2026
3 – The Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

Recently, Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg described Darkplace actor Richard Ayoade as his “favourite director of all time”.

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