Ricky Gervais announces first London dates for new stand-up tour ‘Mortality’

25 November, 2024

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais has announced his first set of London dates for his new stand-up show Mortality – find all the details below.

The Office and After Life star has lined up a six nights at the London Palladium from October 9-11 and 16-18 in 2025 along with a show at the Wembley OVO Arena on October 31.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (November 29) and can be bought here. Before that a pre-sale will also be held at 10am GMT on Wednesday (November 27) here. Further dates will be announced in due course.

Gervais is currently on his first run of UK dates which kicked off at York’s Barbican on October 22.

He is set to perform at the Brighton Centre tomorrow (November 26) before calling at further dates in Nottingham, Liverpool, Cardiff and Ipswich. He will wrap up his current at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on January 28.

You can view the full list of dates below.

Ricky Gervais’ tour dates are:

NOVEMBER 2024
26 – Brighton, Brighton Centre

DECEMBER 2024
5 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
13 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena

JANUARY 2025
7 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
14 – Ipswich, Regent Theatre
28 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena

OCTOBER 2025
9 – London Palladium
10 – London Palladium
11 – London Palladium
16 – London Palladium
17 – London Palladium
18 – London Palladium
31 – London, Wembley OVO Arena

Last month, he celebrated the moment 26 years ago that he was made redundant at the age of 37, which led to him pursuing a career in comedy.

In 1998, Gervais was working at the London radio station XFM as head of speech, but was laid off when the channel was bought out by Capital Radio.

Gervais spent the ensuing time appearing on late-night sketch shows including The 11 O’Clock Show, and writing a prospective pilot for The Office with Stephen Merchant, based on their own experiences of working in dead-end jobs. The first season of the show aired in 2001, launching huge careers for both of its writers.

The comedian also recently mocked the Broadcasting Standards Authority for banning a Halloween advert for his vodka Dutch Barn, which was deemed “highly offensive”. He shared the video of the ad anyway, mocking the decision to outlaw it.

Elsewhere, Gervais recently thanked “everyone who complained” about his Netflix stand-up special Armageddon for helping it win a Golden Globe and making it the “most watched special in the world”.

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