Andy Zaltzman, chair of The News Quiz, host of the global hit satirical podcast The Bugle, Test Match Special statistician and just-reported future Taskmaster Series 18 star, is set to embark on his biggest UK tour to date with a brand-new show, The Zaltgeist. The 46-date tour includes a performance at Monmouth’s Savoy Theatre on Saturday 9th November.
The Zaltgeist sees one of the UK's leading satirical comedians assess the state of Planet Earth and its most famous and controversial species – the human race. Andy will attempt to concoct vaguely plausible answers to perennial questions such as What?, Who?, Where?, and above all Why? He will also try to harness the unharnessable power of technology to find solutions for the world's various problems and ailments, as requested by the audiences at each show.
A regular presence on BBC Radio 4 over the last two decades, Andy became host of The News Quiz in 2020. He has brought his inventive brand of satirical comedy to Radio 4's long-running flagship topical comedy show, earning the show multiple awards, critical acclaim and a growing listenership in “an unheralded revolution”.
Andy’s live stand-up has drawn audiences and critical acclaim around the UK and the world. He has toured extensively in the UK and Ireland, as well as in North America, India, New Zealand and Australia, where he has appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He is also one of the few British comedians to have performed stand-up in Bangladesh. Andy has also been a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe throughout the millennium, building his reputation as one of the most inventive satirists in the world, and his annual Certifiable History review-of-the-year shows at the Soho Theatre were a fixture in the satirical calendar in the late 2010s.
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In 2008 his book about the Credit Crunch, Does Anything Eat Bankers?, was published by Old Street Publishing. He has also written for ESPNcricinfo, The Times, The i, and The Guardian.
Tickets are on sale now. Full dates and tickets available at www.andyzaltzman.co.uk