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Reginald D Hunter announces new tour

Tuesday 23rd May 2023, 11:14am

• Reginald D Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit will tour between October 2023 and April 2024
• "If you're sick of all the contradictory answers being shoved at you by media, meet the man who is sick of ALL the questions"

Reginald D Hunter is to tour his new stand-up show around the UK and Ireland between October 2023 and April 2024 .

Titled Reginald. D Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit , the show is described as follows: "In these supercharged socio-political times, the challenge is more and more becoming separating what's true and what's real. Lucille Hunter proudly proclaimed, 'It's easy to see through shit, the hard part is pretending you haven't.' Join Reginald D Hunter for an hour of exploring this phenomenon in this progressive work in a pre-next-variant world."

The comedian himself says: "If you're sick of all the contradictory answers being shoved at you by media, meet the man who is sick of ALL the questions. Come see me at a theatre near you. Rated 'R' (for Reginald)."

October 2023

29: Belfast, The Limelight 30: Dublin, Liberty Hall Theatre

November 2023

03: Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre Theatre 07: Northampton, Royal And Derngate (Royal) 08: Sheffield, The Leadmill 10: Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn 11: Liverpool, Playhouse 12: Manchester, Home T1 13: Manchester, Home T1 15: Oxford, Playhouse 16: Cheltenham, Everyman Theatre 17: Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford Playhouse 18: Winchester, Theatre Royal Winchester

February 2024

20: Maidstone, Hazlitt Theatre 22: Norwich, Norwich Playhouse 23: Portsmouth, New Theatre Royal 24: Newbury, Corn Exchange 25: Nottingham, The Glee Club 28: Canterbury, Gulbenkian Theatre 29: Wimborne, Tivoli Theatre

01: Exeter, Corn Exchange 02: Bristol, The Redgrave Theatre 03: Bath, Komedia 05: Durham, Gala Theatre 06: Lancaster, Grand Theatre 07: Huddersfield, Lawrence Batley Theatre 08: Stockton On Tees, Stockton Arts Centre - The Point 09: Leeds, City Varieties 13: Aldershot, Princes Hall 14: Milton Keynes, Stables Theatre 15: Hereford, Courtyard 16: Monmouth, Savoy Theatre 17: Cardiff, The Glee Club 20: Brighton, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange 21: Colchester, Mercury Theatre 22: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal 23: Salisbury, Arts Centre 24: St Albans, The Alban Arena 27: Basingstoke, Haymarket 28: Birmingham, The Old Rep 29: Glasgow, International Comedy Festival, O2 Academy 30: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree

04: London, Leicester Square Theatre 05: London, Leicester Square Theatre 06: London, Leicester Square Theatre

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Reginald D. Hunter is heading back out on the road with a brand-new UK and Ireland live tour for 2023 and 2024. Tickets for Reginald. D Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit go on sale at 10 am on Thursday 25th May and are available from  www.reginalddhunter.co.uk .

In these supercharged socio-political times, the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real. Lucille Hunter proudly proclaimed, “It’s easy to see through shit, the hard part is pretending you haven’t.” Join Reginald D. Hunter for an hour of exploring this phenomenon in this progressive work in a pre-next-variant world.

On announcing his tour Reginald D. Hunter said:  “If you’re sick of all the contradictory answers being shoved at you by media, meet the man who is sick of ALL the questions. Come see me at a theatre near you. Rated “R” (for Reginald”.

More than 20 years since moving to the UK from the US, three-time Perrier Award nominated Reginald has forged a reputation for delivering unadulterated comedy of the highest order. His TV appearances include  Live at the Apollo  (BBC Two),  Have I Got News for You  (BBC One) and  8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown  (C4), whilst he drew widespread acclaim for his two series for the BBC,  Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the South  and  Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the Border . 

Tickets for Reginald D. Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit  go on sale Thursday 25th May and are available from  www.reginalddhunter.co.uk

OCTOBER 2023

29/10/2023              BELFAST                                                    THE LIMELIGHT (1)

30/10/2023              DUBLIN                                                     LIBERTY HALL THEATRE

NOVEMBER 2023

03/11/2023              COVENTRY                                              WARWICK ARTS CENTRE THEATRE

07/11/2023              NORTHAMPTON                                       ROYAL AND DERNGATE (ROYAL) – ON SALE 9TH JULY

08/11/2023              SHEFFIELD                                                THE LEADMILL

10/11/2023              SHREWSBURY                                           THEATRE SEVERN – ON SALE 26TH MAY

11/11/2023              LIVERPOOL                                              PLAYHOUSE

12/11/2023              MANCHESTER                                          HOME T1

13/11/2023              MANCHESTER                                          HOME T1

15/11/2023              OXFORD                                                  PLAYHOUSE – ON SALE 27TH MAY

16/11/2023              CHELTENHAM                                          EVERYMAN THEATRE

17/11/2023              STRATFORD-UPON-AVON                        STRATFORD PLAYHOUSE

18/11/2023              WINCHESTER                                            THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER

FEBRUARY 2024

20/02/2024              MAIDSTONE                                             HAZLITT THEATRE

22/02/2024              NORWICH                                                NORWICH PLAYHOUSE – ON SALE 26TH MAY

23/02/2024              PORTSMOUTH                                          NEW THEATRE ROYAL

24/02/2024              NEWBURY                                                CORN EXCHANGE

25/02/2024              NOTTINGHAM                                          THE GLEE CLUB

28/02/2024              CANTERBURY                                           GULBENKIAN THEATRE

29/02/2024              WIMBORNE                                              TIVOLI THEATRE

01/03/2024              EXETER                                                     CORN EXCHANGE

02/03/2024              BRISTOL                                                    THE REDGRAVE THEATRE

03/03/2024              BATH                                                        KOMEDIA

05/03/2024              DURHAM                                                 GALA THEATRE

06/03/2024              LANCASTER                                             GRAND THEATRE

07/03/2024              HUDDERSFIELD                                         LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE

08/03/2024              STOCKTON ON TEES                                 STOCKTON ARTS CENTRE - THE POINT

09/03/2024              LEEDS                                                       CITY VARIETIES

13/03/2024              ALDERSHOT                                             PRINCES HALL

14/03/2024              MILTON KEYNES                                       STABLES THEATRE

15/03/2024              HEREFORD                                               COURTYARD

16/03/2024              MONMOUTH                                            SAVOY THEATRE

17/03/2024              CARDIFF                                                  THE GLEE CLUB

20/03/2024              BRIGHTON                                               BRIGHTON DOME CORN EXCHANGE – ON SALE 14TH JULY

21/03/2024              COLCHESTER                                           MERCURY THEATRE

22/03/2024              BURY ST EDMUNDS                                   THEATRE ROYAL

23/03/2024              SALISBURY                                                ARTS CENTRE

24/03/2024              ST ALBANS                                               THE ALBAN ARENA

27/03/2024              BASINGSTOKE                                         HAYMARKET

28/03/2024              BIRMINGHAM                                          THE OLD REP

29/03/2024              GLASGOW                                              INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL, O2 ACADEMY

30/03/2024              ABERDEEN                                               LEMON TREE

04/04/2024              LONDON                                                 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

05/04/2024              LONDON                                                 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

06/04/2024              LONDON                                                 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

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Reginald D Hunter announces new tour

Mick Perrin Worldwide are delighted to announce that comedy royalty Reginald D Hunter is heading back out on the road with a brand-new UK and Ireland live tour for 2023 and 2024. Tickets for Reginald D Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit go on sale at 10 am on Thursday 25 th  May and are available from  www.reginalddhunter.co.uk .

In these supercharged socio-political times, the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real. Lucille Hunter proudly proclaimed, “It’s easy to see through shit, the hard part is pretending you haven’t.” Join Reginald D. Hunter for an hour of exploring this phenomenon in this progressive work in a pre-next-variant world.

On announcing his tour Reginald D. Hunter said:  “If you’re sick of all the contradictory answers being shoved at you by media, meet the man who is sick of ALL the questions. Come see me at a theatre near you. Rated “R” (for Reginald”.

More than 20 years since moving to the UK from the US, three-time Perrier Award nominated Reginald has forged a reputation for delivering unadulterated comedy of the highest order. His TV appearances include  Live at the Apollo  (BBC Two),  Have I Got News for You  (BBC One) and  8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown  (C4), whilst he drew widespread acclaim for his two series for the BBC,  Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the South  and  Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the Border . 

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OCTOBER 2023

29/10/2023              BELFAST                                                    THE LIMELIGHT (1)

30/10/2023              DUBLIN                                                     LIBERTY HALL THEATRE

NOVEMBER 2023

03/11/2023              COVENTRY                                              WARWICK ARTS CENTRE THEATRE

07/11/2023              NORTHAMPTON                                       ROYAL AND DERNGATE (ROYAL) – ON SALE 9 TH  JULY

08/11/2023              SHEFFIELD                                                THE LEADMILL

10/11/2023              SHREWSBURY                                           THEATRE SEVERN – ON SALE 26 TH  MAY

11/11/2023              LIVERPOOL                                              PLAYHOUSE

12/11/2023              MANCHESTER                                          HOME T1

13/11/2023              MANCHESTER                                          HOME T1

15/11/2023              OXFORD                                                  PLAYHOUSE – ON SALE 27 TH  MAY

16/11/2023              CHELTENHAM                                          EVERYMAN THEATRE

17/11/2023              STRATFORD-UPON-AVON                        STRATFORD PLAYHOUSE

18/11/2023              WINCHESTER                                            THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER

FEBRUARY 2024

20/02/2024              MAIDSTONE                                             HAZLITT THEATRE

22/02/2024              NORWICH                                                NORWICH PLAYHOUSE – ON SALE 26 TH  MAY

23/02/2024              PORTSMOUTH                                          NEW THEATRE ROYAL

24/02/2024              NEWBURY                                                CORN EXCHANGE

25/02/2024              NOTTINGHAM                                          THE GLEE CLUB

28/02/2024              CANTERBURY                                           GULBENKIAN THEATRE

29/02/2024              WIMBORNE                                              TIVOLI THEATRE

01/03/2024              EXETER                                                     CORN EXCHANGE

02/03/2024              BRISTOL                                                    THE REDGRAVE THEATRE

03/03/2024              BATH                                                        KOMEDIA

05/03/2024              DURHAM                                                 GALA THEATRE

06/03/2024              LANCASTER                                             GRAND THEATRE

07/03/2024              HUDDERSFIELD                                         LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE

08/03/2024              STOCKTON ON TEES                                 STOCKTON ARTS CENTRE – THE POINT

09/03/2024              LEEDS                                                       CITY VARIETIES

13/03/2024              ALDERSHOT                                             PRINCES HALL

14/03/2024              MILTON KEYNES                                       STABLES THEATRE

15/03/2024              HEREFORD                                               COURTYARD

16/03/2024              MONMOUTH                                            SAVOY THEATRE

17/03/2024              CARDIFF                                                  THE GLEE CLUB

20/03/2024              BRIGHTON                                               BRIGHTON DOME CORN EXCHANGE – ON SALE 14 TH  JULY

21/03/2024              COLCHESTER                                           MERCURY THEATRE

22/03/2024              BURY ST EDMUNDS                                   THEATRE ROYAL

23/03/2024              SALISBURY                                                ARTS CENTRE

24/03/2024              ST ALBANS                                               THE ALBAN ARENA

27/03/2024              BASINGSTOKE                                         HAYMARKET

28/03/2024              BIRMINGHAM                                          THE OLD REP

29/03/2024              GLASGOW                                              INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL, O2 ACADEMY

30/03/2024              ABERDEEN                                               LEMON TREE

04/04/2024              LONDON                                                 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

05/04/2024              LONDON                                                 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

06/04/2024              LONDON                                                 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE

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S ince his first UK comedy gig twenty-one years ago Georgia-born Reginald D Hunter’s searingly honest observations both onstage and on TV and Radio have garnered him a cross-generational fan base. During that time he has become one of the Comedy industry’s best-known performers for his distinctive take on the most diverse range of subjects. His work can be brutally honest and is often considered to be controversial but it is always meticulously thought out and he has never been afraid to face challenging issues head on even when the focus is on his own principles or beliefs. He reached the final of So You Think You Are Funny in 1998 during his first visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was nominated for The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer in 2002 for his debut full-length show I Am What I Am. He was then nominated for The Edinburgh Comedy Awards main prize in 2003 for White Woman and 2004 for A Mystery Wrapped In A Nigga. In 2006 he won the Writers’ Guild Award for Comedy for his show Pride and Prejudice and Niggas. His TV appearances have included Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI and Have I Got News For You? He also filmed two series of the BBC2’s hugely popular Reginald D Hunter’s Songs Of The South & Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of The Border, documenting Reginald’s epic road trip through 150 years of American popular song. Reginald regularly tours the UK and Ireland and he has been seen by audiences around the world from America to Australia. His highly popular debut DVD – Reginald D Hunter Live – was one of the top sellers in the DVD comedy charts as was his follow up DVD – Reginald D Hunter: In The Midst of Crackers.

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Ireland and uk tour 2023-24: the man who could see through shit, irish tour - facing the beast, available on dvd (and prime video).

In The Midst of Crackers

Filmed Live at The Lowry, the spectacular waterfront theatre in Salford Quays, Reginald D. Hunter In the Midst of Crackers showcases his unique, unpredictable and bound-pushing stand-up, making it clear that he has firmly cemented himself as one of the UK comedy industry's best. As frank, honest and cutting-edge as ever, Reginald D. Hunter tackles subjects only the bravest of comedians will touch, so prepare yourself for a feast of shockingly controversial, yet searingly honest and brilliantly intelligent stand-up.

Reginald D Hunter Live

Recorded live at two sell-out shows from London's iconic HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Reginald D Hunter Live features outstanding material from the cutting-edge stand-up comedian. In the Twelve years since he began performing, Reginald D Hunter has become one of the UK comedy industry's best-known and most distinctive performers. His is often brutally honest, frequently controversial but always meticulously measured and hilarious!

"It is rare for comedy to be so resonant and moving"

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★★★★

"Hunter is a gifted story teller... he has the audience in the palm of his hand with his surprisingly gentle tone and clever turn of phrase."

Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

"A cerebral comedian with every performative grace in his back pocket"

Voice Magazine

★★★★★

Songs of The South

"Comedian Reginald D Hunter is a wonderfully engaging guide for a series about the music of the American South"

- The Telegraph ★★★★★

"Characteristically restrained, Hunter reserves judgement. His style is sometimes Austenesque"

- Financial Times ★★★★

Songs of The Border

Saturday's best TV: Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the Border; Japandemonium

- The Guardian ★★★★★

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BBC Radio 4: Saturday Live [06/07/15] The Comedian's Comedian Podcast [23/10/17] Richard Herrings Leicester Square Theatre Podcast [04/01/18] Out To Lunch With Jay Rayner [14/05/19] Book Shambles [18/07/19]

• Have I Got News For You [2009 - 2018]
• QI [2009 - 2014]
• 8 Out Of 10 Cats [2005 - 2012]
• Dave's One Night Stand [2011]
• Live At The Apollo [2009]
• Argumental [2009]
• Nevermind The Buzzcocks [2005]

"I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong" - London Is Funny [03/05/15] "The British really reward cleverness" - The Telegraph [08/08/15] "For the first few weeks after Trump got elected, I felt depressed" - Examiner Live [25/05/17] "I've saved lives on many occasions" - The Guardian [02/08/19] "Both America and Britain have lost their minds" - Evening Standard [23/04/19]

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View this post on Instagram Shakin' em up in #sheffield for #tramlinesfestival #standupcomedy #standup #comedy #festival #braveswin A post shared by Reginald D Hunter | Comedian (@reginalddhunter) on Jul 20, 2019 at 7:05am PDT

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Date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 Venue: New Malden Royal Oak Price: £16.80 Outside The Box Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Date: Thu 17 Oct 2024 Venue: Liverpool The Slaughter House Price: £22.50 Two shows: 6.30pm and 8.30pm Show starts: 18:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Jamali Maddix , Jen Brister , Reginald D Hunter , Sara Pascoe

Date: Mon 2 Dec 2024 Venue: Guildford G Live Price: Please contact venue or promoters Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

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Reginald D. Hunter Announces Rescheduled Dates For New UK And Ireland Tour For 2022 With BOMBE SHUFFLEUR

Reginald D. Hunter is back and there's no time for niceties. Unafraid to tackle head on the subjects the rest of us skirt around, Reginald is the voice of his generation.

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Mick Perrin Worldwide have announced rescheduled tour dates from comedy tour de force Reginald D. Hunter, who returns with Bombe Shuffleur. Starting at Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin on 8th February 2022 and concluding on 29th April at the Whitehall Theatre, Dundee, tickets are on sale now from www.mickperrin.com/tours/reginald-hunter-shuffleur .

Reginald D. Hunter is back and there's no time for niceties. Unafraid to tackle head on the subjects the rest of us skirt around, Reginald is the voice of his generation - searingly honest, brutally funny and uniquely placed to commentate on the unfolding meltdown of life as we know it. Buckle up for this unmissable hour of stand up from one of comedy's true greats!

On announcing his tour Reginald D. Hunter said: "I am eager to return to touring simply because it took 35 weeks of lockdown to remember who I am. Before the fame, before the money, before the lawyers, before the star-chasers, before three national lockdowns. Back to basics. #newday #bombeshuffleur"

More than 20 years since moving to the UK from the US, three-time Perrier Award nominated Reginald has forged a reputation for delivering unadulterated comedy of the highest order. His TV appearances include Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Have I Got News for You (BBC One) and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), whilst he drew widespread acclaim for his two series for the BBC, Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South and Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the Border.

Tickets for Reginald D. Hunter Bombe Shuffleur tour are on sale now www.mickperrin.com/tours/reginald-hunter-shuffleur .

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TV comedian Reginald D. Hunter will open his new stand-up tour with a show in Coventry . Famed for his appearances on the likes of Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Reginald has a brand new UK and Ireland live tour for 2023 and 2024 that will also call by Warwickshire .

The tour, Reginald. D Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through S**t, will start at Warwick Arts Centre on November 3 and will return to the region before the year's out with a date at Stratford Playhouse on November 17.

"If you’re sick of all the contradictory answers being shoved at you by media, meet the man who is sick of ALL the questions," Hunter says in his tour promo. "Come see me at a theatre near you. Rated “R” (for Reginald”."

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In addition to his slots on several TV staples, the 54-year-old has attracted widespread acclaim for his own series' for the BBC , Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the South and Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the Border. More than 20 years since moving to the UK from the US, three-time Perrier Award nominated Reginald has forged a reputation for 'delivering unadulterated comedy of the highest order'.

"In these supercharged socio-political times, the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real," the 54-year-old's promoter said. "Join Reginald D. Hunter for an hour of exploring this phenomenon in this progressive work in a pre-next-variant world."

Tour tickets go on sale at 10am today (May 25) and are available from www.reginalddhunter.co.uk.

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Reginald D Hunter

Reginald D Hunter is a UK-based American stand-up comedian whose "Pride & Prejudice...& N*ggas" show caused mild controversy.

His TV appearances have been numerous, including "Have I Got News For You" and "8 Out Of 10 Cats".

He was nominated for the Perrier Award at the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Edinburgh Festivals.

In 2015, Reginald presented the BBC 2 show, "Songs of the South".

Tours include: "Sometimes Even the Devil Tells the Truth", "In the Midst of Crackers", "The Man Who Attempted to Do as Much as Such", "Some People v Reginald D. Hunter" and "Facing The Beast", "Bomb Shuffleur", and "The Man Who Could See Through Shit"

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Reginald D Hunter talks going back to stand-up, Manchester, British vs American crowds and ‘seeing through bulls***’

A very funny man with a lot to say but still a lot less than all the bullsh***ers, thankfully.

If you’ve been a fan of stand-up comedy in the past 20 or so years, or even seen the odd panel show here and there during that time, the name Reginald D Hunter will no doubt mean something to you.

Born in Georgia but made here in the UK — and we don’t think it’s any stretch of the imagination to say that — Reginald Darnell Hunter (about as formal as this is going to get) is pretty much comedy royalty at this point, not only making Britain his home more than 20 years ago but becoming a household name.

Appearing on countless TV shows over the years and sitting as one of the most highly-revered and decorated comics on the circuit to this day, Reg is now back out on tour for the first time in two years since his return after Covid and, naturally, he’s coming to Manchester .

Ahead of his double-header at the HOME theatre, cinema and arts space on First Street this month, we had the opportunity to chat with the comedy veteran about all things funny and serious, which kind of encapsulates his upcoming show by the sounds of it. There’s some of his usual scything social commentary and there’s some of this:

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So you’re heading back out on a UK and Ireland tour, you’re adopted home. You’ve been here for a long time now but how excited are you to be back out on tour on this sort of scale?

Very. I think my last one was a year or two ago, my first major one back after the lockdown , and I’m very pleased to be back. It’s always more fun to do stand-up when you know you got something in your pocket.

I mean, the title alone grabbed our attention: ‘The Man Who Could See Through Shit’. Can you tell us a little bit more about the concept?

Yeah, well, my mother [Lucille] used to say “It’s easy to see through shit, the hard part is pretending that you haven’t”, and I tie that in with being 54; the older you get, the harder it is not to see through shit.

Yeah, I’ve seen you say before that nothing still gets you more excited than knowing that you’ve got good material ready to go, so what’s the idea around this current stuff — is different to previous stuff or more of a continuation?

Man, I tell you what, it’s a big difference between standing there and dealing with people and you know, you ain’t got none, rather than knowing you’ve got something good in your pocket, so yeah, I’m not going to have to rope-a-dope much this year — I’ve got plenty of bombs as I call them.

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Nice. So when you say ‘seeing through sh**’, do you mean like everyday BS or bigger picture, socio-political stuff?

All of the above. I found that in the last two or three weeks, it’s getting harder and harder to not talk about Israel but obviously, the first goal is to be humorous and when you do rant you want to be in control of it and make it a good one.

I feel like I might be ranting more in this show and, you know, a good rant is supposed to be authentically angry but also coherent and hilarious, so we’ll see what happens.

So we can expect some big, passionate monologues then maybe?

You know what, you can expect what you like but all I’ll tell you is it’s gonna be funny and I’m going to put some people under pressure and I know that some people are going to get upset.

The thing is, the stuff that they’re going to get upset about is maybe not what they or even I think they’re going to get upset about — It never is. All you have to do is just be honest.

We [ comedians ] call it ‘HHV’: head, heart and balls, and if you use your head, heart and balls when you’re talking, you know, you gonna rub somebody wrong.

You’ve lived and worked here for over two decades now, smashed the Edinburgh Festival, won two Perrier awards and become comedy royalty around over here — what is it that you think sets British crowds apart from American ones?

Attention span [he laughs]. Brits have not been as detrimentally affected by commercials as Americans and then if you add to the TikTok generation on top of that, people need you to kind of get to it and the punchline quicker.

I remember you once said, “America and Britain have both lost their minds”; is that something that you still believe and what do you think is the main difference between our respective madnesses?

I can’t remember where I said that but it does sound like something I would have said, but I often tell British people to think of America as your baby brother with a loaded gun.

What about like culturally and socially — have you ever found, say, just being sat around the pub with Brits compared to how you would with Americans as a source of comedy?

You know, years ago a buddy of mine from Georgia came over and toured around with me and one night I invited him over to meet some friend of mine for a smoke and he said, “No, I don’t smoke with you and them British people no more.”

I asked why and he said, “Back home we smoke to laugh, get sleepy and get high. You and them British people smoke and y’all want to talk about the EU and Israel and art — I don’t know how to do that.”

So yeah, I like being in Britain because there’s a natural appreciation for complexity. Americans tend to always want to simplify things and when you always want to simplify things, then you’ll shy away from complexity. I feel like I can be a bit more detailed in my work over here.

I almost feel like over here my setups are just as important as the punchline over here.

Since we’re talking about how different audiences take different material, how would you describe your style at the moment and do you feel like it’s changed at all?

I don’t really know. I will never have the experience of watching myself live, obviously, but I know the jokes are fun to tell at the moment.

Sometimes when you’re doing the show, you know, you have your favourite jokes and you might be two jokes away from one of them, but so far I’d say the show at this point is about 78% ready and I think all of the jabs here are serious jabs at the moment.

I mean, even if people haven’t seen your live acts before, you’ve been on countless panel shows down the years, is that something you enjoyed and did you have one you preferred?

I will say it’s about panel shows, sometimes people will come because they see [my stand-up] because of the panel shows but the thing is when you sit at somebody else’s table, then you act a certain way, but when it’s your table, you be whatever way you like. It’s all television and none of them were my show.

Fair enough. So you’re coming to Manchester with two dates at the HOME Theatre. Is it a venue you’re familiar with and do you have any standout comedy memories from here in the past?

Yeah, this will be the first one here in a while that we aren’t going to The Lowry, but I’ve been to so many venues and, honestly, it’s often only after I turn up that I go, ‘Oh, yeah, I know how to do this place.’

I did request that of my promotion team after the last tour where I was playing some really big, cavernous places. I’m real particular about sound and if I don’t sound good to myself, something in me just thinks says, ‘Hey, let’s just go home.’

When the sound is good and it’s intimate, I like to be able to use all the tools at my disposal; my facial expressions, noises and other more slight things, so yeah I feel in more intimate venues it plays more to my advantage.

But yeah, the Comedy Store is great and The Lowry is a great theatre: it’s like a big room but when you’re talking the feel and the sound is like you’re taking a warm bath in the sunshine. I’ve also found that a lot of your music venues have really great sound too — often better than theatres do.

Have you picked out any differences from Manchester to Leeds or Sheffield , for example?

No, but what I have picked out is that I get asked that kind of question all the time over here. It’s always a version of ‘What do you think about this regional sense of humour?’ and the same when you go to Wales and Scotland and Ireland.

I don’t notice Americans doing that as much, so I’ve come to relate that to a sort of cultural self-esteem, you know? Like someone was asking, ‘You think we’re cute? Do you think we’re funny?’ and it’s even more so over in Australia. It’s almost as if Australia wants to be Britain.

I remember I did the Sydney Comedy Festival and I joked that in Australia “you have all the weather and the fashion of Britain but none of the literature.”

I guess a lot of people in their regions want to be seen as something vital and necessary but I find a lot of the differences that people up North feel compared to another village 15 miles away can be utterly ridiculous.

Fair enough, what about sort of, um, maybe the political differences across the UK, is that something you still like to touch on in your comedy?

I’ve found this time around that with places I go I’m more interested in that country’s politics than I used to be when I passed through.

I did two gigs back to back where I went from Northern Ireland down to the Republic of Ireland and I said, “It’s great to be back in Ireland!”. Safe to say they got upset about that. I’m very sorry, I didn’t realize that I was no longer in ‘original recipe’ Ireland.

It can sometimes kind of be the same in America. In the South, a lot of rednecks are just racists who are still pissed off about the Civil Way: they’re not going to let that go ever — I mean, there are even people in the South who still get mad when you mention Abraham Lincoln.

But in the US with regional attitudes, they sometimes say ‘There’s New York and LA and everything else in between’. There are still some biases and regional differences but I find that most people and most groups who believe or act like they’re superior, when you get to know them, they have no reason to be.

Brilliant stuff. And last but not least, do you have a favourite joke you’ve heard at the moment?

The joke is: one day, a dog walks into a bar, and he says to the bartender, ‘Give me a martini with an onion, not an olive.’ The bartender says, ‘Oh, a talking dog — maybe we should get you in touch with the circus, and the dog says, ‘Why? They need an electrician.’

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As always with good comedy, it was about the delivery, but it felt only fitting that we ended a very lengthy chat with a very intelligent and incisive comic with such an innocent and absurd joke out of left field that we very nearly spat our water all over the screen mid-Zoom call.

Reg’s latest has already been hailed “stand-up coolest customer” by The Telegraph following his new show, with The Times dubbing ‘ The Man Who Could See Through Shit ‘ as “comedy of a rare score” and from the few breadcrumbs he gave us in our chat, it’s safe to say he’s piqued our interest.

If you fancy catching Reginald D Hunter here in Manchester, he’s playing at the HOME Theatre on Sunday and Monday, 12-13 November. You can grab your tickets HERE .

We can assure you he’ll deliver a thought-provoking set to remember.

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One of the most beloved children’s TV shows of the noughties is set to be revived for “a whole new generation”.

What’s the story in Balamory? It’s set to return to our TV screens, that’s the story.

That’s right, in what is a proper piece of nostalgic news for the children who grew up with the pastel-hued fictional town being a part of their lives, the BBC has announced today that Balamory is set to be revived for “a whole new generation” and will be returning for two new series on CBeebies in 2026 onwards.

The original show was produced between 2002 until 2005, but now it’s about to be revamped more than two decades later.

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Producers are hoping the reboot nostalgic – which is set to be inspired by the original family favourite show – will be a hit with both parents who grew up watching the show themselves, as well as with their little ones.

Exact details of the show’s revival are expected to be announced very soon, but the BBC has revealed that it will, once again, be set in the picturesque village of Balamory with stories centred around a nursery school and their teacher, and there’s likely to be some of the original characters included in the series, alongside a host of new faces to get to know.

The reboot will be filmed up in Scotland just like the original, either in the famous location of Tobermory, or in another equally-colourful Scottish location such as Rothesay.

“A whole new generation will discover and enjoy Balamory,” commented Kate Morton, who is the Head of Commissioning for BBC Children’s and Education.

“It will be a real treat for parents who grew up with the show to now introduce their little ones to the brightly-coloured world, getting to know a host of old and new characters together.”

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A much-loved staple of Manchester’s spooky season is returning this autumn as the STAB Season film festival lands back at Cultplex next month.

Part of GRUB over at Red Bank, Cultplex is one of the best small-screen cinemas and hidden gems full stop to be found in the city centre; as the name would suggest, they celebrate fan favourite films, video games, cool nerd stuff and all things culty.

And don’t worry, by culty we mean the stuff people are obsessed with – there’s no risk of stumbling across old people donning hooded cloaks like in Hot Fuzz or anything, we promise.

However, that film is a very good example of the kind of fandom this Manchester ‘mini-cini’ champions, and this October it will once again be taken over by a whole host of horror movies and more as part of the month-long festival.

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Promising to deliver “a month of sinister cinema that isn’t for the faint of heart” and be “the biggest yet”, the 2024 STAB Film Season over at Cultplex kicks off on Wednesday, 2 October and doesn’t stop until the start of November.

With this year’s lineup featuring sci-fi and supernatural classics such as The Exorcist (1973) and Alien (1979) – and that’s just the double-bill they’ve booked in for Halloween night – as well as full-on movie marathons, special spooky one-offs and other events.

We’re talking quizzes, Q&A and binging of TV box sets just to name a few. Basically, it’s going to be equal parts terrifying and terrific.

Kicking off the city’s longest-lasting horror movie festival with their annual airing of 1974’s locally-shot-yet-criminally-underseen The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (now THAT is what you call a cult film), before swinging headlong into Wes Craven’s hit slasher franchise Scream and Korean zombie hit Train to Busan (2016), this thing is going to move at a mile a minute.

It’ll be Halloween before you know it. You can find the full STAB Film Season 2024 line-up below:

• Extra date added for festive screening of The Holiday with live orchestra in Manchester
• The Warehouse Project 2024 – full calendar, lineups, tickets, stage times and more
• Legendary composer Hans Zimmer is coming to Manchester’s Co-op Live in 2025

Halloween and horror fans won’t need convincing on this one, you already know the drill.

You can expect all this and loads more surprises we wouldn’t dare spoil for you when STAB Film Season kicks off at Cultplex next month.

And the best part is, you’re already at GRUB , so proper good food and drink is right on your doorstep. Just try not to throw it all in the air when the jumpscares start.

Full-season listings can be found HERE with tickets for all events available to book now – if you’re brave enough. It’s not the only thing fright fans can look forward to this year either…

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