Ben Elton extends Authentic Stupidity tour into 2025 including West End run

Legendary comedian Ben Elton has extended his sold-out Ben Elton – Authentic Stupidity UK tour into 2025.

Elton has added 34 new dates, with the show now touring across the UK & Ireland until 27 February 2025, including a strictly limited West End run at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 13-18 January 2025. With these new dates, Ben Elton will have performed a staggering 82 shows when the tour concludes next year.

Ben Elton said: “Next year is shaping up to be huge for me! Not only is my Authentic Stupidity Tour being extended into 2025 with 34 more regional dates and a week at The Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End, but I also become eligible for my state pension! Now that’s proper Rock n’ Roll.”

Ben Elton’s multi-award-winning career spans over four decades and includes seminal and groundbreaking TV shows (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Upstart Crow), West End plays (Popcorn, Upstart Crow), West End musicals (We Will Rock You, The Beautiful Game, Close up: The Twiggy Musical), best-selling novels (Stark, Dead Famous, Two Brothers) and feature films (Maybe Baby, Three Summers, All is True).

New shows for 2025

Just announced, in 2025 Ben Elton will take Authentic Stupidity to Wrexham, King’s Lynn, Dunstable, London, Durham, Darlington, Peterborough, Watford, St Helens, Stockton, Halifax, Scarborough, Newark, Stockport, Chester, New Brighton, Rhyl, Kendal, Swansea, Dudley, Loughborough, Felixstowe, Exeter, Exmouth, Taunton, Eastbourne, Lowestoft, Cheltenham, and Southampton. See below for all tour dates & venues.

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Ben Elton – Authentic Stupidity UK & Ireland Tour Dates 2024 – 2025

20 September 2024 – Hayes, Beck Theatre
21 September 2024 – St Albans, Alban Arena
22 September 2024 – Basingstoke, Anvil Theatre
23 September 2024 – Guildford, G Live
27 September 2024 – Leeds, Playhouse
28 September 2024 – Swindon, Wyvern Theatre
29 September 2024 – Cardiff, New Theatre
30 September 2024 – Richmond Theatre
2 October 2024 – Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre
3 October 2024 – Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
4 October 2024 – Stevenage, Gordon Craig Theatre
5 October 2024 – Ipswich, Corn Exchange
6 October 2024 – Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
7 October 2024 – Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre
9 October 2024 – Southport, Comedy Festival
10 October 2024 – Salford, The Lowry
11 October 2024 – Oxford, New Theatre
12 October 2024 – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
13 October 2024 – Woking, New Victoria Theatre
14 October 2024 – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
15 October 2024 – Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall
19 October 2024 – Poole, Lighthouse
20 October 2024 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
21 October 2024 – Hastings, White Rock Theatre
22 October 2024 – Kingston, Rose Theatre
24 October 2024 – Weston-Super-Mare, Playhouse
25 October 2024 – Barnstaple, Queen’s Theatre
26 October 2024 – Yeovil, Octagon Theatre
27 October 2024 – Torquay, Princess Theatre
31 October 2024 – Belfast, Ulster Hall
1 November 2024 – Dublin, 3 Olympia Theatre
3 November 2024 – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
4 November 2024 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
6 November 2024 – Northampton, Royal and Derngate
7 November 2024 – Worthing, Assembly Halls
8 November 2024 – Crawley, Hawth Theatre
9 November 2024 – Weymouth, Pavilion Theatre
10 November 2024 – Bath, Theatre Royal
11 November 2024 – Brighton, Theatre Royal
14 November 2024 – Lincoln, Engine Shed
15 November 2024 – Chatham, Central Theatre
16 November 2024 – Dorking Halls
17 November 2024 – Reading, Hexagon
18 November 2024 – London, Lyceum Theatre

2025 Tour dates

9 January 2025 – Wrexham, William Ashton Hall
10 January 2025 – King’s Lynn, Corn Exchange
11 January 2025 – Dunstable, Grove Theatre
13 – 18 January 2025 – London, Duke of York’s Theatre
21 January 2025 – Durham, Gala Theatre
22 January 2025 – Darlington, Hippodrome Theatre
24 January 2025 – Peterborough, Cresset Theatre
25 January 2025 – Watford, Palace Theatre
28 January 2025 – St Helens, Theatre Royal
29 January 2025 – Stockton, Globe
30 January 2025 – Halifax, Victoria Theatre
31 January 2025 – Scarborough, Spa Pavilion
1 February 2025 – Newark, Palace Theatre
4 February 2025 – Stockport, Plaza Theatre
5 February 2025 – Chester, Storyhouse Theatre
6 February 2025 – New Brighton, Floral Pavilion
7 February 2025 – Rhyl, Pavilion Theatre
8 February 2025 – Kendal, Leisure Centre
11 February 2025 – Swansea, Grand Theatre
12 February 2025 – Dudley, Town Hall
13 February 2025 – Loughborough, Town Hall
14 February 2025 – Felixstowe, Spa Pavilion
17 February 2025 – Exeter, Northcott Theatre
18 February 2025 – Exmouth, Pavilion
21 February 2025 – Taunton, Wellsprings Leisure Centre
22 February 2025 – Eastbourne, Congress Theatre
25 February 2025 – Lowestoft, Marina Theatre
26 February 2025 – Cheltenham, Town Hall
27 February 2025 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall

Past tour dates

Ben Elton’s latest tour kicked off on 23 August 2024 at the Capitol Theatre in Horsham and has since made stops at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone (24 August), Chequer Mead Theatre in East Grinstead (25 August), Theatre Royal in Winchester (27 August), Corn Exchange in Newbury (28 August), Cheese & Grain in Frome (29 August), Barbican in York (1 September), Tyne Theatre and Opera House in Newcastle (2 September), Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh (3 September), Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow (4 September), Music Hall in Aberdeen (5 September), Parr Hall in Warrington (7 September), Theatre Royal in Nottingham (8 September), Symphony Hall in Birmingham (9 September), City Hall in Sheffield (10 September), Corn Exchange in Cambridge (11 September), Beacon in Bristol (12 September), Milton Keynes Theatre (15 September), Swan Theatre in High Wycombe (16 September), Corn Exchange in Bedford (17 September), and Charter Hall in Colchester (19 September).

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