Geoff Norcott: BASIC BLOKE 2

Basic Bloke 2 Theres No Bloke Without Fire is the latest tour from comedian, author, podcaster and radio host Geoff Norcott and Geoffs first under a Labour government, so hes got plenty to get off his chest! Not least because theres nothing quite so British as being promised a brave new dawn then realising its as crap as the last one. Culturally, Geoff is conscious that as the global headwinds shift right he might end up at odds with people who used to be on his side. Hes dismayed to find that some of the cultural right werent really against censorship and cancellation, they just wanted to be the ones doing it. Unlike most sequels, Basic Bloke 2 will move beyond some of the themes of the original (while fully aware that a comedian doing a sequel at all is a bit ridiculous). Hes been moving in male mental health circles for a while how, but while theyre all saying blokes should check in on each other, hes wondering what happens if you do check in all the time but they mainly want to send you politically incorrect memes. Geoffs also taking advantage of the rediscovered tolerance towards jokes being jokes to tell you what he really thinks. How much he judges people. Bad parents, people who eat too much, anyone who wears a dressing gown beyond 9amits fair to say the gloves are off. 'He has become one of our most refreshingly funny comedians of any stripe. Dominic Maxwell, The Times this is a seated show