Yahoo News The Fast Show comedy legends taking live show to Hull on tour
Following the huge success of the 30th anniversary live shows earlier this year, The Fast Show is going back on tour in 2025, playing 15 shows across the country including a night at Connexin Live in Hull.
Described as “the defining comedy sketch show of the Nineties" by The Independent, an Evening With The Fast Show will see co-creators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse reunite with Simon Day, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Mark Williams. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday, November 21, from TheFastShow.live.
Hull is just one of 14 cities hosting the show which will tour at Connexin Live on November 7, 2025. This celebratory UK tour will be a huge treat for fans of the multi-award-winning quick-fire TV sketch show and provide a real behind-the-scenes insight into some of their favourite characters and catchphrases as they come alive on stage once again.
The cast will chat together about how it all began, how they made the TV show, and created the characters and the fun they had doing it. This will be interspersed with performances of some of their best-loved sketches, monologues and songs with on-screen inserts.
A moment will also be taken to remember their former collaborator, the late, great Caroline Aherne who sadly died in 2016 and also co-wrote and starred in The Royle Family.
Many favourite characters will be appearing, including: Ted & Ralph, Jesse, Swiss Toni, Does My Bum Look Big In This?, Dave Angel, Jazz Club, The Suit You Tailors, Ron Manager, The Mad Painter, Rowley Birkin, Bob Fleming, Competitive Dad, Professor Denzil Dexter, and The Girl Who Boys Can’t Hear.
Charlie Higson said: "The Fast Show was all about repetition, catchphrases and familiar characters. So we’re going to repeat our last tour with the same catchphrases and characters. Hopefully audiences will believe it’s all new material."
Paul Whitehouse said: "The Fast Show back on tour again, sir? Oooooh - suit you, madam!"
The Fast Show first aired on BBC Two on September 27, 1994 and became one of the nation’s best-loved comedy shows, having a huge influence on subsequent TV sketch shows.
