Comedian Geoff Norcott will share his thoughts on the Labour government when he brings his new tour to Reading.
The comic will perform Basic Bloke 2 – There’s No Bloke Without Fire at Concert Hall on Saturday, October 25.
A regular on shows such as Have I Got News For You, The Last Leg, Live At The Apollo, and 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mr Norcott is on his first tour under a Labour government.
He will explore life under the new government and take aim at Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, though he is "surprisingly positive" about the idea of Angela Rayner as PM.
Mr Norcott will also delve into cultural shifts, examining how some on the right, who once opposed censorship, now appear to support it when it aligns with their views.
He will question why former critics of the EU are now enthusiastic about closer ties with the US.
Unlike most sequels, Basic Bloke 2 will move beyond some of the themes of the original.
The event preview said: "He’s been moving in male mental health circles for a while now, but while they’re all saying blokes should ‘check in’ on each other, he’s wondering what happens if you do ‘check in’ all the time but they mainly want to send you politically incorrect memes."
Mr Norcott will share what he really thinks about everything from parenting to people who wear dressing gowns past 9am.
Dominic Maxwell from The Times gave the show a four star review, saying: "[Mr Norcott] has become one of our most refreshingly funny comedians of any stripe."
The Daily Mail said "Geoff Norcott is in his element on the stand-up stage," while the Sunday Times added: "He’s a class act with a mature, sharp take on modern politics."
Mr Norcott performed at his first comedy gig in September 2001, initially performing as a way of supplementing his teaching income.
In 2005, he was approached to appear on radio and television, as a panellist and presenter on shows for Talksport, Nuts TV, and the BBC.
In February 2019, he launched a podcast titled What Most People Think, in which he aims to "get to the heart of what ordinary people think about social and political issues".
Now recorded weekly, the podcast is funded by Patreon donations from listeners.
Mr Norcott says he has refused approaches from would-be advertisers so as to avoid the risk of his content being influenced or censored.
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