Award-winning writer and comedian Mark Steel is set to visit Swindon as part of his 2025 live tour.

The Sony and Writers’ Guild Award-winning comedian will perform at the Wyvern Theatre on Friday, May 2, as part of his new tour 'The Leopard in my House.'

The tour will see Mark perform 34 shows across the UK, starting in February in Bracknell.

The tour will conclude in Portsmouth in June.

He will be performing a set based on his battle with throat cancer.

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Mark said: "This show is the story of my year, of wonderful characters and often tricky but bafflingly positive experiences.

"Doing the show doesn’t quite make me glad that it happened, but it definitely makes up for it quite a bit."

Mark is best known for his BBC Radio 4 show Mark Steel’s in Town, which was voted the sixth best radio comedy ever.

He has presented the BAFTA-nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC Two and is a regular on BBC One’s Have I Got News for You and BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz.

Tickets for the tour are available via presale for venue members and the Off The Kerb mailing list.

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