Grumpy Old Women go on Tour

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Grumpy Old Women Live (GOW Live) are going on a 60 date nationwide tour from 28th March to 24th June 2018. Perrier Award winning comedian, writer and star of GOW Live Jenny Eclair has welcomed the return of original cast member Olivier Award-nominated actor, singer and comedian Dillie Keane of Fascinating Aida! They have also recruited actor and comedian Lizzie Roper for a brand-new 90 minutes of ‘full-fat’, ‘batteries included’ comedy.

Written by Jenny Eclair and Judith Holder, GOW Live was born in 2005. Since its inception through to GOW Live: To The Rescue, the hugely successful live adaption will have played to UK venues with a combined capacity of nearly 500,000, including 2 West End runs at the Lyric Theatre and The Novello Theatre. Internationally, the mistresses of Grump have enjoyed (sort of) tours in Australia and shows have been licensed to New Zealand, Finland and Iceland.

The original stage show GOW Live (which released a DVD) ran from 2005-2008, whilst GOW Live 2: Chin Up Britain ran from 2008-2014 and GOW Live: Fifty Shades of Beige from 2014-2016. Fed up with flogging their guts out and always having to be in charge, Grumpy Old Women put their knobbly old feet up in glorious retirement, free at last to practise their extreme colouring-in, ukelele orchestra and novelty fudge- making. But with the world in a bigger mess than ever before, is there anything that can tempt them off their backsides to unleash their superpowers and once more come to the rescue?!

Tickets for GOW Live: To The Rescue are available on pre-sale via www.seetickets.com, on Wednesday 18th October at 10am via www.ticketmaster.co.uk and on general sale via their website from Friday 20th October at 10am.

For the full list of dates see:  www.grumpyoldwomenlive.com

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