Sofie Hagen announces Bubblewrap show & Happy Fat book tour

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Sofie Hagen will be touring her hit show Bubblewrap at selected venues across the UK, alongside her first book Happy Fat, from 26th April to 9th June 2019. This will be the first time the show has toured the UK, and follows her recent sell-out shows Dead Baby Frog and Shimmer ShatterBubblewrap won her the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Award in 2015, catapulting her onto the British comedy scene.

Bubblewrap, a show about how Sofie learned to love her body (interspersed with erotic Westlife fanfiction and stories about one-night-stands, a psych ward and car chases), is currently confirmed to play at 12 venues around the country. Audiences will also have the chance to hear her read from her new book Happy Fat, a manifesto for happiness and fat liberation, followed by a Q&A with Sofie.

Unquestionably one of the most talked-about comics of the moment, Sofie just completed filming for her own Comedy Central series, Sofie’s Sex Stories, looking at the sex lives of fellow comedians. She’s also recently been seen on The Nightly Show (ITV) and Roast Battle (Comedy Central). She hosts the hugely successful Made of Human podcast, co-hosts the brand new live comedy podcast Secret Dinosaur Cult, and was one of the co-founders of The Guilty Feminist podcast.

Sofie Hagen said: “I’m very excited to take Bubblewrap and Happy Fat on tour. Bubblewrap is a stand-up show about how I first learned to love my body – Happy Fat is my first ever book and it’s about why it’s fucking okay to be fat and it’s where I’m at right now with fat positivity. The tour will be a mix of stand-up show, book reading and Q&A, a wonderfully balanced mix of funny, emotional, authentic and silly. Oh, and I’ll bring a bunch of books as well.”

You can book tickets here!

2019 tour schedule

Friday 26 April               Cambridge Junction 
junction.co.uk  / 01223 511 511

Friday 10 May                Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
warwickartscentre.co.uk / 024 7652 4524

Saturday 11 May            Colchester Arts Centre 
colchesterartscentre.com / 01206 500900

Friday 17 May                Cardiff Sherman Theatre 
shermancymru.co.uk / 029 2064 6900

Sunday 19 May              Salford The Lowry 
thelowry.com / 0843 208 6000

Thursday 23 May           Liverpool Epstein Theatre 
epsteinliverpool.co.uk / 0844 888 4411

Friday 24 May                Newcastle Northern Stage
northernstage.co.uk / 0191 230 5151

Thursday 30 May           Bristol Tobacco Factory 
                                         tobaccofactory.com / 0117 902 0344

Friday 31 May                 Birmingham Old Rep Theatre 
oldreptheatre.co.uk | 0121 359 9444

Saturday 1 June             Leeds City Varieties 
cityvarieties.co.uk / 0113 2430808

Friday 7 June                  Norwich Playhouse Theatre
norwichplayhouse.co.uk / 01603 598598

Sunday 9 June                Exeter Phoenix Theatre 
exeterphoenix.org.uk / 01392 667080
 

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