After touring it around 28 countries and performing it in four languages – English, French, German and Spanish – Eddie Izzard will bring his Force Majeure tour to London next year for a 24-night residency.
“Some people say a world tour means you might hit three countries or something, but I don’t know, I think if you’re going to play the world, you should play the world,” Izzard told the Huffington Post last year.
It is billed as “the most extensive comedy tour ever” and the London shows will be a new “reloaded” version of Force Majeure, which is full of Izzard’s signature brand of humour, where everyday conceits collide with surreal scenarios. The original production had a slightly tepid response from UK critics in the summer of 2013, with the Telegraph acknowledging “brilliant riffs that confirm him as Britain’s surrealist-in-chief”, Time Out asserting that the tour “is by no means vintage Izzard” and the Guardian’s Brian Logan calling it “generic Izzard, and a bit toothless”.
Izzard has not said whether the tour will extend beyond the London dates, which begin on 18 January at the Palace theatre. He has previously mooted running for London mayor or making a different move into politics. He has continued to do film and TV work between legs of the tour, including appearances in the Monty Python comedy Absolutely Anything and the recently cancelled US drama Hannibal. His next role is in a film adaptation of the young adult bestselling novel Carrie Pilby, and add his voice to animation Rock Dog.
