Best known as one of the stars of The Fast Show and Bellamy’s People, with Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day takes to the road this autumn with his new show Simon Day and Friends.
Day is accompanied by a rich array of some of his most loved and instantly recognisable characters, including blazer wearing music hall legend Tommy Cockles, the acclaimed Yorkshire poet Geoffrey Allerton, unlikely eco warrior Dave Angel and reformed violent criminal Tony Beckton.
Simon Day was born in 1962 and grew up in Blackheath, London. He discovered a talent for stand-up in his twenties, winning a Time Out Best New Act award in 1991.
After working with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, he starred in BBC TV’s classic The Fast Show. His memoir, Comedy and Error, was published in 2012 and he has had two series of The Simon Day Show on Radio 4.
Day starred in the sitcom The Function Room on Channel 4. With film credits including Shakespeare In Love, Run Fatboy Run and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and extensive TV credits including Heartbeat, Red Dwarf, Jonathan Creek, Holby City, Skins and of course, The Fast Show.
He will be appearing at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle on November 10.
