AFTER the hugely successful and critically acclaimed sell-out Edinburgh Festival run last year with her debut UK show ‘Boyish Girl Interrupted’, the awe inspiring comedy genius Tig Notaro has announced her arrival in Manchester.
The Lowry Theatre will host the show-stopper on Wednesday September 3 at 8pm. Tickets will cost £20 plus booking fee.
For more information visit www.kililive.com/artists/tig-notaro.
On August 3 in 2012 at Largo Theater in Los Angeles, Tig Notaro made a seemingly nonchalant detour in her stand-up routine to announce that she had breast cancer, just days after being diagnosed.
Her blend of humor and matter of fact approach left comedy fans riveted, many in both tears and laughter. Wrote Louis CK to his twitter followers: “In my 27 years doing this I have seen a handful of truly masterful performances. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo.” This set was recorded, and became Tig’s sophomore album Live (as in, want to live, not perform live). Live encompasses the previous four months of Tig’s life leading up to that night at Largo. The juxtaposition of career highs like never experienced before with personal lows that many human beings may never experience in a lifetime.
Live has now gone on to sell over 100,000 units, which is unheard of for comedy albums these days. During 2012 and this album release, Tig has been reviewed and profiled by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, GQ Magazine, Rolling Stone and Time Magazine amongstmany others. The Grammy nominated album was also ranked #1 comedy album of 2012 by Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine and The Onion AV Club and Tig herself was recently ranked #21 on Rolling Stone’s “50 Funniest People in the World Now” list.
Tig’s project with Showtime, entitled, Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro, follows Tig as she performs in the actual homes, barns and cul-de-sacs of selected fans across the country. Tig also recently appeared in the Lake Bell feature, In a World, and is next slated to appear in the feature Walk of Shame opposite Elizabeth Banks, and Shreveport opposite Ryan Phillippe, both due out this year. Tig continues to host her weekly podcast, Professor Blastoff, which has consistently been in the top 10 iTunes comedy podcast charts. In addition, Tig has a book deal with Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins.
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