We'll all need a laugh once this year is over, and comedian John Bishop is going to be right here to help.

He'll be bringing his new Right Here, Right Now tour to five venues in Kent in 2021, as well as further dates into the following year.

And it will be back to back with dates on his rescheduled tour, Work In Progress.

The Liverpudlian comic said: "After the last six months we’ve all endured, it feels like a lifetime since I last performed in front of a live audience.

"There’s nothing like stand-up comedy to put a smile back on your face, so I can’t wait to get back out on the road to perform this new show across the UK.”

The tour will be John's eighth tour and his first since 2017/2018, when he performed to more than 400,000 people on his critically acclaimed Winging It tour.

This autumn he launched a new podcast with writer, actor and director Tony Pitts called Three Little Words, in which the two friends talk to fascinating people - from world famous celebrities to scientists, politicians, artists and sports stars - about their lives, hopes, struggles and beliefs.

He will be at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on October 16 and November 3; Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on October 26; the Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells on November 17 and 18; the Orchard Theatre in Dartford on December 3 and Margate Winter Gardens on December 15.

You can get tickets from the theatres' websites and from JohnBishopOnline.com.

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