Comedian Paul Chowdhry is heading to Lancashire as part of an extended UK tour following sell out concerts in 2021.

The multi-award-winning stand-up actor and writer will be doubling the size of his 'Family-Friendly Comedian (No Children)' tour for 2022 with 43 more dates nationwide.  

Paul’s tour show sees him tackle the UK’s handling of COVID-19, England football fans, Tom Cruise’s helicopter, Naked Attraction in the Middle East and Nicki Minaj’s take on the vaccine.

The Family-Friendly Comedian tour follows Live Innit, his Amazon Prime stand-up special which also extended to a nationwide tour, seeing Paul perform five nights at the Hammersmith Apollo and become the first British-Asian stand-up to sell out the 10,000-seater Wembley Arena.

In 2021, Paul launched his podcast The Paul Chowdhry PudCast, produced by Global Entertainment, which sees Paul interviewing celebrities on life’s turning points, with a second series out now featuring Greg Davies, Danny Wallace, and Lucy Beaumont.

His last show Live Innit – won Best Live Event at the 2018 Asian Media Awards.

UPDATE

Paul had originally planned to come to Blackburn’s King George’s Hall on Saturday May 14. Before then he was due to be Manchester (9th April), Leeds (17th April) and Hull (21st April) among others. 

In an announcement he said: "I’m very sorry to announce that, due to family illness, I will regrettably be postponing my current tour from April 8th

"All dates have been rescheduled and tickets will be valid for the new date. Apologies for any disappointment caused & I hope to see you all in the autumn. I’ll try my best for you."

The new date for Blackburn is Friday 28 October and Manchester will be 17 November 2022.