Ben Elton bringing new stand up show Authentic Stupidity to Nottingham

The ‘undisputed godfather of modern stand-up’ is back on the road, after a critically acclaimed sold-out tour.

Ben Elton’s hugely successful tour in 2019 marked his return to stand up after a 15 year hiatus — and now he is back with a brand new live show.

Titled Authentic Stupidity, Ben is here to warn audiences that AI is not the greatest threat that we face; it’s Authentic Stupidity.

The tour has 54 dates, including calling at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal, on September 8.

Ben said: “The verdict’s in. Humanity is thick. Homo halfwit. The idiot branch of the Ape family.

“We need signs to tell us to step off escalators, we elect gibbering fools to lead us and now we’ve invented Artificial Intelligence which is actually going to replace us.

“I’ve spent 45 years in comedy exploring the outer limits of human idiocy and my mission has never been more timely. Forget AI. It’s AS we need to be worrying about.”

Ben Elton’s multi-award-winning career spans over four decades and includes television shows (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Upstart Crow), West End plays (Popcorn, Upstart Crow), West End musicals (We Will Rock You, The Beautiful Game, Close up: The Twiggy Musical), best-selling novels (Stark, Dead Famous, Two Brothers) and feature films (Maybe Baby, Three Summers, All is True).