DAWN French, the Queen of British comedy, returns to the stage this autumn with a brand show and she will be heading to Basingstoke.

The comedy star will be heading to The Anvil on Saturday, October 8 for her new solo show called Dawn French Is A Huge T***. 

Describing the show she said: “This show is so named because unfortunately, it’s horribly accurate. There have been far too many times I have made stupid mistakes or misunderstood something vital or jumped the gun in a spectacular display of t***tery.

"I thought I might tell some of these buttock-clenching embarrassing stories to give the audience a peek behind the scenes of my work life

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"Roll up! Book early to see the telly vicar lady be a total t*** on stage, live in front of your very eyes. And ears.”

Dawn occupies a special place in the national psyche because we sense, for all her talent and success that she’s one of us. And now, as if to drive the point home, Dawn French is a Huge T*** invites us to revel in the most excruciating gaffes and howlers of a 40-year career as a comedian and actress.

Michael Grandage, director, added: “Nobody punctures the myth of celebrity better than Dawn. She’s very willing to show that she’s actually a person just like us, and one way she does that is by showing that she can make mistakes.”

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Grandage is what might be referred to as a man of substance and is possibly the most important theatre director working in Britain today, he is not the obvious choice for a comedian, but Dawn was adamant that she wanted to create something more than laugh-a-minute knockabout comedy. She needed a director who could bring muscle and real shape to her work and create a narrative arc from the landmarks of her life.  

He added: “Dawn wanted to create a piece of visual theatre, more like a play, not just turn up and stand in front of a mike. The stories than Dawn is telling are personal but the way they’re dealt with is universal. This is about the common experience; the absolute best of what theatre should be.”