America’s Got Talent winning ventriloquist to tour UK

Comedian ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, winner of America’s Got Talent 2015, is to tour the UK next year with a new show.

Zerdin will take his new show Spongefinger around the UK from 8 April 2016.

The comic, from Wimbledon, London, has previously performed at The Royal Variety Performance, The World Stands Up, Daybreak, The One Show, and Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks. Zerdin also recently performed a string of shows at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas as part of his America’s Got Talent prize.

Spongefinger will see Zerdin perform alongside his puppet pals including cheeky pre-adolescent Sam, belligerent OAP Albert and precocious infant Baby.

Full dates:

Friday 8 April – Leeds City Varieties
Monday 11 April – Norwich, Playhouse
Tuesday 12 April – Birmingham, Town Hall
Wednesday 13 April – Dublin, Olympia
Thursday 14 April-Saturday 16 April – London, Udderbelly
Monday 18 April – Glasgow, Oran Mor
Thursday 15 September – Sheffield, Memorial Hall
Friday 16 September – Huddersfield, LBT
Saturday 17 September – Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
Sunday 18 September – Bromsgrove, Artrix
Wednesday 21 September – Taunton, Tacchi Morris
Thursday 22 September – Monmouth, Savoy Theatre
Friday 23 September – Yeovil, Octagon
Saturday 24 September – Exeter, Corn Exchange
Sunday 25 September – Canterbury, Gulbenkian
Wednesday 5 October – Milton Keynes, Stables
Thursday 6 October – Andover, The Lights
Friday 7 October – Cambridge Junction
Saturday 8 October – Coventry, Warwick Arts Theatre
Wednesday 12 October – Stafford, Gatehouse
Thursday 13 October – Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay Playhouse
Friday 14 October – Colchester, Arts Centre
Saturday 15 October – Isle of Wight, Shanklin, Theatre
Sunday 16 October – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday 19 October – Telford, Oakengates
Thursday 20 October – Hereford Courtyard
Friday 21 October – Bath, Komedia
Saturday 22 October – Watford, Colosseum
Sunday 23 October – Epsom, Playhouse

For tickets visit paulzerdin.com.