Stripped (tour)

Stripped is the title of a stand-up comedy tour by Eddie Izzard, and is a continuation of his style of comedy, full of "stream-of-conscious banter and predilection for nonsensical detours and frequent tangents."[1] The tour was performed from 28 April to 9 August 2008 with three "warm-up" dates.[2] It has been called "not only hilarious but quite remarkable."[3] As for the name of the tour, Izzard says he called it Stripped because

"The heels got too high on the last two tours. Now I've just gone back to blokey mode, so I've got all this movement back which I couldn't do before. The set is leaner, what I'm wearing is leaner and just focusing on what I'm talking about. I keep talking about God and I come to all these different conclusions. I'm talking about the whole civilization, trying to strip that back, as well. The last 5,000 years we did everything. I put out my idea what we're doing here. I think it's all random. If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan."[4]

Stripped
Video by
Released23 November 2009
RecordedLyric Theatre, London, United Kingdom
GenreStand-up comedy
Length104 minutes
LabelUniversal Pictures
DirectorSarah Townsend
Eddie Izzard chronology
Sexie
(2003)
Stripped
(2009)
Force Majeure
(2013)

Stripped ran for 23 nights at the Lyric Theatre from November to 23 December 2008.[5] The 22 and 23 December dates were recorded for DVD release. From October to December 2009, Izzard took Stripped on tour around the UK—his first UK tour in six years.[6]

In 2010, Izzard performed a limited one-night-only run of Stripped Too in seven American cities. In April and May 2010, Izzard performed Stripped for 13 shows in various Canadian cities as part of his Canadian tour.[7] Izzard performed Stripped Tout en Français in Paris from 15 April to 11 June 2011.[8][9]

The show also came to Australasia towards the end of 2011, performing several shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December of that year.

Tour dates

Stripped Tour
Tour by Eddie Izzard
Start dateApril 3, 2008
End dateMay 31, 2010
Legs3
No. of shows84 in North America
78 in Europe
162 in Total
Date City Country Venue
North America
April 3, 2008[A] Santa Fe United States Lensic Theater
April 4, 2008[A]
April 15, 2008[A] Providence VMA Arts & Cultural Center
April 17, 2008[A] Louisville The Kentucky Center
April 28, 2008 Boston Orpheum Theatre
April 29, 2008
April 30, 2008
May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
May 2, 2008
May 5, 2008 Philadelphia Philadelphia Academy of Music
May 6, 2008
May 7, 2008
May 9, 2008 Cincinnati Taft Theatre
May 10, 2008 Indianapolis Murat Shrine
May 13, 2008 Columbus Palace Theatre
May 15, 2008 Chicago Chicago Theatre
May 16, 2008
May 17, 2008
May 20, 2008 Detroit Detroit Opera House
May 21, 2008 Pittsburgh Benedum Center
May 22, 2008
May 23, 2008 Cleveland Playhouse Square Center
May 24, 2008
May 27, 2008 Minneapolis Minneapolis State Theatre
May 28, 2008
May 30, 2008 St. Louis Roberts Orpheum Theater
May 31, 2008 Kansas City Uptown Theater
June 3, 2008 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
June 5, 2008 Dallas Majestic Theatre
June 6, 2008 Austin The Paramount Theatre
June 7, 2008
June 8, 2008
June 10, 2008 Houston Jones Hall
June 11, 2008
June 13, 2008 Miami Jackie Gleason Theater
June 14, 2008
June 17, 2008 Tampa Tampa Theatre
June 18, 2008
June 20, 2008 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
June 24, 2008 Atlanta Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
June 25, 2008
June 27, 2008 New York City Radio City Music Hall
June 28, 2008
June 29, 2008
July 11, 2008 Seattle Paramount Theatre
July 12, 2008
July 15, 2008 Portland Keller Auditorium
July 17, 2008 San Francisco Orpheum Theatre
July 18, 2008
July 19, 2008
July 22, 2008 Phoenix Orpheum Theatre
July 23, 2008
July 26, 2008 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater
July 29, 2008 Denver Paramount Theatre
July 30, 2008
August 1, 2008 San Diego Spreckels Theater
August 2, 2008
August 5, 2008 Los Angeles Kodak Theatre
August 6, 2008
August 7, 2008
August 8, 2008
August 9, 2008
Europe
November 11, 2008[A] Cornwall England Hall for Cornwall
November 12, 2008[A] Porthcawl Porthcawl Grand Pavilion
November 13, 2008[A] Monmouth The Blake Theatre
November 14, 2008[A] Ludlow Ludlow Assembly Rooms
November 16, 2008[A] Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
November 17, 2008 London Lyric Theatre
November 18, 2008
November 19, 2008
November 20, 2008
November 21, 2008
November 22, 2008
November 23, 2008
November 24, 2008
November 25, 2008
November 26, 2008
November 27, 2008
November 28, 2008
November 29, 2008
November 30, 2008
December 1, 2008
December 2, 2008
December 3, 2008
December 4, 2008
December 5, 2008
December 6, 2008
December 7, 2008
December 8, 2008
December 9, 2008
December 10, 2008
December 11, 2008
December 12, 2008
December 17, 2008
December 18, 2008
December 19, 2008
December 20, 2008
December 21, 2008
December 22, 2008
December 23, 2008
April 26, 2009[A] Pleasance Islington
May 26, 2009[A] Lancaster Lancaster Grand Theatre
May 27, 2009[A] Burnley Burnley Mechanics
May 28, 2009[A] Harrogate Harrogate Theatre
May 29, 2009[A] Worcester Huntingdon Hall
October 23, 2009 Nottingham Trent FM Arena
October 24, 2009
October 25, 2009 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
October 29, 2009 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
October 30, 2009
October 31, 2009 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
November 1, 2009
November 4, 2009 Aberdeen Scotland Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 6, 2009 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
November 7, 2009 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena
November 8, 2009
November 10, 2009 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 11, 2009
November 17, 2009 Birmingham England National Indoor Arena
November 18, 2009
November 19, 2009 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
November 20, 2009
November 22, 2009 Bournemouth England Bournemouth International Centre
November 23, 2009
November 26, 2009 Eastbourne Devonshire Park Theatre
November 27, 2009 Brighton The Brighton Centre
November 28, 2009
November 29, 2009
November 30, 2009
December 3, 2009 London The O2 Arena
December 4, 2009 Wembley Arena
December 5, 2009
December 6, 2009
December 7, 2009 The O2 Arena
December 12, 2009 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
December 14, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
December 18, 2009 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena
December 19, 2009 Stockholm Hovet
December 20, 2009 Gothenburg Scandinavium
December 21, 2009 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
North America
January 8, 2010 Chicago United States United Center
January 9, 2010 St. Louis Fox Theatre
January 12, 2010 Boston TD Garden
January 14, 2010 Oakland Oracle Arena
January 16, 2010 New York City Madison Square Garden
January 21, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center
January 29, 2010 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
January 30, 2010
April 30, 2010 Toronto Canada Massey Hall
May 1, 2010
May 2, 2010
May 10, 2010 Winnipeg Burton Cummings Theatre
May 12, 2010 Regina Conexus Arts Centre
May 14, 2010 Calgary Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 17, 2010 Edmonton Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 20, 2010 Victoria Victoria Royal Theatre
May 21, 2010 Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre
May 22, 2010
May 25, 2010 Montreal Théâtre Saint-Denis
May 28, 2010 Ottawa National Arts Centre
May 30, 2010 Toronto Massey Hall
May 31, 2010
gollark: They should have known better than to ask for some. Did you know DHMO has been found in *100%* of cancers?
gollark: Dihydrogen monoxide *has* been found to be extremely dangerous.
gollark: Or SSL.
gollark: I see. Troubling.
gollark: Nonsense. Surreal memes are valid in all servers ever.

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