AIKEN PROMOTIONS PRESENT AN EVENING WITHDAVID SEDARIS

31 MAY 2015ULSTER HALL BELFASTTICKETS ON SALE Friday 30 JANUARY AT 9.00am

AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARISSUMMER TOUR 2015STAR OF BBC RADIO 4 AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR“spell-binding…a master at work’HERALD *****America’s best-selling literary funnyman David Sedaris has announced a full UK and Ireland book tour. The 17-date run starts in Cork, Ireland on May 30th; moving to Belfast’s Ulster Hall on May 31st and then on to Cardiff St. David’s Hall culminating at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 15th June.  He has previously sold out one nationwide tour, two runs at the Fringe and performed three sell-out stints in London since 2010 including two multi-night runs at London’s Cadogan Hall.The series ‘Meet David Sedaris’ on BBC Radio 4 has been hugely popular and this Christmas Eve just past saw him recite a specially recorded version of his famous ‘Santaland Diaries’. This covers a period in his life in which for two consecutive Christmases in the early 1990s, he was a Christmas elf at Santaland in the famous New York department store Macy's. These are the extracts from his diaries at the time and this story was given a rare outing on Radio 4. The Santaland Diaries drew David's writing to the attention of America and the World. He hadn't read them out loud for nearly twenty years!“…Compelling…he forges a wonderfully unique inclusive and surprisingly intimate relationship between author and readership…’SCOTSMAN **** HOT SHOWPrior to moving to live in the UK and becoming more widely known here thanks to his live readings and radio show, Sedaris was already firmly establishing himself as one of America’s most celebrated humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire, one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. As one scribe put it, he could ‘’lift your spirits reading out the ingredients of a rice cake.’’“No, Sedaris isn’t a stand-up, but he’s certainly a masterful comic writer, whose modest delivery brings his words to hilarious life.”CHORTLE ★★★★David Sedaris’s latest book Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls received universal acclaim. He is also the author of and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, each of which became a bestseller.There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. He was the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’s pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” His book prior to ‘’diabetes’’ a collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary was published in September 2010 and immediately hit the NYT Bestseller Fiction List.“David Sedaris isn’t a stand-up, or even much of a showman.  But in his own dry and unassuming way, he’s one of the finest comic talents currently living on this planet.”THE GUARDIANHe and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays, which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City.  David has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album.Now’s your chance to literally ‘’Meet David Sedaris’’ at the following dates.MaySat 30thCORK      - The Everyman Palace TheatreSun 31st  BELFAST  - Ulster HallJUNEMon 1stCARDIFF – St. David’s HallTues 2ndPLYMOUTH – PavilionsWed 3rd  BOURNEMOUTH – Pavilion TheatreThurs 4thMARGATE – Winter GardensFri 5thBEXHILL – De La Warr PavilionSat 6thIPSWICH – Corn ExchangeSun 7thNORTHAMPTON – DerngateMon 8thNOTTINGHAM – PlayhouseTues 9thLEICESTER – De Montfort HallWed 10thSTOKE – Victoria HallThurs 11thBRADFORD – St Georges HallFri 12thYORK – BarbicanSat 13thLIVERPOOL – Echo AuditoriumSun 14thABERDEEN – Music HallMon 15thEDINBURGH – Usher Hall

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Tickets for DAVID SEDARIS in Belfast go on sale Friday 30 January at 9am from:-Ulster Hall Box Office 9033 4455All Ticketmaster Outlets NationwideOn-line at www.ulsterhall.co.ukFOR MORE CONCERT INFORMATION CHECK www.aikenpromotions.com