Completely revolves around him finally moving out of home

Tom Allen has announced new stand-up tour for 2023.

In Completely the 38-year-old comedian will be talking about how he finally moved out of his parents' house, and is now negotiating his vegetable patch and the protocol of inviting friends with children for dinner.

More than 40 dates have been announced for 2023, starting at the Frome Memorial Theatre on February 1 and wrapping up at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on June 9. As it stands, the tour avoids most big cities in favour of towns and smaller cities.

The news comes as it was revealed that he was writing a second volume of memoirs – and was announced as part of the line-up for this year’s Just For Laughs festival in Montreal.

Allen has also just stepped down from hosting Bake Off: The Professionals, which returned to Channel 4 last night.

When he announced the news in February, he said he had ’the best time’ on the show ‘bit now is the time to move on’. ‘It was my first TV presenting job back in 2018 and it has taught me so much, he added. ‘Thanks to the amazing team.’

Allen’s last tour, Absolutely, launched at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and went on to sell 50,000 tickets, including his sell out show at The London Palladium where he recorded it as a special for Amazon’s Prime Video.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Monday.

Tom Allen 2023 tour dates

Wednesday 1 February: Frome  Memorial Theatre

Thursday 2 February: Hereford Courtyard

Friday 3 February: Market Drayton Festival Drayton Centre

Saturday 4 February: Stafford  Gatehouse

Sunday 5 February: Stourbridge Town Hall

Wednesday 8 February: Dorking Halls

Friday 10 February: Hayes Beck Theatre

Saturday 11 February: Chelmsford Civic Theatre

Wednesday 15 February: Loughborough  Town Hall

Thursday 16 February: Kings Lynn  Corn Exchange

Friday 17 February: Lowestoft  Marina

Thursday 23 February: Treorchy Park and Dare

Friday 24 February: Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Saturday 25 February: Crawley  The Hawth

Thursday 2 March: Bedford  Corn Exchange

Saturday 4 March: Bury St Edmunds  The Apex

Sunday 5 March: Lincoln  Engine Shed

Thursday 9 March: Telford  Oakengates

Friday 10 March: Newtown  The Hafren

Saturday 11 March: Chester  Storyhouse

Friday 17 March: Buxton  Opera House

Saturday 18 March: Colne  Muni

Sunday 19 March: Harrogate  Royal Hall

Thursday 23 March: Chatham  Central Theatre

Saturday 25 March: Worthing  Assembly Hall

Sunday 26 March: Bexhill De La War Pavilion

Thursday 30 March: Barnstaple  Queen's Theatre

Friday 31 March: Falmouth Princess Pavilion

Saturday 1 April: Redruth Regal Theatre

Sunday 2 April: Yeovil  Westlands

Saturday 29 April: Guildford  G Live

 Saturday 6 May: Douglas (IoM) Villa Marina

Friday 12 May: Leicester  De Montfort Hall

Saturday 13 May: Bournemouth  Pavilion

Friday 19 May: Birmingham  Hippodrome

Sunday 21 May: Cheltenham  Town Hall

Thursday 25 May: Basingstoke  The Anvil

Saturday 27 May: Hull  City Hall

Sunday 28 May: York  Barbican

Saturday 3 June: Southend on Sea Cliffs Pavilion

Sunday 4 June: High Wycombe  Swan

Thursday 8 June: Derry  Millennium Forum

Friday 9 June: Belfast Ulster Hall

Published: 25 May 2022