The internet, as we know, doesn’t have rules and laws. But if it has one, it might be: Don’t Feed The Trolls.
Don’t for goodness sake, encourage these terrible people who spend all day insulting and abusing strangers for no other reason than their own souls have huge gaps in them, by replying to them.
It’s a good law. And it’s one that David Baddiel has consistently broken. Because David has always seen trolls as hecklers. And if you get heckled, it is a comedian’s duty not to ignore the heckler but to wittily put them down. Over the years he’s spent a lot of time doing this. Which has led him to think that there might be a show in it: a show that would say something about how we live now. And also, a bit of a self-help manual. As lots of people get trolled, but not that many people know how to deal with it.
David has stories to tell, of the dark, terrible and hysterically absurd cyber-paths interacting with trolls has led him down. Come with him on this comedy journey into our culture’s most dank virtual underground. You will come back safe, more able to deflect your own trolls, and only a little bit soiled.
Upcoming Dates
Date: Wed 22 Sep 2021
Venue: Leicester De Montfort Hall
Price: £27.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 23 Sep 2021
Venue: Birmingham Symphony Hall
Price: £27.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 24 Sep 2021
Venue: Reading Hexagon
Price: £27.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 26 Sep 2021
Venue: Rose Theatre Kingston
Price: From £27 to £29
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Mon 27 Sep 2021
Venue: Northampton Royal & Derngate
Price: £29.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 30 Sep 2021
Venue: Dartford Orchard Theatre
Price: £28.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 1 Oct 2021
Venue: High Wycombe Swan
Price: £31.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 2 Oct 2021
Venue: Dorking Halls
Price: £27.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 Oct 2021
Venue: Swindon Wyvern Theatre
Price: £28.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 22 Oct 2021
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Price: £27.00
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 24 Oct 2021
Venue: Bath Forum
Price: Call for prices
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2021
Venue: Guildford G Live
Price: £28.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Mon 1 Nov 2021
Venue: York Grand Opera House
Price: £28.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Tue 2 Nov 2021
Venue: Stafford Gatehouse Theatre and Met Studio
Price: £28.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Wed 3 Nov 2021
Venue: Halifax Victoria Theatre
Price: £27.00
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Reviews
David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls
Comedians reading out their internet abuse on stage is as old social media itself.
25/02/2020
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