I Blame the Parents is the fourth national tour for Geoff Norcott, and this time he talks less politics (alright, there will probably be a bit), but this brand-new show will mostly explore personal responsibility, parenting and who should take the blame when things go wrong.
Whatever happened to the idea of personal responsibility? In the age of victimhood, it seems like whatever’s wrong with your life it can be blamed on someone else. Governments, employers… some bigot from four hundred years ago.
Where did it go wrong? It has to be the parents. Every generation there’s an opportunity for a new set of mums and dads to set their kids straight and make a stand against whatever trendy nonsense is currently doing the rounds. But do we? Or is it easier to give into fear and the pursuit of a quiet life?
Geoff has realised he’s also a bag of contradictions. Raised on a south London council estate by two maverick parents, there’s plenty he has to sift through. His Dad was a trade union man who obsessed over stocks and shares. His mum was a closet chauvinist and far too frank on the subject of sex.
With a child of his own, Geoff spies a one-off chance for his family to finally get it right and produce a balanced human being, but can he filter out his own b****cks before it gets to his son?
Upcoming Dates
Date: Sat 31 Jul 2021
Venue: Bath Widcombe Social Club
Price: £13.50
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 21 Aug 2021
Venue: Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Price: Call for prices
Show starts: 20:15
Date: Wed 8 Sep 2021
Venue: Nottingham Glee
Price: Call for prices
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 9 Sep 2021
Venue: Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 10 Sep 2021
Venue: Barnstaple Queens Theatre
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 11 Sep 2021
Venue: Exeter Northcott Theatre
Price: £13.50
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Sep 2021
Venue: Bedford Quarry Theatre
Price: Call for prices
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 19 Sep 2021
Venue: Colchester Arts Centre
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Wed 22 Sep 2021
Venue: Peterborough Key Theatre
Price: £18
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 23 Sep 2021
Venue: Dorking Halls
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 24 Sep 2021
Venue: Leamington Spa Royal Spa Centre
Price: £14.50
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 25 Sep 2021
Venue: Monmouth Savoy Theatre
Price: £15
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 26 Sep 2021
Venue: Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
Price: £15
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Tue 28 Sep 2021
Venue: Northampton Royal & Derngate
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 2 Oct 2021
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Price: £16.50
Info: Two shows: 7pm and 9.30pm
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 3 Oct 2021
Venue: Manchester Academy
Price: £13.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Tue 5 Oct 2021
Venue: Solihull The Core
Price: £15
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 7 Oct 2021
Venue: Guildford G Live
Price: Call for prices
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 8 Oct 2021
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Price: £16.50
Info: Two shows: 7pm and 9.30pm
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 Oct 2021
Venue: Reading South Street Arts Centre
Price: £17
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 17 Oct 2021
Venue: Leicester The Y Theatre
Price: Call for prices
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Wed 20 Oct 2021
Venue: Verwood Hub
Price: £16.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2021
Venue: Birmingham Old Rep
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 5 Nov 2021
Venue: Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre For The Arts
Price: £14.50
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 6 Nov 2021
Venue: Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre For The Arts
Price: £14.50
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Wed 10 Nov 2021
Venue: Milton Keynes Stables
Price: £16.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 11 Nov 2021
Venue: Leeds City Varieties
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Mon 22 Nov 2021
Venue: Lyme Regis Marine Theatre
Price: £16 to £18
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
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