COMEDIAN Paul Foot is back on tour with Dissolve, a brand-new show which promises to be his most personal, surprising and inspired stand-up offering ever with Plosive Live.

Dissolve will kick off at Arts Depot in Finchley on September 28 2023, with dates across the UK, including the Brewhouse in Taunton, before heading to London’s Leicester Square Theatre on November 24. 

In his new show, Paul will be breaking new ground as a comedian and as a person. Never has he been so vulnerable, honest and happy.

In the year 2022 AD something momentous changed for Paul, and in this show he will reveal how he discovered the secret of life on the outskirts of Lancaster.

Inevitably he does get distracted by King Tutankhamun, the House of Lords, Sir Cliff Richard, officious lollipop ladies and what Jesus might have achieved if he’d been a plumber. 

Life is a stress: full of rushed breakfasts, angry people, internal conflict, and Jacob Rees-Mogg. But what happens when everything you thought was important – your problems, grievances against others, your very identity – simply disappears?

Paul said: “I’ve re-written this quote 46 times now. In all my years of showbusiness I’ve never written a quote like this before.

"This is the most personal show I’ve ever created and the first time I’ve spoken about these things on stage. On March 20 2022 something unbelievable happened to me, that I still struggle to explain. 29 years of mental health crises, childhood trauma and life-altering depression dissolved away in an instant. It is also, incidentally, really funny throughout. I am a comedian after all.”

Paul Foot has been a hero of the alternative comedy circuit for more than two decades. As well as becoming a favourite on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Paul has performed more than a dozen solo stand-up shows and built up a huge cult following of savvy comedy-goers, dubbed ‘The Guild of Paul Foot Connoisseurs’.

He won Best Show at the Sydney Comedy Festival, has twice been nominated for the prestigious Melbourne International Comedy Festival Most Outstanding Show Award and was nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. Dissolve is co-written and directed by Paul’s long-time collaborator and accomplice, comedy writer Aaron Kilkenny-Fletcher.

Tickets are available via paulfoot.tv, seetickets.com and plosive.co.uk.