ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
ENTERTAINMENT PREVIEW:
ROB BECKETT -
WALLOP
ROB BECKETT IS BACK ON TOUR WITH A BRAND-
NEW STAND-UP SHOW. IT’S BEEN A BUSY FEW YEARS
FOR THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH – AND HE’S
COMING TO SEE YOU TO FILL YOU IN AND MAKE
YOU LAUGH. WALLOP!
This very cheeky chappie is taking
that magnetic persona of his on tour
once again – and WALLOP! will
visit a litany of venues across the UK
and Ireland.
At the end of 2019 and start of 2020,
viewers were again treated to Rob’s
charms as he presented Rob Beckett’s
Savage Socials on E4. The 10-part series
took its audience on a fast-paced
joyride through the latest memes,
digital blunders and celebrity socials
from the previous week – including,
as the name suggests, some earnest
mickey-taking of celebrities’ social
media accounts! Rob has also been
hosting Head Hunters on BBC One,
which sees a pool of quizzers decide
whether they want to compete or
team-up with fellow contestants in
order to win cash jackpots. Elsewhere
in telly world, Rob has recently been
seen on The One Show (BBC One) and
Sunday Brunch (Channel 4).
A 2019 highlight for Rob was hosting
the Royal Variety Performance on ITV in
December. It was a joint effort with
his pal Romesh Ranganathan, and
10
the first time two comedians had
hosted the event together in over
30 years.
Besides being team captain on
Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Rob has
appeared on: BBC One’s Live At The
Apollo and Would I Lie To You?, Channel
4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown,
BBC Two’s Mock The Week, ITV2’s
Celebrity Juice, and Sky’s A League of
Their Own. You can hear him on
Dave’s podcast The Magic Sponge,
alongside Jimmy Bullard and Ian
Smith, and he has joined his pal
Romesh Ranganathan in Sky’s Rob
and Romesh Vs. Rob is also the
unmistakable voice of Channel 4’s
Celebs Go Dating.
Rob also hosted 2019’s Comic Relief
and 2018’s Children in Need. Other TV
appearances include The Jonathan Ross
Show, The Graham Norton Show, All Round
To Mrs Browns, Jon Richardson: Ultimate
Worrier, Taskmaster, Hypothetical, The
Royal Variety Performance and Michael
McIntyre’s Big Show.
Rob Beckett’s 2015 tour Mouth of The
South received fantastic reviews, as he
made his way across the country and
sold over 80,000 tickets.
“There are hints that his eyes are set
firmly on arenas that are as big as that
mouth of his” – METRO
“Relentlessly smiley, perpetually
grinning Londoner whose unshowy,
unpretentious but thoroughly funny
shtick has every chance of winning
him a big audience” – GUARDIAN
Rob Beckett Wallop will be at the
Churchill Theatre, Bromley, on 17th,
18th and 20th October 2020
www.churchilltheatre.co.uk
www.robbeckettcomedy.com