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The Fast Show's Simon Day takes new stage show to Belfast

Simon Day is in Belfast in October
Simon Day is in Belfast in October Simon Day is in Belfast in October

COMEDIAN Simon Day, he of 'brilliant' BBC 90s comedy The Fast Show, is taking his Simon Day In Character tour to Belfast in the autumn.

The new one-man show, written and directed by Day, features a quartet of his best-loved characters who are brought together on the stage for the first time.

These are, making his debut stage appearance, Brian Pern, from spoof documentary Brian Pern: A Life In Rock; Billy Bleach, The Fast Show’s pub bore; Geoffrey Allerton, Yorkshire’s most under-rated poet; and Tony Beckton, one of Britain’s most dangerous men and longest-serving prisoners.

:: Simon Day In Character, Elmwood Hall, Belfast, Friday October 26; tickets from shine.net