Simon Amstell has announced a full UK tour of his new show, entitled To Be Free, this autumn. Dates and ticket details here. He had already announced London dates at the Leicester Square Theatre from October 11 - 18. If you can't wait that long Amstell also appears at the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival and the Cambridge Arts Festival in July, tickets here and he headlines at the Latitude Festival, for tickets for this click on Latitude advert above.

BTJ saw an early preview which was not for review, but it suggests that despite a new haircut – or maybe because of the new haircut – Amstell is still as tortured as ever. There was a terrific story about going on a retreat in Peru and meeting a shaman there and an illuminating Curb Your Enthusiasm-style anecdote about putting his foot in it on BBC radio shortly after Nelson Mandela's death.