Matt Chorley has spent the past 17 years in Westminster seeing up close how politics works, or doesn’t. After the sell-out success of his first tour This Is Not Normal, the award-winning Times columnist and Times Radio presenter is back with an hilarious new show exploring who really calls the shots. Is the Prime Minister actually in charge, or at the mercy of the opposition, backbenchers, lobbyists, the media, spin doctors, his wife, or the Queen?
A sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005 with the sketch group Big Day Out (**** The Scotsman) led to a 14-year break from comedy before Matt Chorley’s debut stand-up This. Is. Not. Normal. in 2019, during which somebody called an election. His new show - Who Is In Charge Here? - is more election-proof as a result
Matt Chorley says: “Look I know everyone is really excited about the idea of a change at the top, but for the purposes of my tour it would be great if everyone could just stay in their jobs until Easter, so each show isn't actually just a live news report of the day's insanity. If you have ever looked at politics and wondered 'why are they doing that?', 'why does that happen?' or 'how big was the suitcase of wine?' I will at least try to answer your questions at what will definitely be considered a work event.”
Matt Chorley has been a Westminster-based political journalist since 2005, when politics was boring, and it has gradually got madder as he worked his way through the Press Association, Western Morning News, Independent on Sunday, MailOnline and The Times, where he the Red Box daily email and now writes a column on Saturdays.
Since June 2020, Chorley has presented the mid-morning show on Times Radio, Monday to Friday 10am-1pm, including features like PMQs Unpacked, If I Ruled The World and the hugely popular quiz, Can You Get To No10? He was fourth best radio broadcaster in 2020, behind Clara Amfo, Frank Skinner and Emma Barnett.
MATT CHORLEY WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE? TOUR 2022
Tues 8th Feb Epsom Playhouse https://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk/
Sun 13 Feb Edinburgh The Stand https://www.thestand.co.uk
Mon 14 Feb Glasgow The Stand https://www.thestand.co.uk
Thurs 17 Feb Exeter Corn Exchange https://www.exetercornexchange.co.uk
Sat 19 Feb Nottingham Lakeside https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Thurs 24 Feb Farnham Maltings https://farnhammaltings.com
Fri 25 Feb Guildford G Live Studio https://glive.co.uk
Sat 26 Feb Guildford G Live Studio https://glive.co.uk
Wed 2 March Cardiff Glee Club https://www.glee.co.uk/cardiff/
Fri 4 March Taunton Brewhouse https://www.thebrewhouse.net
Sat 5 March Swindon Arts Centre https://swindontheatres.co.uk/
Fri 11 March Maidenhead Norden Farm https://norden.farm
Sat 12 March Chorley Chorley Theatre https://chorleytheatre.com
Sun 13 March Sheffield Memorial Hall https://www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
Fri 18 March Lyme Regis Marine Theatre https://www.marinetheatre.com
Mon 21 March Brighton Komedia https://www.komedia.co.uk
Weds 23 March Leeds City Varieties https://www.cityvarieties.co.uk
Sat 26 March Shrewsbury The Severn Studio https://www.theatresevern.co.uk
Sun 27 March Salford Lowry Studio https://thelowry.com/
Wed 30 March London Bloomsbury Theatre https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/bloomsbury-theatre-studio
Tues 5th April Cambridge Junction https://www.junction.co.uk
Thurs 7 April Bristol Hen & Chicken https://www.henandchicken.com
