Comedian Jessica Fostekew will embark on her biggest tour to date with brand new show Mettle. Opening at The Y Theatre in Leicester on 18th February 2024 tickets are available from 10am on Friday 27th October from jessicafostekew.com, plosive.co.uk and seetickets.com.
Mettle is a show about passion, pace and purpose from the award-winning star of BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo and C4’s Travel Man.
Jess’ son has joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually. In fact she’s hurtling faster and hustling harder than ever for the things that she wants and needs.
Jessica Fostekew commands a stage like no other, she’s a fierce storyteller with incredible high energy. A vital voice, Jessica doesn’t shy away from sharing her life on stage with Mettle promising to be one of her most personal shows to date.
Jessica’s last show Wench played a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run and UK tour and is available now as a special. Her previous show Hench was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and won Best Show at the Chortle Awards where Jessica also won Best Act. It’s available to stream now on Amazon Prime.
Jessica Fostekew said today: “I’m properly giddy about sharing this show. I've spent the last year feeling increasingly passionate about so many things from the state of the world to the state of the monsters on Married at First Sight. I’ve had a big birthday and it's come with a torrent of life-bending revelations; the biggest of which is that even if something seems impossible, it might not be. I'd been spending too long giving up too easily. This is a show about shamelessly caring about things a HUGE amount and turning that passion into positive action.”
Jessica Fostekew is a comedian, actor and writer whose stand up show, Hench was nominated for the 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and has been adapted into the BBC R4 stand up special - Sturdy Girl Club which has been commissioned for a double-length second series.
Jessica's credits are numerous, she has appeared on Live at the Apollo, QI, Travel Man, World’s Most Dangerous Roads, Richard Osman's House Of Games, and many more. She is also a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist (podcast with 60 million+ downloads) and host and creator of long-running, chart-topping pod, Hoovering where she's most recently interviewed Joe Lycett, Grace Dent and Jimi Famurewa (recommended in the Guardian and The Independent).
Jessica has co-written and stars in Real Friends, a new special for Sky Shorts and has several scripted projects in development.
As an actor, she’s amassed a slew of impressive credits, including Avoidance (with Romesh Ranganathan), Scrapper, The Trouble With Maggie Cole, Cuckoo (BBC/ Netflix), Motherland, Out of Her Mind, Trigonometry and BAFTA multiple-award winning BBC drama, Three Girls. You can catch her in the feature films, Official Secrets from Gavin Hood and Greed from Michael Winterbottom.
You can also hear her regularly on BBC Radio 4 & 4 Extra on The Comedy Club, Museum of Curiosity, The News Quiz and The Podcast Radio Hour.
LISTINGS:
FEBRUARY
Sunday 18 LEICESTER Y Theatre
Tuesday 20 ANDOVER The Lights
Wednesday 21 BATH Rondo
Thursday 22 READING South Street
Friday 23 ALDERSHOT West End Centre
Saturday 24 WINCHESTER The Arc
MARCH
Friday 1 CAMBRIDGE Junction 2
Saturday 2 NORWICH Playhouse
Monday 4 CARLISLE Old Fire Station
Tuesday 5 EDINBURGH Monkey Barrel
Wednesday 6 GLASGOW The Stand
Thursday 7 ABERDEEN Lemon Tree Studio
Saturday 9 STOCKTON The Arc
Friday 22 BRIGHTON The Old Market
APRIL
Thursday 4 POCKLINGTON Arts Centre
Friday 5 HULL Truck Theatre Studio
Saturday 6 SALFORD The Lowry
Sunday 7 NEWCASTLE The Stand
Thursday 18 GUILDFORD G Live Studio
Friday 19 SOUTHEND Dixon Studio
Wednesday 24 MAIDENHEAD Norden Farm
Saturday 27 CARDIFF Chapter Arts
Sunday 28 PLYMOUTH Quad
MAY
Wednesday 8 SWINDON Arts Centre
Thursday 9 SOUTHAMPTON The Attic
Friday 10 NEW MILTON Forest Arts
Saturday 11 BRIDPORT Arts Centre
Thursday 16 WOLVERHAMPTON Newhampton Arts Centre
Friday 17 LANCASTER The Dukes
Saturday 18 CHORLEY Chorley Theatre
Thursday 23 EXETER Phoenix
Friday 24 CORSHAM Pound Arts Centre
Saturday 25 WELLS Comedy Festival
JUNE
Tuesday 4 COLCHESTER Arts Centre
Friday 7 CANTERBURY Gulbenkian
Sunday 9 BRISTOL Tobacco Factory Theatres
Sunday 18 YORK The Crescent
Wednesday 19 SHEFFIELD Leadmill
Thursday 20 LEEDS City Varieties
Friday 21 LONDON Leicester Square Theatre
Tickets are available from 10am on Friday 27th October from jessicafostekew.com
Picture © Matt Stronge
