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Sandi shares the joy on stage
Sandi Toksvig returns to the stage with a mission: to spread cheer across Kent. The comedian and QI presenter will be stopping off at two Kent venues to put a smile on everyone’s face after many months of doom and gloom with her new show, Next Slide Please. “I want that sense of joy when we hear people laughing, meeting strangers, having a drink and just being glad to be out for the evening,” says the 63-year-old. “Next Slide Please is about having fun, being silly, doing jokes and enjoying ourselves.”
The TV star struggled with lockdown, particularly being separated from her three children and two grandchildren, and is hoping her new tour can restore feelings of warmth and joy. “That first lockdown Christmas without them was really hard,” she admits. “Much though I adore my wife, I missed the noise and raucous laughter of Christmas.”
Sandi and her wife Debbie, who have been married since 2014 and in a civil partnership several years before that, currently live in London, but also have a second home near Herne Bay. Last year, Sandi also made a trip to Kent to work with Folkestone-born actress Jessica Hynes. The pair stayed at a farmhouse on Sheppey for an episode of Channel 4’s Extraordinary Escapes. Alongside her live show, which is the first since 2019’s sell-out tour,
Sandi has also been busy on screen. She is currently the host of not only Extraordinary Escapes, but also the Great Big Tiny Design Challenge and quizzical panel show QI.
“Next Slide Please will be full of new discoveries, new adventures, new ideas,” says Sandi. “Otherwise you become a dinosaur.”
The show is at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford on Sunday, May 8. Book online.