Stripped (tour)

Stripped
Video by Eddie Izzard
Released	23 November 2009
Recorded	Lyric Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Length	104 minutes
Label	Universal Pictures
Director	Sarah Townsend
Eddie Izzard chronology
Sexie (2003) Stripped (2009) Force Majeure (2013)

Stripped is the title of a stand-up comedy tour by Eddie Izzard, and is a continuation of his style of comedy, full of "stream-of-conscious banter and predilection for nonsensical detours and frequent tangents."^[1] The tour was performed from 28 April to 9 August 2008 with three "warm-up" dates.^[2] It has been called "not only hilarious but quite remarkable."^[3] As for the name of the tour, Izzard says he called it Stripped because

"The heels got too high on the last two tours. Now I've just gone back to blokey mode, so I've got all this movement back which I couldn't do before. The set is leaner, what I'm wearing is leaner and just focusing on what I'm talking about. I keep talking about God and I come to all these different conclusions. I'm talking about the whole civilization, trying to strip that back, as well. The last 5,000 years we did everything. I put out my idea what we're doing here. I think it's all random. If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan."^[4]

Stripped ran for 23 nights at the Lyric Theatre from November to 23 December 2008.^[5] The 22 and 23 December dates were recorded for DVD release. From October to December 2009, Izzard took Stripped on tour around the UK—his first UK tour in six years.^[6]

In 2010, Izzard performed a limited one-night-only run of Stripped Too in seven American cities. In April and May 2010, Izzard performed Stripped for 13 shows in various Canadian cities as part of his Canadian tour.^[7] Izzard performed Stripped Tout en Français in Paris from 15 April to 11 June 2011.^[8][9]

The show also came to Australasia towards the end of 2011, performing several shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December of that year.

Tour dates

Stripped Tour

Tour by Eddie Izzard
Start date	April 3, 2008
End date	May 31, 2010
Legs	3
No. of shows	84 in North America 78 in Europe 162 in Total

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
April 3, 2008^[A]	Santa Fe	United States	Lensic Theater
April 4, 2008^[A]
April 15, 2008^[A]	Providence		VMA Arts & Cultural Center
April 17, 2008^[A]	Louisville		The Kentucky Center
April 28, 2008	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
April 29, 2008
April 30, 2008
May 1, 2008	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
May 2, 2008
May 5, 2008	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Academy of Music
May 6, 2008
May 7, 2008
May 9, 2008	Cincinnati		Taft Theatre
May 10, 2008	Indianapolis		Murat Shrine
May 13, 2008	Columbus		Palace Theatre
May 15, 2008	Chicago		Chicago Theatre
May 16, 2008
May 17, 2008
May 20, 2008	Detroit		Detroit Opera House
May 21, 2008	Pittsburgh		Benedum Center
May 22, 2008
May 23, 2008	Cleveland		Playhouse Square Center
May 24, 2008
May 27, 2008	Minneapolis		Minneapolis State Theatre
May 28, 2008
May 30, 2008	St. Louis		Roberts Orpheum Theater
May 31, 2008	Kansas City		Uptown Theater
June 3, 2008	Memphis		Orpheum Theatre
June 5, 2008	Dallas		Majestic Theatre
June 6, 2008	Austin		The Paramount Theatre
June 7, 2008
June 8, 2008
June 10, 2008	Houston		Jones Hall
June 11, 2008
June 13, 2008	Miami		Jackie Gleason Theater
June 14, 2008
June 17, 2008	Tampa		Tampa Theatre
June 18, 2008
June 20, 2008	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
June 24, 2008	Atlanta		Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
June 25, 2008
June 27, 2008	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
June 28, 2008
June 29, 2008
July 11, 2008	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
July 12, 2008
July 15, 2008	Portland		Keller Auditorium
July 17, 2008	San Francisco		Orpheum Theatre
July 18, 2008
July 19, 2008
July 22, 2008	Phoenix		Orpheum Theatre
July 23, 2008
July 26, 2008	Las Vegas		Pearl Concert Theater
July 29, 2008	Denver		Paramount Theatre
July 30, 2008
August 1, 2008	San Diego		Spreckels Theater
August 2, 2008
August 5, 2008	Los Angeles		Kodak Theatre
August 6, 2008
August 7, 2008
August 8, 2008
August 9, 2008
Europe
November 11, 2008^[A]	Cornwall	England	Hall for Cornwall
November 12, 2008^[A]	Porthcawl		Porthcawl Grand Pavilion
November 13, 2008^[A]	Monmouth		The Blake Theatre
November 14, 2008^[A]	Ludlow		Ludlow Assembly Rooms
November 16, 2008^[A]	Bexhill		De La Warr Pavilion
November 17, 2008	London		Lyric Theatre
November 18, 2008
November 19, 2008
November 20, 2008
November 21, 2008
November 22, 2008
November 23, 2008
November 24, 2008
November 25, 2008
November 26, 2008
November 27, 2008
November 28, 2008
November 29, 2008
November 30, 2008
December 1, 2008
December 2, 2008
December 3, 2008
December 4, 2008
December 5, 2008
December 6, 2008
December 7, 2008
December 8, 2008
December 9, 2008
December 10, 2008
December 11, 2008
December 12, 2008
December 17, 2008
December 18, 2008
December 19, 2008
December 20, 2008
December 21, 2008
December 22, 2008
December 23, 2008
April 26, 2009^[A]	London		Pleasance Islington
May 26, 2009^[A]	Lancaster		Lancaster Grand Theatre
May 27, 2009^[A]	Burnley		Burnley Mechanics
May 28, 2009^[A]	Harrogate		Harrogate Theatre
May 29, 2009^[A]	Worcester		Huntingdon Hall
October 23, 2009	Nottingham		Trent FM Arena
October 24, 2009
October 25, 2009	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
October 29, 2009	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
October 30, 2009
October 31, 2009	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool
November 1, 2009
November 4, 2009	Aberdeen	Scotland	Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 6, 2009	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
November 7, 2009	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
November 8, 2009
November 10, 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 11, 2009
November 17, 2009	Birmingham	England	National Indoor Arena
November 18, 2009
November 19, 2009	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
November 20, 2009
November 22, 2009	Bournemouth	England	Bournemouth International Centre
November 23, 2009
November 26, 2009	Eastbourne		Devonshire Park Theatre
November 27, 2009	Brighton		The Brighton Centre
November 28, 2009
November 29, 2009
November 30, 2009
December 3, 2009	London		The O2 Arena
December 4, 2009			Wembley Arena
December 5, 2009
December 6, 2009
December 7, 2009			The O2 Arena
December 12, 2009	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
December 14, 2009	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
December 18, 2009	Malmö	Sweden	Malmö Arena
December 19, 2009	Stockholm		Hovet
December 20, 2009	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
December 21, 2009	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
North America
January 8, 2010	Chicago	United States	United Center
January 9, 2010	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
January 12, 2010	Boston		TD Garden
January 14, 2010	Oakland		Oracle Arena
January 16, 2010	New York City		Madison Square Garden
January 21, 2010	Dallas		American Airlines Center
January 29, 2010	Los Angeles		Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
January 30, 2010
April 30, 2010	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
May 1, 2010
May 2, 2010
May 10, 2010	Winnipeg		Burton Cummings Theatre
May 12, 2010	Regina		Conexus Arts Centre
May 14, 2010	Calgary		Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 17, 2010	Edmonton		Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 20, 2010	Victoria		Victoria Royal Theatre
May 21, 2010	Vancouver		Queen Elizabeth Theatre
May 22, 2010
May 25, 2010	Montreal		Théâtre Saint-Denis
May 28, 2010	Ottawa		National Arts Centre
May 30, 2010	Toronto		Massey Hall
May 31, 2010

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