Michael Palin is heading out on tour for a 13-date run in support of his upcoming book ‘There and Back'.
The ‘There and Back – The Diary Tour 2024' will bring the book, which is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on 26th September 2024, to life. It begins on 15th September in Norwich and then Palin will travel to cities across the UK before bringing the run to a close at London's Cadogan Hall on 15th October.
10 years since his last published diary, Palin unlocks volume four of his life and times, from 1999 to 2009. As the centuries change and Palin heads into middle age, he’s busier than ever. In this new show, with the help of rarely seen photos and video, Palin brings these momentous times to life as he talks through this latest Diary to take us backstage on this most productive decade of his life, whilst always, in the background, showing us the wider world, one of infinite possibilities and new and unimagined dangers.
He takes on four new travel series, and a wide variety of documentaries from art and artists to the last day of the First World War. He watches his family grow and expand at a time of ominous new threats and dangers. The Twin Towers fall, bombs blast London, banks collapse, whole economies teeter on the brink. Tony Blair offers hope with the Good Friday agreement, then embroils us in Iraq.
Palin enters his 60s, and finds grown-up responsibilities come his way. By the end of this diary, he's in his first year as President of the Royal Geographical Society. His diary reflects his constant struggle against routine and repetition, and his irresistible and often nerve-shredding attraction to new challenges. Some work, some don't, but by the end of this volume he's reached the retirement age of 65. And he's planning a new journey.
Announcing the tour, Palin says: “In ‘There and Back – The Diary Tour 2024', I’ll bring to life the fourth collection of my diaries and the first to be released for 10 years. Lots of fun as I go through the Noughties, and some dark times too. I constantly surprise myself with the sheer amount I took on.”
The run of dates is:
| DATE | CITY | VENUE |
| 15th September | Norwich | Theatre Royal |
| 18th September | Guildford | G Live |
| 21st September | Brighton | Theatre Royal |
| 23rd September | Southsea | Kings Theatre |
| 25th September | Cambridge | Corn Exchange |
| 28th September | Coventry | Warwick Arts Centre |
| 3rd October | York | Grand Opera House |
| 4th October | Bradford | The Alhambra |
| 6th October | Edinburgh | Queen’s Hall |
| 7th October | Dundee | Whitehall Theatre |
| 8th October | Glasgow | Pavilion Theatre |
| 13th October | Chesterfield | Winding Wheel |
| 15th October | London | Cadogan Hall |
Tickets are sale now at TheMichaelPalin.com.
