Make a date with Griff Rhys Jones

‘The jokes come faster than the rapids on the River Tay’ – The Guardian

Comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter Griff Rhys Jones is set to embark on a national stand-up tour this autumn with the second leg of his sell-out 2024 show ‘The Cat’s Pyjamas’. Sharing witty observations and rambling comic stories, Griff’s funny anecdotes have covered an astonishingly diverse range of subjects: from TV travel, his childhood, Welsh family, age, fraud, late night trains and nostalgia to the TikTok generation, crocodile smuggling, and opal noodling in Australia.

Questions and improvised interaction with the audience mean the show varies from night to night. And takes him from adventures, holidays, dog sitting, burning boats, drink and anger-management, to meetings with rock celebrities and royalty. Wherever his associations wander.

‘The Cat’s Pyjamas’ follows Griff’s successful tours: “Jones and Smith”, “Where Was I?” which saw him play to capacity crowds across the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and his pre-Covid longest and biggest yet: ‘All Over The Place’.

Griff is widely know for Not the Nine O’Clock News, Smith and Jones. Restoration, It’ll be Alright on the Night and multiple arts and travel documentaries, including Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip, Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip & Griff’s Canadian Adventure: a critical and ratings success for Channel 4.

Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in Smith and Jones / BBC Two

Listings Information 2025:

Tue 9 Sep       Radlett: Centre

Sun 14 Sep     Diss: Corn Hall

Sun 12 Oct      New Brighton: Floral Pavilion

Tue 14 Oct      Shrewsbury: Theatre Severn

Wed 15 Oct     Richmond: Theatre

Fri 17 Oct        Wrexham: William Aston Hall

Fri 24 Oct        Eastbourne: Devonshire Theatre

Sat 24 Oct       Plymouth: Quad Theatre

Sun 26 Oct      Taunton: Brewhouse

Sat 1 Nov        Bury St Edmunds: Apex

Sun 2 Nov       Malvern: Theatre

Mon 3 Nov      Bury St Edmunds: Apex 

Thu 6 Nov       Turo: Hall For Cornwall

Sat 8 Nov        Reading: Concert Hall

Sun 9 Nov       Dorking: Halls

Tue 11 Nov     Basingstoke: Haymarket

Wed 12 Nov    Windsor: Theatre Royal   

Thurs 13 Nov  Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre  

Fri 14 Nov       Lowestoft: Marina Theatre   

Sun 16 Nov     Buxton: Opera House   

Wed 19 Nov    Exmouth: Pavilion   

Thu 20 Nov     Poole: Lighthouse (Theatre)    

Fri 21 Nov       Southampton: MAST

Sat 22 Nov      Launceston: Town Hall 

Wed 26 Nov    Cheltenham: Town Hall