PREVIEW

Stephen K Amos: Bread and Circuses, The Lights, Andover

A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED, uplifting stand-up comedian and broadcaster will be in Andover performing tonight (Friday).

Stephen K Amos is on the road with his brand new tour, Bread and Circuses, and the whole shebang stops at The Lights this evening with the show getting underway at 8pm.

His main aim is to cheer us up, for a moment, and try to help us forget what a mess the world finds itself in right now.

Brexit. Trump. No more Mary Berry on the Great British Bake Off.

Things are looking bleak, so wouldn’t it be better to just forget all about it?

Comic maestro Stephen K Amos might not be able to provide bread to the hungry masses, but no one else is going to put on a better circus.

Leave your problems behind for the evening in the company of the ‘effusively charming’ Amos and who knows? Maybe the world will seem just a little bit brighter.

After all, when Ancient Rome needed to distract itself from politics, a few solutions were suggested, but none hit the spot quite like the simple idea of giving the people cheap food and plentiful entertainment – ‘panem et circenses’ or ‘bread and circuses’.

Our circuses might no longer involve gladiator fights to the death, but the same principle applies, according to Amos.

Modern politics is a confusing mess, so no one can blame you for giving it a miss in favour of a night of laughs!

Of Bread and Circuses, The Times said: “Deliciously deft…we roared at ad-libbing that was first rate throughout…you’ll leave the show smiling.”

Tickets to show cost £17.50 and availability can be checked by calling the box office on 01264 368368 or by visiting thelights.org.uk.