A TOP-RATED comedian who was set to bring his act to the stage in Basingstoke this weekend has been forced to postpone the event after testing positive for Covid.

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Nish Kumar was due bring his new live show, Your Power, Your Control, to The Anvil on Sunday, March 27.

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However, the venue has today announced that it will now take place on September 9.

A spokesperson for the tour company said: "We are so sad to say that Nish is still testing positive for COVID so we are not able to safely go ahead with the show on Sunday.

"Huge apologies for any inconvenience caused but Nish hopes you can join him for the new date on Friday 9th September."

The tour started in Hull on February 2 and has received rave reviews.

Internationally famed meme Nish has achieved huge success on the stand-up circuit with five rave reviewed solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, two of which have been nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show in both 2015 and 2016.

He is regularly seen on shows such as Taskmaster (Dave), Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), QI (BBC), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), The John Bishop Show (BBC One), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Russell Howard’s Stand-Up Central, Drunk History and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two).

Nish also released a Netflix special as part of the Comedians of The World series, and he appeared alongside fellow comic Joel Dommett in 12-part travelogue Joel & Nish vs The World for Comedy Central. Nish created two series of his own topical show for BBC Radio 4, Spotlight Tonight, as well as previously hosting both The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4) and Newsjack (BBC Radio 4 Extra), which won the Rose d’Or for Radio Comedy when he hosted. In 2020, Nish created and starred in new short-form series Hello America for Quibi.

Tickets are still on sale at: nishkumar.co.uk.