Richard Ayoade - Afterthoughts

Richard Ayoade is coming to the Swansea Building Society Arena on Sunday 21 February 2027, with a live show built around his latest book, Afterthoughts, or Some Pistachios Won't Open: Wisdom for the Unreflective. If you've read it, you'll know the book is a collection of more than 500 of his own notions, and the show draws on that material for its set.

Most of us know Ayoade from the screen. He's a BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, director and writer, and his face is probably more familiar than his name to some. He was the photographer in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, the one who delivers the line 'Please, Mer Sellers, can I get a shot of you and your mum?'. He starred in The IT Crowd, directed the acclaimed films Submarine and The Double, and has hosted TV shows like Travel Man and The Crystal Maze. He's also lent his nasal voice to The Boxtrolls, Early Man, Soul and *The Bad Guys'.

This is a comedy show, so the focus is on the live performance rather than the acting or directing. It runs for one hour and fifty minutes with an interval, and the age guidance is 16+ at the discretion of a parent or guardian. If you're taking someone younger, that's a call for you to make. The date is Sunday 21 February 2027, at the Swansea Building Society Arena.