Preview: Jonny & the Baptists at Arts Centre Washington

JONNY & THE BAPTISTS THE WORLD IS A MESS. HERE ARE SOME SONGS.

Jonny & the Baptists

Arts Centre Washington

Friday 27 April 2018

Photo: Jon Davis

It’s very hard to tour topical material these days. For musical comedy satirists Jonny & the Baptists, it’s been a real nightmare. Every time they try to write something silly about the world, the world does something even sillier.

Photo: Steve Best

Either way, this spring they’re heading out on tour with lots of new songs (and some old ones) to try to make sense of the mess.

A riotous new tour playing limited dates, from the multi-award-nominated musical comedians – live circuit favourites, Radio 4 regulars and stars of the BBC’s Live at Television Centre.

Photo: Anna Soderblom

The show comes after another stellar year for the satirical rockers, including two sell-out tours as part of political comedy-music supergroup Lefty Scum, releasing brand new album ‘Songs for the Apocalypse’ and touring wtih a full band, transferring their Christmas show Thirty Christmases to London and their last full-length show Eat The Poor playing a 50-date nationwide tour. Alongside, Donahoe’s hit one-man show Every Brilliant Thing was broadcast as an HBO TV Special and released on Sky Arts in May 2017.

Tickets:
Jonny & the Baptists: The World is a Mess, Here are Some Songs, comes to Arts Centre Washington on Friday 27 April, 7.30pm.  Tickets are £10 and are available for www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or by calling 0191 561 3455.