Political comedian Matt Forde to appear at The Apex later this month

In his biggest live tour to date, leading political comedian Matt Forde (pictured above) finds positivity in life – despite all the evidence to the contrary in politics and his own health.

Since launching in 2013, Matt’s “Political Party” podcast has brought Parliament to life through stand-up and lively debate with some of politics’ most powerful figures, including Keir Starmer, Nicola Sturgeon, Tony Blair, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Angela Rayner and Michael Heseltine, and he is due to appear at The Apex, in Bury St Edmunds, later this month.

Following an 18-month hiatus due to his bone cancer diagnosis, the podcast has amassed over 11 million downloads, earned multiple nominations from award bodies including the British Podcast Awards and Chortle Awards, and is regularly featured as a top podcast pick in the press.

The BAFTA and Emmy award-winning satirical “Spitting Image” television series originally ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996.

In 2020 it made a brief return to TV, garnering a 4.4 million audience; Matt Forde wrote and voiced characters including Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, and Donald Trump.

Matt, together with Al Murray, wrote the critically acclaimed stage show “Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical” and returned to |”Spitting Image” this autumn with the YouTube series, “Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t”.

After enduring what he thought was sciatica during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Matt was diagnosed with cancer. A few weeks later he was having the base of his spine removed.

Since learning to walk again, Matt returned to work on his acclaimed “Political Party”, “British Scandal” and “Down The Dog” podcasts, alongside hosting Absolute Radio’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Football Show”.

His final challenge was returning to the stage with “The End of An Era”, which was the best-reviewed show at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe by the British Comedy Guide, before embarking on a successful nationwide tour.

Elsewhere in the world of audio, Matt most recently completed his six-part political comedy series on BBC Radio 4, “The Matt Forde Focus Group”, featuring Matt in conversation with politicians, comedians and subject experts, discussing current issues and the ideas behind them.

Matt hosted four series of “Unspun with Matt Forde” on Dave, receiving several nominations at the Broadcast Digital Awards, and has numerous other broadcast credits including: “Have I Got News For You”, “The Royal Variety Performance”, “Mock The Week”, “8 out of 10 Cats”, “Question Time” and “Newsnight”.

Matt Forde is at The Apex on Friday, May 22, at 7.30pm.

See www.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for more information, or to book tickets.