Stripped is the title of a stand-up comedy tour by Eddie Izzard, and is a continuation of her style of comedy, full of "stream-of-conscious banter and predilection for nonsensical detours and frequent tangents." The tour was performed from 28 April to 9 August 2008 with three "warm-up" dates. It has been called "not only hilarious but quite remarkable." As for the name of the tour, Izzard says she called it Stripped because"The heels got too high on the last two tours. Now I've just gone back to blokey mode, so I've got all this movement back which I couldn't do before. The set is leaner, what I'm wearing is leaner and just focusing on what I'm talking about. I keep talking about God and I come to all these different conclusions. I'm talking about the whole civilization, trying to strip that back, as well. The last 5,000 years we did everything. I put out my idea what we're doing here. I think it's all random. If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan."
Stripped ran for 23 nights at the Lyric Theatre from November to 23 December 2008. The 22 and 23 December dates were recorded for DVD release. From October to December 2009, Izzard took Stripped on tour around the UK—her first UK tour in six years.
In 2010, Izzard performed a limited one-night-only run of Stripped Too in seven American cities. In April and May 2010, Izzard performed Stripped for 13 shows in various Canadian cities as part of her Canadian tour. Izzard performed Stripped Tout en Français in Paris from 15 April to 11 June 2011.
The show also came to Australasia towards the end of 2011, performing several shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December of that year.
Tour dates
DateCityCountryVenueNorth America3 April 2008Santa FeUnited StatesLensic Theater4 April 200815 April 2008ProvidenceVMA Arts & Cultural Center17 April 2008LouisvilleThe Kentucky Center28 April 2008BostonOrpheum Theatre29 April 200830 April 20081 May 2008Washington, D.C.DAR Constitution Hall2 May 20085 May 2008PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Academy of Music6 May 20087 May 20089 May 2008CincinnatiTaft Theatre10 May 2008IndianapolisMurat Shrine13 May 2008ColumbusPalace Theatre15 May 2008ChicagoChicago Theatre16 May 200817 May 200820 May 2008DetroitDetroit Opera House21 May 2008PittsburghBenedum Center22 May 200823 May 2008ClevelandPlayhouse Square Center24 May 200827 May 2008MinneapolisMinneapolis State Theatre28 May 200830 May 2008St. LouisRoberts Orpheum Theater31 May 2008Kansas CityUptown Theater3 June 2008MemphisOrpheum Theatre5 June 2008DallasMajestic Theatre6 June 2008AustinThe Paramount Theatre7 June 20088 June 200810 June 2008HoustonJones Hall11 June 200813 June 2008MiamiJackie Gleason Theater14 June 200817 June 2008TampaTampa Theatre18 June 200820 June 2008NashvilleRyman Auditorium24 June 2008AtlantaCobb Energy Performing Arts Centre25 June 200827 June 2008New York CityRadio City Music Hall28 June 200829 June 200811 July 2008SeattleParamount Theatre12 July 200815 July 2008PortlandKeller Auditorium17 July 2008San FranciscoOrpheum Theatre18 July 200819 July 200822 July 2008PhoenixOrpheum Theatre23 July 200826 July 2008Las VegasPearl Concert Theater29 July 2008DenverParamount Theatre30 July 20081 August 2008San DiegoSpreckels Theater2 August 20085 August 2008Los AngelesKodak Theatre6 August 20087 August 20088 August 20089 August 2008Europe11 November 2008CornwallEnglandHall for Cornwall12 November 2008PorthcawlPorthcawl Grand Pavilion13 November 2008MonmouthThe Blake Theatre14 November 2008LudlowLudlow Assembly Rooms16 November 2008BexhillDe La Warr Pavilion17 November 2008LondonLyric Theatre18 November 200819 November 200820 November 200821 November 200822 November 200823 November 200824 November 200825 November 200826 November 200827 November 200828 November 200829 November 200830 November 20081 December 20082 December 20083 December 20084 December 20085 December 20086 December 20087 December 20088 December 20089 December 200810 December 200811 December 200812 December 200817 December 200818 December 200819 December 200820 December 200821 December 200822 December 200823 December 200826 April 2009Pleasance Islington26 May 2009LancasterLancaster Grand Theatre27 May 2009BurnleyBurnley Mechanics28 May 2009HarrogateHarrogate Theatre29 May 2009WorcesterHuntingdon Hall23 October 2009NottinghamTrent FM Arena24 October 200925 October 2009SheffieldSheffield Arena29 October 2009NewcastleMetro Radio Arena30 October 200931 October 2009LiverpoolEcho Arena Liverpool1 November 20094 November 2009AberdeenScotlandAberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre6 November 2009CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena7 November 2009ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena8 November 200910 November 2009GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre11 November 200917 November 2009BirminghamEnglandNational Indoor Arena18 November 200919 November 2009CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena20 November 200922 November 2009BournemouthEnglandBournemouth International Centre23 November 200926 November 2009EastbourneDevonshire Park Theatre27 November 2009BrightonThe Brighton Centre28 November 200929 November 200930 November 20093 December 2009LondonThe O2 Arena4 December 2009Wembley Arena5 December 20096 December 20097 December 2009The O2 Arena12 December 2009BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena14 December 2009DublinIrelandThe O218 December 2009MalmöSwedenMalmö Arena19 December 2009StockholmHovet20 December 2009GothenburgScandinavium21 December 2009OsloNorwayOslo SpektrumNorth America8 January 2010ChicagoUnited StatesUnited Center9 January 2010St. LouisFox Theatre12 January 2010BostonTD Garden14 January 2010OaklandOracle Arena16 January 2010New York CityMadison Square Garden21 January 2010DallasAmerican Airlines Center29 January 2010Los AngelesNokia Theatre L.A. Live30 January 201030 April 2010TorontoCanadaMassey Hall1 May 20102 May 201010 May 2010WinnipegBurton Cummings Theatre12 May 2010ReginaConexus Arts Centre14 May 2010CalgarySouthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium17 May 2010EdmontonNorthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium20 May 2010VictoriaVictoria Royal Theatre21 May 2010VancouverQueen Elizabeth Theatre22 May 201025 May 2010MontrealThéâtre Saint-Denis28 May 2010OttawaNational Arts Centre30 May 2010TorontoMassey Hall31 May 2010
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