Comedian Michael McIntyre returning to SA for 2 shows

Cape Town - Britain's biggest comedian Michael McIntyre is going global with his Big World Tour.

Michael returns to South Africa in 2018 with two shows - one in Cape Town at Grand Arena, GrandWest on Friday 19 January and The TicketPro Dome in Johannesburg on Saturday 20 January.

Michael will be performing in arenas across the UK and Ireland as well as revisiting Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and Norway and heading to America, Canada, Switzerland, Iceland, Sweden, Malta and the Netherlands for the first time.

In the UK, Michael has performed three arena tours selling over 1.5 million tickets, including a record 28 times at London's 16 000 capacity O2 Arena where he was awarded the keys to the venue along with Prince, Take That and One Direction.

Around the world, Michael has previously sold out arenas in New Zealand, Australia and Dubai and holds the record for the biggest selling comedy shows in South Africa and Norway.

Michael currently presents his own television show Michael McIntyre's Big Show on BBC1. 

The last series averaged over 6.5 million viewers and recently received two BAFTA nominations.

Tour itinerary:

Cape Town
Date: 19 January 2018
Venue: GrandWest Arena, Cape Town

Johannesburg
Date: 20 January 2018
Venue: The TicketPro Dome, Johannesburg

Tickets for the South African dates, from R475 are on sale now at Computicket or by calling 083 915 8000.