A COMIC who can tell a joke just by moving his hands is preparing to come to Reading and Maidenhead next year.
Award-winning gagmeister Ray Bradshaw will tour his new show Deaf Com 1.
In it, he will explore the changes to his life since becoming a Dad, including trying to teach his young son to use sign language.
Ray is a CODA – child of a deaf adult – so he has an incentive to tell his son that it’s time to sign.
The show also looks at a trip to Bahrain that was memorable, just not necessarily for the right reasons.
Ray’s sets are always performing in both British Sign Language and English, making them accessible to audiences that might not otherwise get the joke.
His 2018 show, Deaf Comedy Fam, was the first-ever live comedy experience for more than 800 deaf audience members.
Ray received rave reviews for the show, which sold out its run at the Edinburgh Fringe, went on to win the Innovation Award at the Adelaide Fringe 2018 and be nominated for Best Comedy at Perth Fringe.
Since then, he has toured with Doctor Who actor John Bishop, and toured with Frankie Boyle in 2019.
He was the first comedian to ever win a Scottish Culture Award and is a regular host of Scotland’s most popular radio show, Off the Ball.
Ray says: “I’m so excited to be go back out on tour and play all these amazing venues and even go to places I’ve genuinely never heard of.
“If you’ve read this far then it’s legally binding that you have to buy a ticket to the venue closest to you.”
The show comes to South Street on Wednesday, February 15. For tickets, log on to www.whatsonreading.com, or call the box office on 0118 960 6060.
And the Norden Farm date will be Thursday, March 23. For tickets, log on to norden.farm.
For more on the show, log on to www.mcintyre-ents.com
PHIL CREIGHTON
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