‘INCURABLE OPTIMIST’ PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER HEADING TO TRINITY THEATRE IN SEPTEMBER

Co-writer of The Vicar of Dibley, Paul Mayhew-Archer, is to host a comedy evening at Trinity Theatre in September. Paul produced several series of the Radio 4 classic I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and co-wrote, with Richard Curtis, the multi-award-winning and much-loved sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley. Some 14 years ago, Paul was told he had Parkinson’s and he decided to carry on laughing. He started making jokes about his condition at fundraising events at The Royal Albert Hall and London’s Comedy Store. Later he made an award-winning BBC documentary Parkinson’s: The Funny Side, and in 2023 he and 5 friends with Parkinson’s – the BBC presenters Jeremy Paxman, Rory Cellan-Jones, Mark Mardell and Gillian Lacey-Solymar, and Judge Nick Mostyn – got together to make a podcast called Movers and Shakers. It has become more popular and influential than any of them thought possible and won the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Podcast of The Year Award. Paul travels around the country performing his one-man show Incurable Optimist. It’s a show full of funny stories about his career and his condition and he does it to raise awareness of Parkinson’s, to raise money for local Parkies and because he absolutely loves hearing people laugh. The show gets underway at 19:30 on Thursday 5th September. Doors open 18:45 events ends approximately 21:40. Book online at: ticketsource.co.uk/trinitytheatre