FOLLOWING the publication of his autobiography, Only When I Laugh, and over a decade of sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Paul Merton will take to the road again in 2015 with his world renowned Impro Chums.

The tour includes Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre on April 25 and Anvil Arts, Basingstoke on May 12.

Paul, above, and his Impro Chums – Mike McShane, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch and Suki Webster – take suggestions from the audience and spin them into comedy gold, weaving fun and laughter together into a richly hilarious mesh of jollity.

Every show is a new adventure.

Paul Merton is a founder member of The Comedy Store Players and still appears at the Comedy Store most Sundays. He is a regular guest on Radio 4’s Just A Minute and is an established face on TV shows such as the hugely popular Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (BBC4/2), Paul Merton’s Birth of Hollywood (BBC 2) and his travel series for Channel Five, Paul Merton’s Adventures which covered his travels in India, China and Europe. His recent autobiography, Only When I Laugh reached the Sunday Times bestseller Top 10.

Mike Mcshane has appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Little Shop of Horrors and Stephen Sondheims’ Assassins and his TV work includes Doctor Who and the new M Night Shyamalan joint, Wayward Pines.

Lee Simpson became a member of the Comedy Store Players in 1989. He is artistic director of Improbable, one of the country’s foremost theatre companies and along with Richard Vranch he wrote and performed on Paul Merton – The Tour and Paul Merton – The Palladium, he also directed Paul Merton – And This is Me.

Richard Vranch improvises and writes comedy, and he does voiceovers for adverts and documentaries. Dr Vranch has appeared on Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox, and he is half of the science/hula-hoop act Dr Hula.

Suki Webster is a regular guest of The Comedy Store Players and has toured the world with Paul Merton and his Impro Chums.

For more information visit paulmerton.com comedystoreplayers.com.