Ricky Gervais has announced that he is to add a string of London dates to his forthcoming "Politics " stand-up tour.  Last month he announced the twelve-date tour, which will include dates in cities such as Newcastle, York, Oxford, Glasgow and Birmingham.  He had previously refused to do a tour outside London claiming "My last live show was in the nearest theatre to my flat.  If I did a big tour I'd probably net about £5 million and it would be the worst six weeks of my life."

However, the Office star has now extended the national tour to include more dates that are indeed much closer to his flat.  He will be playing the Bloomsbury Theatre between May 24th-29th.  This is the same venue where his recent 'Animals' DVD was filmed.

Tickets are on sale now prriced at £25, and can be purchased at www.thebloomsbury.com