French and Saunders: Still Alive! is a 2008 tour by comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. They performed in the UK in February - May in 2008 and were at Drury Lane, London for a month. The tour continued to Australia in mid-2009. There were many positive reviews for the UK leg of the tour, yet most reviews on the Australian leg were poor and negative. The first leg of the show concluded in May 2008. The show ended 9 November, in London. Previously they have toured their comedy act / sketch show very rarely, with UK tours in 1990 & 2000.
Dawn Roma French is a British actress, writer, comedian and presenter from Holyhead, Wales. She is best known for starring in and writing for the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with comedy partner Jennifer Saunders and for playing the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. French has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and also won a BAFTA Fellowship with Jennifer Saunders.
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won three BAFTAs, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a People's Choice Award.
Drury Lane is a street on the eastern boundary of the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster.
The current[when?] tour contains a selection of their favourite sketches, as well as new material written specifically for the tour. The show was directed by Hamish McColl, set design by Lez Brotherstone, lighting, video and visual effects by Willie Williams.
Sketch List
Act 1
Video Introduction - Grannies Go To The Show
The White Room
The Doctor
The Future
Family
Contreception
Dawn's Chocolate Hunt
Video Interlude - Madonna
White Room - Madonna
Video Interlude - Prickly Pear Farm
In Court
Video Interlude - Those Lucky Bitches, Joan and Jackie Collins!
Grannies (Born To Be Wild)
Grannies Go To Dancing (Video Transition)
Strictly Come Dancing
Act 2
Ab Fab
Memories - Cassie Broadway
Video Interlude - What Ever Happened To Baby Dawn?
Bideford Girls
Video Interlude - Jennifer Has A Marlene Day
Boarding School
Video Interlude - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Geraldine Visits
So Called 'Goddess of Comedy'
Thank You For The Music
Video Outro - French and Saunders Over The Years
Encore
Fat Dick Men3
Tour dates
Leg 1: United Kingdom 2008
•28 February - Blackpool •1 March - Blackpool
•4 March - Manchester •5 March - Manchester •6 March - Manchester •7 March - Manchester •8 March - Manchester
•11 March - Sheffield
•12 March - Newcastle upon Tyne •13 March - Newcastle upon Tyne
•14 March - Edinburgh •15 March - Edinburgh
•18 March - Glasgow •19 March - Glasgow
•20 March - Sunderland
•21 March - Aberdeen
•22 March - Newcastle upon Tyne
•25 March - Brighton •26 March - Brighton
•27 March - Sheffield
•28 March - Ipswich •29 March - Ipswich
•1 April - Plymouth •2 April - Plymouth
•3 April - Nottingham •4 April - Nottingham •5 April - Nottingham
•7 April - Bournemouth
•9 April - Cardiff •10 April - Cardiff •11 April - Cardiff •12 April - Cardiff
•14 April - Southampton •15 April - Southampton
•16 April - Liverpool •17 April - Liverpool
•18 April - Harrogate
•19 April - Llandeilo
•21 April - Birmingham •22 April - Birmingham •23 April - Birmingham •24 April - Birmingham •25 April - Birmingham •26 April - Birmingham
•27 April - Bristol •28 April - Bristol •29 April - Bristol •20 April - Bristol
•2 May - Portsmouth
•3 May - Bournemouth
•5 May - Oxford •6 May - Oxford •7 May - Oxford
Leg 2: Australia 2009
•25 June - Newcastle •26 June - Newcastle
•27 June - Canberra
•1 July - Sydney •2 July - Sydney •3 July - Sydney •4 July - Sydney •5 July - Sydney •6 July - Sydney •8 July - Sydney •9 July - Sydney
•11 July - Brisbane •12 July - Brisbane •13 July - Brisbane
•15 July - Melbourne •16 July - Melbourne •17 July - Melbourne •18 July - Melbourne •19 July - Melbourne •20 July - Melbourne
•23 July - Perth •24 July - Perth •25 July - Perth
•28 July - Adelaide •29 July - Adelaide
Additional notes
•Two shows were performed on 4 July in Sydney. •Two shows were performed on 12 July in Brisbane. •Two shows were performed on 18 July in Melbourne, both shows at different venues. •On 23 July in Perth, the show was performed at a different venue. •Two shows were performed on 28 July in Adelaide, both shows at different venues.
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