Stephen Merchant Tickets

Stephen Merchant is one man who excels at genuinely unleashing his comedic side. Known for his award-winning and career defining sitcoms The Office, Extras and The Ricky Gervais Show, he is back with some great stand-up comedy acts, live! He is not only a world class comedian but has also left a mark with his works as a director, actor, writer and a radio presenter. His career as a stand-up comedian started in the late 1990s and has since been entertaining his fans to the maximum. So buy Stephen Merchant tickets to witness him live as he lets his personality shine through on the stage.
 
Before starting his career as a stand-up comedian, Stephen Merchant made his presence known as a radio performer for a long time; The Ricky Gervais Show(radio form), Steve Show, Songs for the Ladies, Make Ricky Gervais laugh and Hip Hop Hooray  are among his highlights on the radio. It was a chance meeting with Ricky Gervias in 1997 that led Stephen achieve the pinnacle of fame as the two paired up to come up with a ground-breaking sitcom called The Office. The duo produced another sitcom called Golden Years, but it was The Office that caught public attention. Thus, in 2001 BBC Two broadcast the first series of the show, with equal contributions by both in terms of writing and directing the show. Later the twosome continued hosting the The Ricky Gervais Show until they started working on the second series of The Office. In 2002 the second series aired and was deemed a success, as opposed to the first season which could not attain as much popularity. Furthermore its recognition helped Stephen Merchant carve a niche as a successful and regarded writer and director.
 
In addition to that, the skyrocketing success of The Office also established him as an actor as his cameos in the series were widely appreciated. Moreover it led to an invitation to further contribute to other comedy shows as an actor; Dark Place and Green Wing being the best exemplifications of it. Stephen Merchant also played an integral part in the sitcom Nathan Barley as a script associate. The same year the popularity and the status of The Office got a further boost as it garnered worldwide critical acclaim. It later wound up collecting a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series-Musical or Comedy, which both Stephan Merchant and Ricky Gervais were honored with. Adding to the success was the weekly podcast, The Ricky Gervais Show. Emerging in December 2005, the show secured a place in the Guinness World Records for being the most popular in the world and the most downloaded show of all time.
 
The year of 2005 received the duo with open arms as their sitcom Extras amassed critical acclaim and panned out to be another feather in Stephen Merchant's cap. Owing to his display of brilliant acting skills, it fetched him a British Comedy Award for Best TV Actor. In 2007 he hosted The Steve Show as a radio performer, which aired on BBC 6Music every Sunday. One of the reasons behind the show's huge success was that it was not the typical run of the mill sort of show. Stephen Merchant had come up with a cutting-edge idea of delivering "new music" to the listeners. The show ended in 2009 with four seasons to its credit. He has also been part of other ventures, films and television in particular. His cameos in the films; Hot Fuzz, Tooth Fairy, The Invention of Lying, Run Fatboy Run have been thoroughly enjoyed by his fans.
 
He has also been of paramount importance to the television as An Idiot Abroad, Hall Pass and Life's Too Short are some of his talked about shows. Altogether, Stephen Merchant has won three BAFTA Awards, four British Comedy Awards, two Golden Globes, one Prime Time Emmy Award for his utterly popular series. Moreover, he has also been recognized for his outstanding television work with two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and a Writer's Guild of America Award.  If you are considering witnessing a quirky, out-of-the-box standup comedy, then buying Stephen Merchant tickets is worth the purchase!