From Footlights to Bake Off, comedy great Perkins has tales to tell
One-half of comedy duo Mel and Sue, Great British Bake Off presenter and all-round funny lady Sue Perkins arrives in Cambridge on 16 February for a spot of stand-up at the Corn Exchange. The show is based on her best-selling memoir Spectacles, which charts her life, successes, tragedies and failures in typically self-effacing, ceaselessly charming style. No damp squibs or soggy bottoms here, the Independent on Sunday described the book as “Warm, crisp and beautifully layered – like its author, Spectacles is a complete delight.”
In this live version, you can expect sparkling wit, tall tales and a ‘user’s guide to Mary Berry’, laden with plenty of anecdotes about her time as a beloved fixture on our nation’s TV screens.
It’s something of a homecoming show for Perkins, who studied at Cambridge University and served as president of the Footlights.
Catch her doing her thing at 7.30pm; tickets are £26.25.
