LIVERPUDLIAN comedian, actor and best-selling author Alexei Sayle is bringing his revolutionary humour to The Princess Theatre in Burnham-on-Sea.

The 62-year-old will present his hilarious show which features the second volume of his thought-provoking memoirs, Thatcher Stole My Trousers.

Fascinating, funny and entertaining, it is a story of class and comedy, politics and love, fast cars and why it’s hard to foul a dwarf in a game of football.

Alexei will also be reading from his hugely acclaimed first volume Stalin Ate My Homework along with some of his famous short stories.

There will be a chance at the end of the show to have any burning questions answered.

Alexei was a central part of the comedy circuit in the early 1980s, and is regarded by many as the godfather of alternative comedy.

Playing a crucial part in the 1980s alternative comedy scene, Alexei was ranked 17th in Channel 4’s list of the 100 Greatest Stand Ups. But stand-up wasn’t his only skill.

In 1988. he made the acclaimed TV show, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff.

“David Renwick and Andrew Marshall had been keen to work together again,” he explains.

“We devised a mock documentary series incorporating sketches and my technique of doing standup on film, while walking through outside locations in a tight suit. We made a pilot, Alan Yentob head of BBC 2 wasn’t entirely convinced but he showed it to John Loyd producer of Not the NIne O’clock News who urged him to make it. So then we got the go ahead for a series and it cleaned up nearly all the awards that year including Broadcast Press Guild and Royal Television Society.”

Alexei has had many television credits as a writer and performer including The Young Ones, the Emmy award-winning Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, and The All New Alexei Sayle Show. As an actor, Sayle has appeared in a number films, from Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to Gorky Park.

Monday, April 4 at 7.30pm