Gyles Brandreth

Gits and Shiggles comedy presents Gyles Brandreth.

A former Oxford Scholar, President of the Oxford Union and MP for the City of Chester, Gyles Brandreth's career has ranged from being a Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major's government to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London's West End.

A prolific broadcaster, an acclaimed interviewer (principally for the Sunday Telegraph), a novelist, children's author and biographer, he has published two volumes of diaries: Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries ('By far the best political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark's', The Times) and Something Sensational to Read in the Train: The Diary of a Lifetime ('Witty, warm-hearted and deeply poignant', Daily Mail).

His latest Sunday Times best-seller - which reached No 1 on Amazon - is The 7 Secrets of Happiness. His one-man show, Looking for Happiness, won multiple five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe.

As a performer, Gyles Brandreth has been seen in the West End in Zipp! One hundred musicals for less than the price of one at the Duchess Theatre and on tour throughout the UK, and as Malvolio and the Sea Captain inTwelfth Night: The Musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2011/12 he appeared as Lady Bracknell in a new musical version of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Gyles Brandreth has been London correspondent for "Up to the Minute" on CBS News and his books published in the USA include theNew York Times best-seller, The Joy of Lex, as well as The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries (Simon and Schuster) and The 7 Secrets of Happiness (Open Road Media).

'Wildly funny, incredibly indiscreet.' Daily Mail

'Very funny.' Sunday Times.

'A master raconteur.' Sunday Telegraph.

'Absolute joy.' Scotsman.