Taskmaster Reveals 2027 International Live Tour Stops in Manchester and Los Angeles

Creators of the hit Channel 4 comedy series Taskmaster have confirmed plans for two live stage events scheduled for 2027.

Taskmaster Live On Stage will feature three celebrity contestants and two audience members competing in a series of challenges set by UK hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne.

The official announcement promised that “There will be very special guests. There will be hitherto-unseen footage. And by goodness there will be tasks,” adding that one participant—potentially an audience member—will depart with the coveted golden head of the Taskmaster.

Taskmaster Live On Stage will take over Manchester’s AO Arena on May 26, 2027, before heading to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on June 22. Tickets go on sale next week on October 14.

“This is one of the maddest moments of my life. For me the Hollywood Bowl means Monty Python and the Manchester Arena means Oasis. Now it’s our turn?! Luckily I’m with my biggest friend Greg so I’m going to be so brave,” Alex Horne said in a statement.

“I am thrilled that my tiny assistant and I are to bring Taskmaster to such illustrious venues,” added Greg Davies. “Whilst on one hand it feels daunting, on the other it feels like destiny. Rest assured my judgements will remain even handed and every effort will be made for everyone to have a good time, except Alex”.

Earlier this year, Davies and Horne toured a live version of Taskmaster around Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and New York, with tickets selling out in 13 minutes.

Taskmaster started life as an Edinburgh Fringe Show before a TV version premiered on Dave in 2015. Channel 4 acquired the show in 2019. So far, 22 seasons of Taskmaster have aired with Channel 4 bosses renewing the show through to season 27 earlier this year. The show, which sees five comedians competing in a series of tasks, also has more than 12 international versions.

“I think our success is down to the playfulness,” Horne told NME in 2024. “We try to release the comedians and make them be themselves. There’s no script and they never know what’s going to happen. We tell them ‘don’t try and be funny, just try and do the task’ so it’s about trusting that people will be entertained by that.”

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