...cont'd

1997

The League Against Tedium had his own six part series on BBC Radio One.

In August, The League Against Tedium hosted Cluub Zarathustra, 'the most original and inventive cabaret you will ever see." (The Sunday Times) at The Edinburgh Festival. Taking artistic control to the extreme, audiences were made to weare dunces caps, were disinfected with spray guns, humiliated, parodied and finally forced out of the auditorium by the spectacle of the entire cast, which included Stewart Lee, Julian Barratt, Sally Phillips and Kevin Eldon, dribbling onto the stage.

1998

Following his Australian success in 1996, Simon was invited to perform a three-week run at The Melbourne Comedy Festival as The League Against Tedium.

The League Against Tedium sold out three weeks at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival. The show was recieved with out-right critical acclaim.

In December, following the sell-out success of his '98 Edinburgh show The League Against Tedium performed three nights at The ICA. Incorporating an operatic device with a repertoire that included a ballad about the Corby 5000 Electric Trouser Press, computer animation and live televisual images.

1999

The League Against Tedium was invited back to the 1999 Melbourne Comedy Festival for a three-week run in April, follwing his last appearance in 1998.

Following the success of his first London ICA shows, The League Against Teidum took up residence at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith for his first ever London run. Running for three weeksthe show was met with critical acclaim (again), one reviewer demanding that he be appointed the BBC's next direcor general.

Simon's first TV show, FuturTV was broadcast on UK Play (now BBC3), throughout June. The 13 x 15 minute one-man show proved beyond all doubt that The League Against Tedium is the future of television.

In August, UK Play broadcast Either Or, a 13 x 30 minute game show written and presented by The League Against Tedium. The League was also nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival.

In October, The League Against Tedium performed a three-week run of his Perrier nominated Edinburgh show, I Am TV, at London's ICA.

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