The double British Comedy Award Winner, RTS Winner and BAFTA nominee is back. Inspired by the fantastic audience response to his deconstruction of song lyrics in his "Best Medicine Tour" combined with his fascination with the vagaries of the English Language, this hilarious new show examines many more situations in life where words don't come easy. These include tongue-tied parents explaining the facts of life, ridiculous newspaper stories, magazine poems, pathetic adolescent chat-up lines, weird hospital speak, learning a foreign language and an extended selection of song lyrics that range from the lazy through to the surreal to the ridiculous. Dave Spikey - Word's Don't Come Easy website.| 17 Apr 14 | Caird Hall Dundee Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Dec 13 | The Core at Corby Cube Corby, Northamptonshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Nov 13 | Ironworks Inverness, Highlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Nov 13 | Leicester Square Theatre Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Apr 13 | Brindley Arts Centre Runcorn, Cheshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Apr 13 | Coliseum Theatre Oldham, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Mar 13 | Harrogate Theatre Harrogate, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Mar 13 | The Muni Colne, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Mar 13 | The Arts Centre (Rose Theatre) Ormskirk, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Apr 12 | King George's Hall Blackburn, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Apr 12 | Gala Theatre Durham, County Durham Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 23 Mar 12 | New Theatre Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 16 Mar 12 | Empire Theatre Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 15 Mar 12 | Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Mar 12 | The Auditorium Grimsby, North Lincolnshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Mar 12 | St George's Hall Bradford, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Mar 12 | Opera House Manchester, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Feb 12 | Theatre Royal St Helens, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Dec 11 | Whitley Bay Playhouse Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 27 Nov 11 | Theatre Royal Brighton, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Nov 11 | Dorking Halls Dorking, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 19 Nov 11 | Gracie Fields Theatre Rochdale, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Nov 11 | Southport Theatre at the Waterfront Southport, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Nov 11 | Malvern Theatres Malvern, Worcestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Nov 11 | Empire Theatre Consett, County Durham Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Nov 11 | Civic Hall Wolverhampton, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Oct 11 | Bolton Town Hall Bolton, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Oct 11 | Town Hall Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Oct 11 | Solway Civic Theatre Whitehaven, Cumbria Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 16 Oct 11 | City Varieties Music Hall Leeds, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Oct 11 | Futurist Theatre Scarborough, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Oct 11 | Darlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre) Darlington, County Durham Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Oct 11 | Bedworth Civic Hall Bedworth, Warwickshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Sep 11 | Chorley Theatre Chorley, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 23 Apr 11 | Victoria Theatre Halifax, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 16 Apr 11 | Plaza Theatre Stockport, Cheshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 15 Apr 11 | Theatre Royal Wakefield Wakefield, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Apr 11 | The Lowry Salford, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Apr 11 | William Aston Hall Wrexham Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 15 Mar 11 | Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 5 Mar 11 | Buxton Opera House Buxton, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
