MANIC merrymaker Lee Evans shows no sign of slowing up as tickets go on sale this morning for a five-night run at the BIC in August next year.

Having played to more than a million fans in recent years with arena shows such as Wired and Wonderful, XL and Big, Lee is bringing his most ambitious stand-up show to date to the BIC’s Windsor Hall from August 25 to 29, 2011.

Although he’s remaining tight-lipped about exactly what the new show, Roadrunner, will feature, it’s sure to be propelled by his breathless energy, uncanny observations and winning delivery. Lee’s last tour, the 59-date arena jaunt for Big in 2008, saw him sell out his first show at London’s 02 Arena in just 60 minutes, making it the UK’s biggest solo live comedy gig ever at that time. This broke his own previous record from 2005 at the MEN arena, where he played to more than 10,000 people.

The subsequent DVD release for Big – Live at the O2 broke all previous stand-up DVD sales records when it sold a staggering 259,399 during its first week.