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Blumenthal Performing Arts presents

John Oliver Nov. 23, 2013 Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts

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John Oliver

resh off of his eight-week, highhourlong show featuring a hand-picked profile gig as the host of “The selection of his favorite comedians. Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” the Guest headliners have included Marc red-hot John Oliver makes his debut at Maron, Hannibal Buress, Janeane the Knight Theater at Levine Center for Garofalo, Chris Hardwick and Deon the Arts. Cole. Oliver is an Emmy and Writer’s Guild With longtime collaborator Andy awards-winning writer Zaltzman, John co-writes and correspondent and co-presents the on “The Daily Show,” hugely popular weekly which he joined in satirical podcast “The 2006. Since arriving, Bugle.” Its success has he has done everything grown significantly since from interviewing its inception in 2007 U.N. ambassadors and now pulls in over to covering the 500,000 downloads a World Cup in South week. John and Andy Africa to breaking his previously wrote and nose fighting for the starred in three series Confederate States of “The Department” Army. (BBC Radio 4) alongside – The Onion He first came to Chris Addison, as well prominence as a cutting-edge political as two series of the BBC Radio 4 show stand up in the U.K. with a string of “Political Animal,” based on their television appearances and soldout satirical live stand-up comedy show. solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival In John’s rare moments of free time from his debut in 2002. from “The Daily Show,” he continues to Having made the move to America successfully tour the U.S. as a stand-up to work on “The Daily Show,” John comedian. This season he reprises his won the Breakout Award at the Aspen role of Professor Ian Duncan on NBC’s Comedy Festival in 2007 and went on “Community.” Other credits include to write and star in his first hourlong the feature film “The Love Guru,” “The Comedy Central stand-up comedy Smurfs” and “The Smurfs 2.” special “John Oliver: Terrifying Times” in April 2008. Such was its success that John has now hosted three seasons of his own stand-up comedy For more information about Oliver, series for Comedy Central: “John please visit his website at: Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show,” an www.iamjohnoliver.com.

“Oliver is a master storyteller, stringing jokes together so tightly that not a syllable falls out of place.”

“The most intelligent political stand-up you’ll see this year.” – The Times


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THE DOCTOR FAMILY FOUNDATION Education Programs and Student Scholarships

The Lovett Foundation The Arts & Science Council Supports Blumenthal Performing Arts’ 2014 Fiscal Year budget with a Basic Operating Grant in the amount of $312,092.

Blumenthal Performing Arts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.


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