Eddie Izzard made his stand up debut in London's West End in 1993 at the Ambassador's Theatre. The show originally had a 4 week run, which was extended twice due to the popularity of the performance. Later released on video, titled "Live at the Ambassadors", the show lead to Izzard being invited to the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, a British Comedy Award for "Top Stand Up Comedian", and an Olivier Award nomination for "Outstanding Achievement. Live at the Ambassadors was Izzard's first video, which for many years was out of production and very difficult to come by. However, it is available on CD from the official Eddie Izzard website, where it is pointed out that this perfomenace will "never be released on DVD". Unlike Izzard's subsequent releases (Unrepeatable in 1994, Definite Article in 1996, Glorious in 1997, Dress to Kill in 1998, Circle in 2002 and Sexie in 2003), the show was not recorded in a single take, and was instead filmed over a number of nights with the best parts being edited together in post-production (as is clearly visible by Izzard's changing hairstyle). Fans and critics alike recognise the change in Izzard's comedy over the years; Live at the Ambassadors is an example of Izzard's very early and less refined style of stand up. His bizarre sense of humour has remained the same throughout performances, and various themes and ideas that can be seen in later recordings can be identified in Live at the Ambassadors.
BBC2 documentary of Eddie Izzard's first foray into world touring. Beginning in his "hometown" of Eastbourne and and culminating in his month long show in the East village of New York, Izzard travels to Paris (his first, unsuccessful French language show,) Copenhagen, Reykjavik, and Stockholm.
A number of words derived from the alphabet making a sentence in which to try and explain Eddie Izzard. Make of it what you will. The DVD was filmed at Hammersmith Apollo during his sell-out Glorious tour in 1997
This award-winning performance, recorded in San Francisco in 1998, continues Eddie Izzard's comedic observations on everything from the history of Western culture to sex, filtered through his razor-sharp wit and lightning-quick chain of associations. And he looks smashing in a dress.
Through Austrailia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Ireland and the UK, this tour was performed to more than there are in Iceland (280,000). Filmed in Eastbourne where his grandfather and father where born and where he went to school, this show is the funniest live show that could ever be performed by a warm blooded animal
Comedian Eddie Izzard performs his stand up show Stripped. Recorded at the Lyric, London in 2008.
The fabulous Eddie Izzard wows the crowd at Madison Square Garden in a stop on his "Stripped" tour, featuring his penetrating observations about everything from religion and sharks to historical figures and how technology makes liars of us all. With his intricate wordplay and ability to juggle multiple storylines, Eddie weaves a hilarious tapestry about the omnipresence of Wikipedia, Shirley Temple, atheism and America's love affair with itself.
Chronicles comedian Eddie Izzard's rise to fame from early influences - losing his mother to cancer at a young age before being sent with his brother to boarding school - to his close relationship today with his father.
Force majeure (French) pronounced, fors mah-ZHur "superior force", "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident". 2 years and 27 countries, Force Majeure Live was filmed during Eddie's mammoth 2013/2014 tour and takes you on a truly hilarious journey, offering a rare glimpse in to the mind of the master of surrealism.
Wunderbar is a delicious insight into the surreal and fantastical world of Eddie Izzard touching on life, love, history and even her theory of the universe.
A one-hour rough-cut of Eddie Izzard's Dress To Kill show in Paris (spoken in French). Previously released on the Dress To Kill DVD
