GREG DAVIES AND ALEX HORNE TO HOST TASKMASTER LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

• "Taskmaster" has long been one of my favorite shows… In addition to being silly and enchanting, "Taskmaster" is breathtakingly novel: I'm amazed by its capacity to remain unpredictable to both its viewers and its participants… [its] among the best of the best"
• Margaret Lyons, The New York Times

The global juggernaut Taskmaster is set to bring its International Emmy nominated and BAFTA Award winning chaos to both sides of the pond with two performances of the smash-hit live show Taskmaster Live On Stage. Taking over the iconic Hollywood Bowl in the U.S.A, and one of the UK's largest arenas at Manchester's AO Arena with their first ever UK performance, the almightyTaskmaster Greg Davies and his doting sidekick Alex Horne, are set to perform in Manchester on 26th May, and Los Angeles on 22nd June 2027 with two unruly evenings of Taskmaster Live On Stage. They will be joined by some very special guests as live contestants at each show who will be revealed in due course.

Tickets will be released for pre-sale exclusively to the Taskmaster mailing list on 14th October, with general sale tickets available on Friday 16th October. Sign up to the mailing list for pre-sale access HERE. <https://taskmaster.tv/manchester-and-hollywood-sign-up>

Taskmaster Live On Stage became an instant sensation when it debuted on the East Coast of America earlier this year. Tickets entirely sold out in 13 minutes, and saw the likes of John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Lisa Gilroy and Jason Manztoukas featuring as special guest contestants. Touring to theatres in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and New York, the first ever live reimagining of the award-winning show was described as a "a sensation in the US… unpredictable, and always funny" (Lisa Weidenfeld, Boston Globe), "tremendous. The energy in the room is amazing" (Grace Leeder, Parade), and "the sold-out live shows confirm just how popular "Taskmaster" has become in the United States. Plus, they've been absolutely hilarious." (Kelly Lawler, USA Today).

Alongside the special celebrity guests as contestants at each show, the remaining contestant places are up for grabs for the audience, who will have a chance to compete for eternal glory and bragging rights. Featuring brand-new special stage tasks for the entire audience <>, carefully devised by the meticulous Little Alex Horne, the Taskmaster will judge the efforts of these brave souls with merciless precision to ultimately determine one as either a Los Angeles or Mancunian Taskmaster Live On Stage Champion.

Alex Horne, the show's creator and Taskmaster's Assistant said: "This is one of the maddest moments of my life. For me the Hollywood Bowl means Monty Python and the Manchester Arena means Oasis. Now it's our turn?! Luckily I'm with my biggest friend Greg so I'm going to be so brave."

Greg Davies, The Taskmaster said: "I am thrilled that my tiny assistant and I are to bring Taskmaster to such illustrious venues. Whilst on one hand it feels daunting, on the other it feels like destiny. Rest assured my judgements will remain even handed and every effort will be made for everyone to have a good time, except Alex".

Taskmaster is fast becoming a hit around the world and has been particularly embraced by U.S. audiences. The popularity and success of the show on YouTube has seen it generate a loyal audience with the U.S. public and significant U.S. TV critics, including seeing the show's stars Alex Horne and Greg Davies be invited to appear multiple times on late night chat shows, even though they had never been on American television before. Their first appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers became their second most streamed interview online (second only to his interview with Barack Obama), while the previous season contestant,Jason Mantzoukas, was also invited to appear on Late Night with Seth Meyers to talk about Taskmaster. The growing audience in North America has meant that Alex & Greg hosted in person screenings of the show across two live appearances in New York which completely sold out within minutes of going on sale.

Taskmaster is now watched by its biggest audience yet with The Taskmaster YouTube channel seeing huge success internationally, particularly in North America, reaching over 15.5 billion impressions since it first launched in October 2019, with just over 1.7 billion views and over 2.3 million subscribers. The show has grown significantly in popularity with American audiences, with an 85% increase in North American viewership year on year, and over 215 million views from North America so far this year, while season 21 of the hit show saw an increase in viewership internationally, with 7 million hours watched so far on the official YouTube channel, contributing to the 323 million hours viewed and 2.3 million subscribers and counting on the channel. The channel to date has passed 1.7 billion views. More North American fans than ever can watch Taskmaster as the show has also been made available to stream on Hulu in the U.S. as of September 2026.

WHAT THE PRESS HAVE SAID ABOUT TASKMASTER

• "The hottest comedy television show on the planet"
• Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Sunday Times

• "one of the planet's most consistently funny TV shows"
• William Hughes, AV Club

• "The world's hottest comedy show"
• Liam Kelly, The Daily Telegraph

• "The king of celebrity reality TV…. No one does that task better than Taskmaster."
• Killian Faith-Kelly, GQ

• "Taskmaster has seen its popularity surge in recent years, going from a cult hit in the UK to a genuine global sensation… What began as a niche British panel show, Taskmaster has evolved into one of the most consistently inventive comedy formats in television"
• Grace Leeder, Parade

• "One of British TV's biggest success stories… Taskmaster conquered the world"
• Rachael Healy, The Observer

• THE 10 SHOWS YOU NEED TO SEE 2025 "If you've never heard of this outrageously hilarious British comedy panel show, you likely will soon"
• Kelly Lawler, USA Today

• THE 19 BEST TV SHOWS OF 2025 "Find out why this is the show all the most discerning comedy fans in your life are obsessed with: You've never seen so many smart performers acting so silly"
• Tara Araino, Vanity Fair

• "the most imaginative thing on TV"
• Isobel Lewis, The i

• "Every episode of the British game show Taskmaster is a new experiment in reading comprehension, creative thinking, and wondering… Its great Television… Over ten years, Taskmaster has gathered a rabidly adoring fan base in the U.K., where it's a cornerstone of the comedy-panel-show circuit and spawned a cottage industry of podcasts and international versions. Its joys are many: the discovery of new comedians, the chemistry among the cast members, the outlandishness of the tasks themselves, and the lovingly prickly dom-sub dynamic between Davies and Horne in studio. Each season feels like a highly choreographed descent into comedic madness, especially this year's two offerings".
• Rozana Hadidi, Vulture

• "It's official, Taskmaster has gone global and deservedly so. Ever since this silly show's incarnation in a hidden corner of British telly, it has been a consistent hour of pure, bonkers joy"
• Sara Wallis, Daily Mirror

• "a word of mouth hit… The Taskmaster setup, I discovered, is special… With reinvention baked right into the concept—new participants each season, new tasks each episode—it stays fresh and compelling far longer than the average British comedy game show."
• David Sims, The Atlantic

• "Few shows on TV are such a source of guaranteed delight as Taskmaster"
• Steven Perkins, TV Times Magazine

• "Taskmaster has risen from a strange little British comedy show to becoming a global cult phenomenon"
• Jeremy Fuster, The Wrap

• "One of the most consistently entertaining comedy game shows on air these days"
• Clare Martin, Paste Magazine

• "Since its premiere in 2025, Taskmaster has succeeded through its delightfully silly premise that makes for the perfect comfort watch for anyone in need of a hearty laugh"
• Ryan O'Rourke, Collider

• "What do you call a panel show, that's not really a panel show? One where the contestants are called "the cast", who have narrative arcs over the 10 episodes but it's not a sitcom? Where it's comedians but they don't perform their comedy? It's absurd but mundane? It's a mainstream, primetime, multi-award winning programme and the format has been exported to 12 countries, yet it still feels like a secret cult underground show? You call it Taskmaster… To say it's a TV juggernaut is actually an understatement".
• Josh Jones, Ralph Magazine

• "[The show's] simple premise has achieved immense popularity… This, in all of its weirdness, is the magic of Taskmaster"
• Chris Karnadi, The Atlantic

• "It's fair to say that Taskmaster has become a pop-culture phenomenon"
• Boyd Hilton, Heat Magazine

"Effortlessly charming… The show exists in its own kind of universe… Taskmaster has become beloved the world over" <> Maggie Boccella, Collider

• "There's an infantile joy in comedy game show Taskmaster… it's becoming more popular than ever, and comedians are falling over themselves to take part"
• Tom Spilsbury, TV Choice

• "Taskmaster [is] the hit British series that gained an audience of comedy-loving Americans during the pandemic thanks to its availability on YouTube… expect the unexpected"
• Kevin Slane, The Boston Globe