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Fry takes Twitter-inspired show to London

Stephen Fry is set to perform a Twitter-inspired one-man show at London's Royal Albert Hall after a successful test run in Australia.
Stephen Fry will bring his one-man Twitter show to Royal Albert Hall in September. ((Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images) )
Broadcaster, writer,performerand tech enthusiast Stephen Fry is set to delivera Twitter-inspired one-man show at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Fry, one of the micro-blogging site's most prominent celebrity users, willcrowdsourcehis set list.

He is calling on his more than 1.5 million Twitter followers to suggest topics for him to expound upon onstage.

After a smash test run recently in Australia (with several unscripted, Twitter-fuelledgigs that sold out in Sydney and Melbourne), Fry agreed to extendthe experiment to the prestigious London venue.

"I have emceed, hosted, guested and otherwise infested that noble venue many times over the last quarter-century, but never have I done a whole evening on my own," he posted on his official blog this week.

"I am excited. Very excited. Excited in much the way an aristocrat in a tumbril must have been excited as they rattled over the cobblestones towards the Place de la Concorde on their way to face the Paris mob and the fond final attentions of Madame la Guillotine."

If the Albert Hall show is a success, Fry also said he would entertain the idea of touring theTwitter-inspired show to Ireland, Scotland, Wales and elsewhere.

Stephen Fry Live will take place at Royal Albert Hall on Sept. 20.