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Dave Chappelle is heading to London this week (Picture:Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S via Getty Images)

Dave Chappelle has announced a series of last-minute work in progress shows in London this week.

The controversial comedian, 50, will be performing a set billed as The Process in four intimate shows in the coming days.

He will begin with two shows in Leicester Square Theatre on April 18 and 19, both at 9.30pm, before heading to Bush Hall on April 21 for two in one evening – at 7pm and 10pm.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday April 17 at 10am via Live Nation.

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed into the show, and all phones and smart watches will be secured in Yondr pouches throughout. They will be unlocked at the end.

Audience members can keep their phones with them, and will be able to access them via a designated unlocking station in the lobby if they require.

The controversial comedian is gigging for four nights in the coming days (Picture: Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Audience members will not be allowed phones during the event (Picture: Lester Cohen/WireImage)

Attendees caught with their phone at the venue will be removed from the audience.

Chappelle last performed in the UK in November 2022, and has since been embroiled in further controversy over his comments about gender identity.

The comedian was accused of transphobia in 2021 for stating ‘gender is a fact’ in his Netflix comedy The Closer, while he also backed JK Rowling by stating he is ‘team Terf’ – the acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist.

Many urged the streaming service to pull the special, with the likes of Elliot Page and Dan Levy voicing support for employees who staged a walkout over the controversy.

He’s been embroiled in controversy over the past years (Picture: Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

Since, the Half Baked actor has doubled down on his jokes but did say he was willing to meet Netflix’s trans employees to discuss the backlash. Netflix also backed Chappelle and refused to remove The Closer despite a petition.

Chappelle was later attacked on stage during his set at the Hollywood Bowl as part of the Netflix Is A Joke tour when a man stormed the stage and tackled him, claiming to be ‘triggered’ by the comic’s jokes.

In July 2022, his show in Minnesota was cancelled by the hosting comedy club over his Netflix special controversy.

Chappelle previously suggested that the backlash was down to ‘corporate interests’ and said that the members of the LGBTQ+ community that he knows have been supportive of him.

Despite the Netflix special backlash, The Closer received two Emmy nominations.

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