John Robertson
Plays With The Audience
New tour show for 2025! 90 minutes of improv, mayhem, gaming comedy, crowdwork and songs from the UK’s most manic comic on his first-ever stand-up tour! Best known for his high-octane improvisation and game show The Dark Room, come get played with!
First half: In this joyous anarchic geeky rant Mr Robertson unleashes 40 years of his love of videogames and geek culture and spares no sacred hedgehog or dorky incel in his quest to make fun of every niche interest he has. From the highest of platinum trophies to the lowest reaches of internet influencers, this is a history of gaming unlike any other.*
*In the sense that the man presenting it has social skills, limited though they be.
Second half: John presents his acclaimed EdFringe show The Human Hurricane – expect sex, crowdsurfs, crowdwork, songs, callbacks to the first half, and somehow even less structure!

“A force of nature”
Top 10 Best-Reviewed Shows Edinburgh Fringe 2024
“A punk rock Robin Williams”

Tour dates
5 October 2025
The Glee Club, Birmingham
11 October 2025
The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
12 October 2025
The Glee Club, Oxford
15 October 2025
The Stand, Edinburgh
16 October 2025
The Stand, Glasgow
17 October 2025
Queen's Hall, Hexham
23 October 2025
Pleasance, London
24 October 2025
Staggeringly Good Brewery, Portsmouth
6 November 2025
Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford
7 November 2025
The Big Difference, Leicester
9 November 2025
Alexander's, Chester
11 November 2025
The Stand, Newcastle
16 November 2025
Theatre@41, York
19 November 2025
Komedia, Brighton
20 November 2025
Recording Studio, Southampton
23 November 2025
Caddies, Southend On Sea
6 December 2025
The Witham, Barnard Castle
7 December 2025
Frog and Bucket, Manchester