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”

Daily Telegraph

Top 10 Best-Reviewed Shows Edinburgh Fringe 2024

“A punk rock Robin Williams”

Fringesider

Tour dates

5 October 2025

The Glee Club, Birmingham

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11 October 2025

The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton

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12 October 2025

The Glee Club, Oxford

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15 October 2025

The Stand, Edinburgh

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16 October 2025

The Stand, Glasgow

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17 October 2025

Queen's Hall, Hexham

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23 October 2025

Pleasance, London

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24 October 2025

Staggeringly Good Brewery, Portsmouth

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6 November 2025

Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford

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7 November 2025

The Big Difference, Leicester

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9 November 2025

Alexander's, Chester

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11 November 2025

The Stand, Newcastle

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16 November 2025

Theatre@41, York

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19 November 2025

Komedia, Brighton

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20 November 2025

Recording Studio, Southampton

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23 November 2025

Caddies, Southend On Sea

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6 December 2025

The Witham, Barnard Castle

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7 December 2025

Frog and Bucket, Manchester

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