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About the show
Every year we present a selection of the top shows warming up before heading North to the Edinburgh Festival. Your ticket entitles you to see both full shows for less than the price of one in Edinburgh.
NOTE EARLIER START TIMES and any CHANGES to advertised running order.
1st show starts 8pm, 2nd show starts 9.15pm.
Check www.downstairsatthekingshead.com for details of who's on tonight.
Simon Munnery
They say you only play Downstairs at the Kings Head 37 times in your career, once on the way down, and 36 on a plateau. It'll be good to be back. Simon Munnery ("Quite simply, one of the comedians in the country" - The Times) returns to Crouch End to try and make amends for last time. Lock up your goats. Expect the usual unusual melange of aphorisms, jokes, anecdotes, sketches, poetry & art.
JOHN ROBERTSON
Viral for his wild improv and crowdwork, John Robertson storms back with a brand-new hour of high-voltage comedy. The mastermind behind cult sensation The Dark Room, Robertson has racked up millions of views for his wild, sharp interactions and unpredictable onstage mayhem.
Fresh from earning British Comedy Guide’s Best-Reviewed Comedy Show of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, he returns with even more speed, chaos and razor-edged spontaneity. Expect fast riffs, audience interplay that borders on supernatural, and a performer who treats the stage like a live wire waiting to be grabbed.
“A Rocky Horror for nerds...Reader, I howled!" * The Telegraph
“A splendid comedy beast" The Scotsman
Important Notes:
Bills may alter at late notice - check on www.downstairsatthekingshead.com for any last-minute changes.
There is no reserved seating Downstairs. We can seat 70 and have 10 standing spaces. Your ticket guarantees entry, but if you want a good seat, please be with us by the advertised door opening time.
Please bring evidence of booking (i.e; your confirmation email). On phone is fine - save trees!
You can book tickets up to 6pm on the day of the show. After then, any remaining tickets will be sold on a first-come first-served basis on the door at the advertised “doors open” time.
Also please note that, as an intimate venue, we discourage large group bookings, so tickets are limited on this show to a MAXIMUM of 4 per person.
We want everyone to enjoy the show. Please don’t talk during the performance and ensure your mobile phone is turned off. You will be required to leave without refund if your behaviour is disruptive. No recording in any medium is allowed without prior permission.
Intoxicated persons will not be admitted.
The use of E cigarettes is prohibited
Note we do not allow food downstairs. If you are planning on eating upstairs before the show, please allow plenty of time to finish before coming downstairs.
Featuring
Simon Munnery
Simon is a British Comedy Award nominee, Chortle Award winner, Perrier Award nominee, and Sony Radio Award winner. He's had his own Radio 1 series and several Radio 4 series, along with several cult television series including BBC2's Attention Scum. His most recent television appearances include The Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central), It's Kevin and Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (BBC2).
'One of the funniest, most original comedians of the past twenty years' (The Guardian)
'Convention-defying, innovative stuff. Simon Munnery is a must-see' (The Times)
'Simon Munnery is an avant-garde comedy god' (Time Out)
'Intelligence, wit and originality... Simon Munnery, the God particle of Alternative Comedy' (Chortle).
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John Robertson
John Robertson is a high-octane cult leader with wild eyes and a thunderous voice. A stand-up, improviser and force of nature, he’s the creator of the hit live-action videogame show “The Dark Room” (4,000,000 hits on YouTube, over 500 performances all around the world), he faked a seizure on reality TV, wrote the Puffin kids book "The Little Town of Marrowville" and wants you to know he loves you, but he's still going to yell at you.
You can see him in theatres, clubs, gaming festivals, nerd events and rock shows.
Praise for John and The Dark Room:
“NOT TO BE MISSED” – The Guardian.
‘The Dark Room is utterly unique, it’s hard to describe the magic and joyful surprises awaiting you within without utterly scaring you off.’ – The Skinny
‘You must see this show’ – British Comedy Guide
‘You have to see the Dark Room at least once in your life’ – The Scottish Sun
‘Great fun, nostalgic, but also a fresh angle for comedy’ – Den of Geek
‘Genuinely, irresistibly dangerous’ – The Stage
"If you like your comedy interactive, you’ll be hard-pressed to find better than John Robertson” (ThreeWeeks),
“His material is intelligent, edgy and smoothly-delivered” (The Age, Melbourne).
“A cult is born” (Bruce Dessau).
WINNER - Best Kids Show, Leicester Comedy Festival 2018
WINNER - ThreeWeeks Editors Choice EdFringe 2016
WINNER – ARGUS ANGEL, BRIGHTON FRINGE 2014.
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