Following the success of his 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, stand-up comedian and internet sensation Ed Night is heading out on his brand-new UK tour .The tour includes shows at iconic venues such as Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel, Sheffield’s Leadmill and The Lowry Salford Quays and comes to Brighton on 29th of May at Komedia.
Ed Night is back and he’s putting his trademark absurd spin on all the pressures of adulthood, from managing OCD and watching your parents age to eating Lego and operating an air hockey table. But more importantly, he asks the big questions: how does one live whilst having an illicit second family in a computer game? What extreme lengths could toxic masculinity take a man to during a health scare? And what is the deal with self checkout machines? Expect a neck-breaking 340 jokes in this must-see hour of comedy that’s as confusing as it is critically acclaimed (very).
Ed Night is an award nominated and critically lauded stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His recent online sketches have garnered tens of millions of views across Instagram and TikTok, as well as a nomination for the Chortle awards 2024. In 2017 his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe, ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’, saw him become one of the youngest ever nominees for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, and netted him a position as the co-host of BBC Radio 1’s first piece of comedy commissioning for ten years. That same year he was nominated for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year award.
His 2018 sophomore show, ‘An Aesthetic’, sold out its entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe and he performed the show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019, where he also featured in their prestigious opening night gala on ABC. His follow-up show, Jokes of Love and Hate, received widespread critical acclaim and was awarded Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe by critics from both The Times and The Scotsman.
In 2024, Ed completed his debut tour, ‘Rise and Smile’, which began in his hometown of Streatham and ended in Copenhagen and Belfast. Later that year he made his highly anticipated return to the Edinburgh Fringe, his first since 2019, with his show ‘The Plunge’. The show received critical acclaim and was one of the best reviewed shows of the festival as well being listed by Rolling Stone as one of The 12 Stand Out Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2024.
His writing has been featured on shows such as The Mash Report, 8 out of 10 Cats, The News Quiz, Mock the Week, and Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, on which he also appeared. He’s lent his skills as an actor to many strange and intense characters in some of the country’s most popular comedy shows, most recently playing The Pot Hole Man in BBC 3’s Broadcast Award-winning Zen Motoring, White Luther in Channel 4’s Complaints Department, and recurring character Karl Fink in BBC Radio 4’s Icklewick FM.
You can buy tickets to Ed’s UK tour at www.mickperrin.com/tours/ed-night-the-plunge
Please note the age rating for the show is 16+.
WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID ABOUT ED:
“A relentless barrage of top-level gags… irresistible stuff.” ★★★★★ The Wee Review “An hour of belly-laughs – he really belongs on stage – and owns it like it’s the Palladium.” ★★★★ – The Telegraph
“A thrilling and original hour… so dense with ideas, laughs and observations that you’ll want to go back again.” ★★★★ – The Scotsman
“This hour is enormous fun… the material here is exceptionally strong.” ★★★★ – Fest
“A breathtakingly funny set… frightening, in your face, are-the-brakes-working hour.” ★★★★ – The Skinny
“The sheer quantity of laughs provided leave you in awe of a comic standing at the bleeding edge of what is possible.” ★★★★ – Entertainment Now
“Relentless and clever and daft… a work of true virtuosity” – Rolling Stone
Mervyn Stutters Pick of the Fringe – ★★★★
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FIND MORE OF ED AT:
❖ Instagram: @_ednight
❖ X: @_ednight
❖ YouTube: @_EdNight
❖ TikTok: @paddy.and.ed
ED NIGHT 2025 UK TOUR
