The Blindboy Podcast LIVE

The Blindboy Podcast is coming to Beacon Hall on Thursday 22 October, part of what's being called its biggest tour yet. The show is a live recording of the podcast, so you're in the room for the actual session rather than a polished stand-up set. It's Blindboy Boatclub on stage, and he's bringing a surprise special guest along for the night.

If you're not familiar with him, Blindboy Boatclub is a self-described polymath—best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, musician, producer and academic. The podcast is the live extension of his storytelling show, which he says follows the Irish tradition of the Seanchaí, the old-style storyteller. He weaves together history, fiction, cultural critique and politics into a form he calls 'the podcast hug'. The New York Times described the show as a 'cultural phenomenon', and the live version leans on his wide-ranging curiosity to take the audience through art, psychology, politics, science and music.

It's staged in an intimate atmosphere, and he describes the aim as replicating a private conversation in a public space through the language of theatre. The evening is presented as meditative and engaging, and there's a surprise special guest at every show on the tour, so that part changes depending on when you go. It's age 16+ and reserved seating.

Doors open at 19:00, and the show starts at 19:30, with an interval at 20:20 and a finish around 21:30. Tickets are between £33.63 and £50.73, including the booking fee, and you can find them at the Bristol Beacon website.