Jonathan Pie

Jonathan Pie is coming to the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Wednesday 28 October, as part of a brand-new live show touring the UK. If you've come across him before, you'll know the character: the UK's angriest news reporter, always on the verge of a total meltdown while reporting from the front lines of the news cycle. This is a fresh tour, so it's new material rather than a run-back of old clips.

He's billing this one as a helpful and hilarious guide to surviving the impending apocalypse, and that's where the set sits. He works through contemporary issues and societal norms with his trademark fury, taking the things that wind most of us up and pushing them to their logical, screaming conclusion. It's the same format that's made him a hit on YouTube and beyond — the news as a vehicle for a very specific, very loud kind of frustration. The Times called his work glints of genius, and if you've seen him live, you know that fury is exactly the point.

The show is just Jonathan Pie, no support act to warm up the room, so the whole night is built around him. It's a touring production, so he'll be bringing the same set to venues across the country, with Cambridge as one of the stops. If you've followed his work online, this is the live version of that persona, with the same energy and the same short fuse.

Tickets are £23.00 to £35.50, which includes the booking fee, and the show starts at 19:30 at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on 2 Wheeler Street, CB2 3QB. Just a heads-up: the venue says tickets are sold out, and latecomers may not be admitted, so if you've managed to get your hands on some, make sure you're in your seat before the start.