Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova

Finlay Christie brings his new show, Champagne Casanova, to the Auditorium at Exeter Phoenix on Wednesday 18 November, as part of a 35-date tour across the UK and Ireland running from October 2026 to January 2027. It's a 60-minute set, and the title gives you a fair idea of where it's heading: Christie spends the hour humblebragging about his f*ckboy era and his search for authentic connection. Critics have called him 'the voice of a generation'.

If you've come across him on TV, you've probably seen him on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week and The Last Leg. He's built a following of more than a million on social media, and the stage is where he does most of his work. He performed his first stand-up show as part of the Comedy Club 4 Kids nights at the age of six, won So You Think You're Funny in 2019 after also placing as a finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Award, and made his Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2022.

Away from the stage, there's a bit of a range to him. He voiced Yojojo in the CBeebies series Waybuloo, studied French and Mandarin at university and is fluent in French, and acted alongside Stephen Fry in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff on BBC2. Champagne Casanova is the latest chapter, and it's the one he's taking around the country this winter.

It starts at 8pm in the Auditorium at Exeter Phoenix, and tickets are £19 for a seated spot, subject to a £1.50 ticketing system charge.