Matt Hobs: 100% Badgers

Matt Hobs brings his stand-up show 100% Badgers to Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 14 November, starting at 7.30pm in Studio 1. It's the same show he took to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, where it played to sell-out crowds.

The premise is simple enough: Hobs traces how a passing interest in badgers grew into a full-blown obsession. He starts with a specific memory — standing in a field and looking at a caged, frightened badger caught up in the bovine TB debate. From there, he follows the trail across the globe: the European badger and its dachshund nemesis, the presidential American badger, and the internet-famous honey badger. It's a comedy show that manages to be about a single animal without ever running out of things to say.

Edinburgh Reviews gave it four stars, describing his storytelling as gripping, his facts as fascinating, and his punchlines as perfectly timed. If that sounds like a lot of praise for a show about badgers, it's because it is — the whole thing is built on the gap between the animal itself and the strange places it leads him.

Hobs is a proud Bristolian, a scientist, and a self-described 'silly sausage' who's been on the comedy circuit since 2012. The night is for ages 16 and over.

Tickets are £15, or £12 if you're eligible for a concession, and there's a £1.50 ticketing system charge on top. It's in Studio 1 at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm.