Stand-up show in which Mike Linwood brings the satires of Roman writer Juvenal to life on stage.
Mike Linwood is at Space - Pier Street Pop-Up on Wednesday 11 November with JUVEN'ULL, a stand-up comedy show that takes the works of the Roman satirist Juvenal and updates them for today. If you're not familiar with Juvenal, he was one of the big names of the Silver Age of Latin literature, best known for his biting social commentary on the corruption, greed, and hypocrisy of first-century Rome. Linwood's whole premise here is to take those same targets and translate them into a modern context, so the things Juvenal was railing against nearly two thousand years ago get a second look in a setting that'll actually make sense to us.
It's a specific kind of comedy—the sort that works by finding the common thread between a Roman street and a modern city, and seeing how much of the same stuff still rings true. The title JUVEN'ULL does a bit of the heavy lifting there, nodding to Juvenal while leaning into the sort of wordplay you'd expect from a show that's as much about the language as it is about the punchlines. It's a one-man show, so the whole thing rests on Linwood's delivery, and the focus is on the material rather than any big production around it.
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If you've never seen him before, this is a good place to start. It's not a random collection of jokes; it's a show built around a single, clear idea, which usually makes for a tighter night. The venue is Space - Pier Street Pop-Up, so it's right in the heart of Hull, and the date is Wednesday 11 November. If you fancy it, you can find tickets through Spool.
