Chris Ramsey 'Here, Man!'

Chris Ramsey brings his stand-up show Here, Man! to The Engine Shed on Friday 3 December. It's his first time back on the stand-up circuit in a while, and the title itself points to where the material comes from.

If you've come across Ramsey through his TV work, you'll recognise him from The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show, Strictly Come Dancing, and Taskmaster. He's also presented Children in Need and co-hosts the marital podcast Shagged. Married. Annoyed. with his wife, Rosie Ramsey. Here, Man! follows his previous tour, 2020, which he took to more than 100,000 people across the country. The new show is built on the same storytelling style that defined that run, though it's a fresh set of material.

That style is exactly what the critics have pointed to. Bruce Dessau called him "a brilliantly engaging natural storyteller" in the Evening Standard, and James Kettle wrote in The Guardian that he spins "blokey pub banter and unpretentious patter into stand-up gold". It's a good summary of what he does: taking the kind of conversation you'd have with mates in a pub and shaping it into a proper stage show. If you're into comedy that feels more like a story being told than a series of punchlines, that's the one to keep in mind.

Tickets are £25 plus a £2.50 booking fee for general admission, and the show is at The Engine Shed in Lincoln on Friday 3 December.