Jimmy Carr brings his new stand-up show 'Killing Jokes', packed with fast, dark one-liners, to The Engine Shed.
Jimmy Carr brings his stand-up show Killing Jokes to The Engine Shed on Thursday 27 May 2027. It's a brand-new show, and the title does a bit of double duty: it's a nod to the comedy world's shorthand for a joke that lands, and it's also a fairly plain description of what's on the bill.
Carr describes the set as packed with fast, dark one-liners about all kinds of terrible things. If you've seen him before, that'll sound familiar — the quick-fire delivery and the lean toward the bleak are his hallmarks — but this is new material, so it's not just a run-through of the old hits. He leans into the 'killing' part of the title, too, having confirmed kills in over 50 countries and across 13 specials. Eyewitnesses have called the result 'a brutal, hilarious, life-affirming night out'.
He's also got a specific take on the offence side of things. He frames being offended by his comedy as being like buying a ticket to a horror movie and then complaining that you got scared — the point is that you're signing up for it. If that's your kind of night, you'll know what to expect: a long string of short, sharp jokes that don't waste time getting to the punchline.
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It's a late one, starting at 21:30, with doors opening about half an hour before that. Tickets are £25 plus a £2.50 booking fee for general admission.
