Lucy Beaumont - Bad at Quiz Shows, Good with Weirdos

Lucy Beaumont brings her new show, Bad at Quiz Shows, Good with Weirdos, to Milton Keynes Theatre on Wednesday 13 January 2027. It's her first time back on the road since her debut UK tour, We Can Work It Out, which sold out across the country. This one is billed as an evening of chaotic brilliance and surreal storytelling, and it's Beaumont alone on stage.

If you haven't come across her yet, Beaumont is a surreal stand-up comedian and writer who first made a name for herself as a finalist in the 2011 Gilded Balloon 'So You Think You're Funny?' competition. She went on to win the BBC New Comedy Award and the Chortle Award for Best Newcomer in 2012, and picked up a Best Newcomer nomination at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. Since then, she's appeared on 8 Out of Ten Cats alongside her then-husband, comedian Jon Richardson, and has guest-starred on Taskmaster, Celebrity Traitors and The Great British Sewing Bee.

Her style is hard to pin down in a few words, but the reviews give a fair idea of what to expect. Critics have called her 'the next Victoria Wood in the making' and compared her timing to that of Les Dawson, so if those names ring a bell, you'll have a good sense of where she's coming from. It's the kind of comedy that leans into the off-beat and the unexpected rather than the usual punchline-setup routine.

The show starts at 8:00pm at Milton Keynes Theatre, and tickets start from £29.27.