Stand-up show in which Gyles Brandreth explores how memory works and shares hilarious stories from his life, joined on stage by Harriet Jaine.
Gyles Brandreth brings his show Up Memory Lane! to the Salisbury Playhouse on Saturday 1 May 2027. It's a storytelling evening that comes to us after a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and it's built around a simple, familiar theme: how memory works, and just as often, how it doesn't. Brandreth spends the night exploring that gap between what we remember and what actually happened, and filling the space with stories from his own life.
If you don't know him, he's a podcaster, storyteller and TV personality, a regular on Just A Minute and This Morning, and a veteran of Celebrity Gogglebox, QI, Sunday Brunch, The Wheel and Would I Lie to You?. He's spent years in the public eye, and much of the material here comes from that long career. The evening is described as a mix of laughs, a few tears and songs, so it's not just a stand-up set—it's a full night of storytelling.
He isn't on his own, either. He's joined on stage by Harriet Jaine, who produces their multi-million-download Top Ten podcast Rosebud. The two of them bring the audience into the mix, too: they throw a ball into the crowd, and whoever catches it has to share a family secret or pay a fun forfeit. It's a bit of a gamble if you're sitting in the front few rows, but it keeps the whole room involved rather than just watching from the dark.
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So, if you're in Salisbury on the first Saturday in May, you've got Brandreth and Jaine at the Playhouse for an evening of stories, songs and a bit of audience participation. Tickets are available through the official site at gylesbrandreth.net/tickets.
