The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins brings her new stand-up show, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, to The Alban Arena on Thursday 28 January 2027. It's her first full-length stand-up show in nearly twenty years, and the St Albans date is part of a tour hitting more than 40 British cities.

Most of us know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, or Just A Minute Sue, and as one half of the comedy duo Mel & Sue. She's spent years in front of the cameras, but this one is about what happens when they're still rolling. She describes the show as a treatise on stigma, humiliation and misunderstanding, and it draws on the awkward moments from her personal and public life. There's a good bit of detail in the premise: what happens when your pituitary gland goes haywire on live TV, how to convince the public you didn't actually fall onto a vacuum attachment, and how intimate photos splashed across the internet can be turned from shame into dignity and joy.

It's a long set, running about one hour and 50 minutes including an interval, so it's a full evening rather than a quick stop. The critics have been on board, too: The Telegraph called it 'excellent', The Times 'heart-warming', and the Mail on Sunday 'intimate and raw'.

Tickets are £33 plus a £3.50 transaction fee, and the show starts at 7:30pm. It's for ages 16 and over.