Chris McCausland - Waffle

Chris McCausland brings his new stand-up show, Waffle, to the Wyvern Theatre on Sunday 23 April 2028. He's a BAFTA winner and a Strictly Come Dancing star, having won the 2024 series, and he bills himself as the only blind comic on the stand-up circuit. He usually opens with a joke about the irony of a blind man doing observational comedy before settling into a set of wry, perceptive comments on the rich and famous and on everyday life.

This is a big step up from his previous tour, Yonks!, which sold more than 350,000 tickets nationwide and finished at the London Palladium. Waffle launched in September 2027 and runs through 2028, so by the time it reaches Swindon, it'll have been on the road for a good while.

Beyond the stage, McCausland is a regular on the panel circuit. He's appeared on Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You?, QI, The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Blankety Blank, Scared of the Dark, The Jonathan Ross Show and The Graham Norton Show, and he won Mastermind with Pearl Jam as his specialist subject. He also co-wrote and co-starred in the Sky Christmas film Bad Tidings alongside Lee Mack and published his debut autobiography, Keep Laughing, at the end of 2025.

It's a Sunday night, so it works as a low-key way to round off the weekend. The show starts at 7:30pm at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon.