The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins brings her stand-up show, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, to the Main Auditorium at Weymouth Pavilion on Saturday 16 January 2027. It's a night built around stigma, humiliation and misunderstanding, and Perkins spends it working through those things out loud.

Most of us know her as 'Bake-Off Sue', 'Taskmaster Sue', or 'Just A Minute Sue' — the one who gives you travel envy. This show takes her away from the panel and the presenting and puts her on stage with a microphone. She spends the hour sharing stories from behind the television cameras, the kind of things that usually stay off-screen. There's the story of what happens when your pituitary gland goes haywire on live TV, and how you convince the public you didn't actually fall onto a hoover attachment. Then there's the more personal side: how to turn shame into dignity and joy when intimate photos end up splashed all over the internet.

It's a show that doesn't shy away from the awkward bits. The critics have described it as 'excellent' (The Telegraph), 'heart-warming' (The Times) and 'intimate and raw' (Mail on Sunday), which gives you a fair idea of the ground it covers — it's as much about the laugh as it is about the things that are hard to talk about.

The performance starts at 7:30pm, and it's for ages 16 and over. If you're coming from out of town or just want to make an evening of it, pre-show meals are served in the Piano Bar from 5pm, so you can eat before the show starts. Tickets are £32.