Robert Newman Live Dates 2026-27
ROB NEWMAN'S 21ST CENTURY SURVIVAL GUIDE
Hot on the heels of his new novel, INTELLIGENCE, Rob Newman's epic new standup show takes the audience on a whirlwind tour: from uncovering a secret Saxon version of the Norman Bayeux Tapestry to exploring how we retro-fit our towns and cities for the climate of the future.
How do we teach our kids to cycle on streets made for cars?
How can re-introduced beavers help lost souls?
How do we stop Bruce Springsteen's lyrics disintegrating before our very eyes?
How do we sidestep the crazy to survive another day?
… This may not be the Survival Guide anybody asked for, but it might just be the one we need.
“If this world could be saved by a Superhero whose Superpower was Comedy, that hero would be Robert Newman"
★★★★★
The Scotsman
06 Sept 2026 LONDON Tabard - Work In Progress TICKETSSOLD OUT
13 Sept 2026 LONDON Tabard - Work In Progress TICKETSSOLD OUT
17 Sept 2026 STROUD Sub Rooms - 21st Century Survival Guide TICKETS
26 Sept 2026 LYME REGIS Marine Theatre TICKETS
09 Oct 2026 LIVERPOOL Royal Court Theatre Studio TICKETS
26 Nov 2026 NORWICH Arts Centre TICKETS
27 Nov 2026 HULL Wrecking Ball TICKETS
28 Nov 2026 SHEFFIELD The Lantern TICKETS
11 Dec 2026 MAIDENHEAD Norden Farm Arts Centre TICKETS
09 Jan 2027 HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club TICKETSSOLD OUT
14 Jan 2027 CAMBRIDGE Junction TICKETS
16 Jan 2027 HEMEL HEMPSTEAD Old Town Hall TICKETS
24 Jan 2027 BRIGHTON Komedia TICKETS
29 Jan 2027 BRISTOL Hen and Chicken TICKETS
30 Jan 2027 READING South Street TICKETS
05 Feb 2027 BRADFORD The Studio TICKETS
06 Feb 2027 SELBY Town Hall TICKETS
12 Feb 2027 HEXHAM Queens Hall TICKETS
13 Feb 2027 BARNARD CASTLE The Witham TICKETS
27 Feb 2027 GLASGOW The Stand TICKETS
28 Feb 2027 EDINBURGH The Stand TICKETS
05 Mar 2027 DEAL The Astor TICKETS
19 Mar 2027 OTLEY Courthouse TICKETS
22 Mar 2027 HAVANT Comedy Festival ON SALE SOON
17 Apr 2027 SOUTHAMPTON The Attic TICKETS
"Gleefully jaunty and refreshingly intelligent… hugely entertaining." **** The Guardian
"Intellectually charged and adorably ambitious… a delightfully digestible dose of brain food."
**** The Times
"Every time Rob Newman comes up with a new live show, it is beholden on all observers of comedy to pay attention. Not merely because of his great track record... but because he sets himself intellectual challenges beyond the grasp of many stand-up comedians, and produces material that genuinely forces audience to approach the world in a whole new way... this time around, in The Brain Show, he's delving into the inner recesses of his cerebellum with a performance that mixes hard fact with dizzying flights of comedic fantasy." The Guardian
"He is one amazing comedian" Time Out
"Has it ever struck you that some of the odd things which neurologists tell us about our brains may be, not just odd, but actually mistaken, pure superstitions, inventions thought up by excited scientists out of outdated philosophy? That is what, after careful digging, Robert Newman has been finding… Read him!" Mary Midgley
