John-Luke Roberts

Brassic

Registrar

A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.

Dolittle

Pirate / Animal Performer

After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.

Lovesick

Nathan

After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.

Babylon

Harry

London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR department just as an outbreak of violence erupts.

Last Christmas

Klaus the German Clown

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

John-Luke Roberts Builds a Monster

Self

John-Luke Roberts is too anxious to leave the house, so a figment from a nightmare called “The Monarch” has to perform his show for him. The Monarch doesn’t know how to perform a comedy show, but does it anyway. This is that show. An anxiety dream performed live on stage; or a comedy show about anxiety.

Love Type D

Oliver

After getting dumped for the 11th time in a row, Frankie discovers that she has a "loser in love" gene, which predisposes her to chronic failure and rejection for the rest of her life. She decides to embark on a quest to change her romantic future.

John-Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-up

Self

An hour of Broken Sort-Of Stand-Up. Has a song about Patricia Routledge, a joke about a fish, and a bit where a bear carries JLR off the stage.

John-Luke Roberts: Stnad-Up

Self

John-Luke Roberts works his way through the collapse of his long-term relationship but pretends it’s just a stupid comedy show.

John-Luke Roberts: After Me Comes The Flood (but in French)

Self

The critically acclaimed idiot John-Luke Roberts returns to the road with another ridiculously long titled show this autumn. In a brand-new hour of extraordinary daft-hearted comedy, expect to not know why you are laughing once more… even when he gives you the punchline first.

John-Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up

Self

How do you make a show about your recently deceased father, when you didn’t like him much? Probably not by dressing up as him in a huge suit filled with balloons and performing him as a furious insult comic, but that’s what this show is.

John-Luke Roberts Distracts You From A Murder

Self

An hour of esoteric comedy performed to distract you from the murder John-Luke Roberts commits during the show.

John-Luke Roberts: All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some Comedy!

One of the Edinburgh Fringe’s most celebrated talents of recent times sets out on his first full national tour. John-Luke Roberts’ show this year was a complete sell-out run and one of the most talked-about shows of the festival: a dizzying avant-garde ride through the mind of a gifted comic-philosopher. One with a blue moustache. Who thinks far more about the Spice Girls than anyone should. A masterclass in prop, clown, costume and Mel C-themed comedy. And that’s all we can tell you on the website, because his stupid title takes up the rest of the allotted space.

John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But...

There's a world just like our own, but there isn't a word for sand. There's a world just like our own, but Edith Piaf regretted five things. JLR returns with a new stand-up show about the worlds we don't live in, which is secretly actually about the one we do.