Comedy

Paul Foot: The Future

Alt-comedy favourite Paul Foot returns with a new show on the future, looking back at old visions of jetpacks and robots and finding a candle in the dark. For fans of surreal, reflective comedy.

Key information

When: Friday 2 April
Where: Barnfield TheatreBarnfield Road, EX1 1SNMore at this venue Map
Price: £20.50

Visit original listing →

Dates and times · tap a time to book

Book 19:45

stand-up

About this event

Pioneering alt-comedy hero and star of Cats Does Countdown Paul Foot is back on tour with a brand new stand-up show. Remember when people were excited for the future? With visions of jetpacks, friendly robots wheeling around, and solar-powered bidets. Well, we don’t have visions like that anymore, do we? But the universe is not over. The light has not gone out. Here’s a candle in the dark. Contagious and whispering. And you can take it with you when you leave. As seen on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Presented by Plosive Live. Winner: (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2026 – Best Show Co-Winner ‘Funnier and more daring than I’ve ever seen him… [has] the audience laughing so hard they’re about to leave their bodies’ ★★★★★ Chortle ‘A stand-up set that leads us into the ineffable, and dares to leave us there’ ★★★★ Guardian ‘A brilliant show that will make you laugh like a drain…Foot has actually surpassed his own recent high standards.’ ★★★★★ Beyond The Joke

Comedy

Paul Foot: The Future

Alt-comedy favourite Paul Foot returns with a new show on the future, looking back at old visions of jetpacks and robots and finding a candle in the dark. For fans of surreal, reflective comedy.

Key information

When: Friday 2 April
Where: Barnfield TheatreBarnfield Road, EX1 1SNMore at this venue Map
Price: £20.50

Visit original listing →

Dates and times · tap a time to book

Book 19:45

stand-up

About this event

More at Barnfield Theatre

Wed 4 Nov, 18:30

£10–£12

Elevate Festival – The Necromancer!

Barnfield TheatreTheatre

A musical medieval comedy in which a girl named Myrtle enlists a cave-dwelling necromancer to bring her mother back to life, full of jokes, songs and zombies. Suits fans of dark, Monty Python-style humour.

Thu 5 Nov, 13:00

£2.50

Elevate Festival – Behind the Scenes: Producing & Touring Theatre

Barnfield TheatreTheatre

A two-part workshop introducing creative producing and touring theatre, followed by an open surgery where you bring your own show ideas for practical advice. Led by producer and lecturer Dr Caleb Lee.

Thu 5 Nov, 15:00

£2.50

Elevate Festival – Directing Without Borders: Theatre Techniques from Around the World

Barnfield TheatreTheatre

A playful workshop on how theatre-makers around the world approach storytelling through movement, devising and ensemble work, led by director Anoushka Bonwick. Suits emerging directors, actors and theatre-makers.

Thu 5 Nov, 19:45

£25.50

Ignacio Lopez: Nada

Barnfield TheatreTheatre

A comedy experiment in which the performer builds a brand-new stand-up show in front of the audience from nothing, drawing on crowd suggestions and a childhood in Mallorca and South Wales. Suits fans of improvised and unpredictable comedy.

CancelledElevate Festival – Horizons, Wed 4 Nov

Everything at Barnfield Theatre

More like this

Fri 2 Apr, 20:00

Mo Gilligan: The Mo You Know

The Great HallComedy

Triple BAFTA-winning stand-up Mo Gilligan, host of The Lateish Show and a Masked Singer judge, brings his new tour. For fans of warm, personal stand-up.