"Self-confessed class clown" Seann Walsh brings his brand-new show This Is Torture to Portsmouth

Award-winning comedian and self-confessed class clown Seann Walsh is heading to Portsmouth next week with his brand-new show, This Is Torture, playing Theatre Royal Portsmouth.

The show on Thursday, October 22 is a fresh hour from the man dubbed the UK’s dishevelled king of stand-up, and Portsmouth audiences can expect his trademark high-energy exasperation and razor-sharp observations.

After his sell-out 2023 tour, Seann has named this one after the thing he says most in life: “this is torture.”

“I’m excited to announce I’m back on tour,” he said. “I know, it’s unbearable having to go to another thing. Remember it’s a thing I have to go to as well. We can share the pain together and, on the upside, you get to laugh and I get to offload without being overcharged by my therapist. I look forward to seeing you there.”

Following his hit tour Back From The Bed, Seann returns with an anxiety-soaked hour of chaos, charm and painfully funny honesty. It’s a night that has left audiences in stitches and on their feet. The London Standard has called him “one of comedy’s hottest properties… very talented, very funny.”

Seann is one of the UK’s most recognisable comedians, with three appearances on Live at the Apollo, plus Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Last Leg, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, World’s Most Dangerous Roads and Battle in the Box. Viewers also saw him in the jungle in Series 22 of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

He is now one of Britain’s most popular podcasters too. With Jack Dee he co-hosts Oh My Dog!, where guests share the special bond they have with their dogs. His chart-climbing Class Clown sees him sit down with the boldest rule-breakers in entertainment to explore the personal battles that shaped them. And with Paul McCaffrey he co-hosts What’s Upset You Now?, a cathartic trip to the pub where the pair put the world to rights.

On YouTube, his self-produced specials Back From The Bed, Kiss and Seann Walsh is Dead, Happy Now? have racked up over a million views between them.

Seann has also made his mark as an actor. His screen credits include The Lovebox in Your Living Room, Clown and The Bystanders, which won him Best Actor (Feature Film) at the 2023 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival. In 2024 he made his Shakespearean debut as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Stafford Gatehouse, then played Yvan in a regional tour of the multi-award-winning play ART, directed by Iqbal Khan.

For more details: www.newtheatreroyal.com/whats-on/seann-walsh/