Stuart was as scared about the climate crisis as you are. But he did the reading, and now he’s terrified. Come and see him do something about it!
Climate comedy could easily be preachy, or nihilistic, or a TEDtalk with jokes in it. Canary is none of those things. Stuart Goldsmith’s second hour of climate comedy is an “expert stand-up” (Sunday Times) discovering his purpose: making an often difficult and frightening topic genuinely funny and accessible to everyone. Fresh from performing at Netflix Is A Joke for Adam McKay (director of Don’t Look Up), Stuart confronts his climate dread head-on in Canary, a show about how to turn fear into something useful.
While doing donuts in his second-hand EV, drinking from a reusable bottle on an aeroplane, or taking a long-haul flight to tell jokes at a climate conference, Stuart interrogates whether individual lifestyle changes add up to a solution or simply play into the hands of the fossil fuel companies. Stuart’s climate comedy has been featured widely across press and media outlets including: BBC Radio, BBC News, Radio Times, News UK and the Netflix Is A Joke festival, and his TV credits include Live at the Apollo and Conan.
He is an award-winning climate comedian and speaker, who specialises in stand up relating to the climate crisis. His internationally renowned Comedian’s Comedian podcast celebrated its 500th episode this year and has over 30 million downloads to date. As host, he’s interviewed many of the comedy world’s household names, including Jimmy Carr, James Acaster, Bo Burnham, Sarah Millican, Ronny Chieng and Bill Burr.
This will be Stuart’s 32nd year at the Fringe, having started out as a street performer when he was just 17.
What happened to the canary in the coal mine after it stopped singing?
Will Stuart’s penchant for panic keep him and his children safe?
And is being “the climate comedian who’s been all round the world” a contradiction he can survive?
Title: Stuart Goldsmith: Canary
Venue: CabVol 1 at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)
Ticket link: https://www.edfringe.com/
Fringe Venue Number: 338
Dates & time: 17-30 August @ 2:25pm / 14:25
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