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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2026 season. This season is now over.

A man smiles, holding up a tiny picture of some clouds
A man smiles, and holds up some tiny clouds on a blue sky
A man's face is built out of bricks, with little people in front that look like the man
Adelaide Fringe 2026

CANCELLED - John-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, Talking

JLR is an award-winning comedian from the UK, who has performed 10 solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and around the world. In previous shows, he's set out to find the 24 missing Spice Girls (Mel A, and Mels D through Z), revealed all the punchlines to all the jokes at the beginning of the hour, and dressed up as his dead dad to perform an hour of insult comedy. In this new show he's taking things back to basics, mixing silly stand-up with Spike Milliganesque poetry and songs. 

"A one-man finger-in-the-dyke against the blandification of comedy" The Guardian

2024 Edinburgh Fringe Legend Award Winner

One of The Telegraph's 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century

★★★★★ Fest

★★★★★ The List

★★★★ The Guardian

★★★★ The Telegraph

★★★★ The Times

Presented by: John Luke Roberts

John-Luke Roberts is a UK based artist, comedian and writer, named one of the 50 funniest comedians of the 21st Century by The Telegraph. He’s written and performed ten solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and around the world, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Crap comedy festival in Norway and at the Adelaide Fringe. In 2022, he won the BBC Audio Comedy Award for Best Sketch Comedy for his podcast Sound Heap, and in 2024, he won the Besties Fringe Legend Award in Edinburgh, for his project remounting all ten of his solo shows.
Comedy • Stand-Up
United Kingdom • World Premiere

Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Mental Health
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: John Luke Roberts

John-Luke Roberts is a UK based artist, comedian and writer, named one of the 50 funniest comedians of the 21st Century by The Telegraph. He’s written and performed ten solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and around the world, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Crap comedy festival in Norway and at the Adelaide Fringe. In 2022, he won the BBC Audio Comedy Award for Best Sketch Comedy for his podcast Sound Heap, and in 2024, he won the Besties Fringe Legend Award in Edinburgh, for his project remounting all ten of his solo shows.

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