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

James Barr wears a blue cardigan with a neutral expression
James Barr wears a sleeveless cardigan with an overjoyed expression
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Adelaide Fringe 2026

James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex To My Mum)

Domestic abuse isn't funny, but this show is. Trailblazing gay UK comedian James Barr returns to Adelaide with a bold, 'genre-defying' (ArtsHub.com.au) stand-up hour about the things his ex-boyfriend did to him, including a pushy-wushy down the stairsy-wairsy. 

Nominee: ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show, NextUp Biggest Award in Comedy & Queer Performers Award.

★★★★★ "Brave, funny and gloriously empowering" Broadway Baby
★★★★★ "Not to be missed" Theatre Thoughts 
★★★★★ "Hilarious and heartbreaking" Attitude Magazine
★★★★★ "Courageous. Original. A tour de force" Fringe Review
★★★★★ "Even in the uglier revelations he manages to make the audience laugh. A lot" CanalStreet.Co.Uk
★★★★ "Trauma collides with one-liners. Confronting and funny" The List

As seen on The Project & Piers Morgan Uncensored

Presented by: James Barr

James is a multi-award-winning comedian, radio host and TV presenter (and gay icon, obvs). He’s delighted audiences with his own brand of outrageous and upbeat comedy on-air, onstage and online and can count major names in entertainment as fans including Ed Sheeran, Russell T Davies, Mel B and Dannii Minogue.​ His latest season at Edinburgh Fringe garnered him an inclusion on ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show long-list as well as The Times Best Jokes Of The Edinburgh Fringe 2025.
Comedy • Stand-Up
International
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
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Suitability & warnings

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

Please note

This production contains discussion of domestic abuse and violence.

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: James Barr

James is a multi-award-winning comedian, radio host and TV presenter (and gay icon, obvs). He’s delighted audiences with his own brand of outrageous and upbeat comedy on-air, onstage and online and can count major names in entertainment as fans including Ed Sheeran, Russell T Davies, Mel B and Dannii Minogue.​ His latest season at Edinburgh Fringe garnered him an inclusion on ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show long-list as well as The Times Best Jokes Of The Edinburgh Fringe 2025.