Russ Kane: Unexpected Item In Gagging Area!

Russ Kane’s one-man shows Kaned Laughter and Unwise But Not Illegal have played to sell-out audiences from London to Los Angeles, Santa Monica and the Edinburgh Fringe. His Jermyn Street Theatre run sold out in under three hours (yes, really), and when he filled Crazy Coqs in under a day, it was purely on word of mouth — the best kind.

This is comedy drawn from a life that has been anything but ordinary. Russ invites you on a gloriously wry journey through his event-filled past, featuring ludicrous encounters, near misses, and the ongoing challenge of staying sane in a world that’s clearly lost the plot.

Why did King Charles speak to him for ten minutes? What happened when Meat Loaf was late in front of 120,000 people? And which global rock legend did Russ politely decline to drum for?

Over 65 minutes, expect non-stop laughter, audience interaction and a cascade of “WTF?” moments — the kind you’ll be talking about long after the lights come up.

Before stand-up, Russ spent twenty years as the Sony Award-winning voice of Capital Radio’s legendary “Flying Eye,” alongside Chris Tarrant, helping create the most listened-to commercial radio show in the world, with over four million listeners a day.

Armed with trademark dry wit and razor-fast timing, Russ is also a highly sought-after after-dinner speaker, equally at home entertaining audiences from Coutts Bank to the Association of Palliative Care Workers — and everything in between.

In 2019, he founded The Midday Show, a global radio station opening up honest conversations around mental health and wellbeing, featuring leading professionals and picking up multiple awards along the way.
Add to that an award-winning career as an advertising copywriter in London and New York (including a Gold Medal at the New York Film & Television Festival), a critically acclaimed autobiography (Shout At The Moon), a debut novel (The Gatekeeper), a hit podcast (Walk The Talk – The Hero’s Journey), and a thriving social media following — and you begin to see why Russ has no shortage of
stories.
Smart, warm, mischievous and very funny — this is storytelling comedy at its finest.

Come curious. Leave laughing.