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Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) heads back out on tour with a new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch Show - and heard on The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute and his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed.
His last show Crushing was also shortlisted for the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Award, runner-up in Next Up’s “Biggest Award in Comedy” and nominated for a Chortle Award for Best Show. It was one of the Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2023 and featured on the British Comedy Guide’s Best Reviewed Shows of 2023.
“Effortlessly brilliant” ★★★★ Scotsman
“There are few fringe shows as purely funny as this” ★★★★ Guardian
“An outstanding and stressed-out hour of stand-up” ★★★★ Fest
“The hilarity just keeps coming… he has excelled himself” ★★★★ Beyond the Joke
“Ian Smith turns incredulity into an art form, confirming his status as the undisputed sultan
Ian Smith
One of the new crop of emerging acts, Ian Smith employs a careful, unhurried delivery that conceals a nicely pointed attitude with a sack full of neat gags to match. 'Fantastically funny' (The Times) 'Star of the future' (Time Out). '... delightfully offbeat writing, a mastery of phrasing and summons up some fine comic images. A talent, for sure' (www.chortle.co.uk). Winner of the 'People's Champion Award' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 with his show 'Snowflake'. Winner - Amused Moose Comedy Award People’s Champion Winner - ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award
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on Sat 21 February 2026