Live Comedy
Finlay Christie: I Deserve This
In I Deserve This Christie examines why young people secretly love climate change, why the news is only aimed at old people, and offers a foolproof plan to get young people on the property ladder. He delves into his private school experiences, which inspired the sitcom script Born To Rule, optioned by Boffola Pictures and showcased in a pilot directed by Rosco 5 and featuring Isaac Hempstead-Wright from Game Of Thrones.
Finlay also wonders if he has deserved the pitfalls of his privileged upbringing. Having attended a school focused on exam preparation, he found himself the only one in his class to fail and subsequently transferred to a school in East London. Craving the validation of his peers, he changed his accent, took down all his online sketches, and started rapping. He went on to study Caribbean dance in an attempt to further distance himself from his background.
He tells tales of his experiences with love and heartbreak in a religiously forbidden relationship, a meeting with a tiger in Thailand and a drug-induced paranoia that almost ended a family member's life, and though these experiences made him feel more comfortable on his own, they are no substitute for human connection.
2024 dates
15th October: Birmingham Glee
23rd October: Manchester, Frog and Bucket
25th October: Bristol, Hen and Chicken Studio
02nd November: Edinburgh, Stand
03rd November: Glasgow, Stand
07th November: Leeds, Wardrobe
11th November: Sheffiled, Leadmill
19th November: London, Leciester Square Theatre
28th November: Brighton, Komedia
Credits
| Finlay Christie | Self |
| Bobby Mair | Director |