Live Comedy
Chelsea Birkby: This Is Life, Cheeky Cheeky
After a sensational Edinburgh Fringe (10 x 4 and 5-star reviews, Dave's Joke of the Fringe Top 10, ISH Comedy Award longlist, Nominee Best Show Comedian's Choice for the second year running), Chelsea Birkby embarks on her debut tour with This is Life, Cheeky Cheeky - a smart, silly, surprising show about lust for life, and also - ass.
Chelsea has bipolar disorder. Allegedly. She doesn't think she has it anymore, but her doctor tells her that's a "classic sign". She's done a lot of things to overcome despair: try to go viral (good for mental health), appreciate art (National Gallery Top Trumps), read important texts (The Bible but also the Maroon 5 guy's sexts), watch YouTube workouts (literally just watch them) and try really hard to meditate (which only makes it worse). But what if it's not about doing, it's about being?
This is Life, Cheeky Cheeky is a show about choosing to be in the moment, a mind and a body. It's about embracing desire. Like, embracing it really, really hard.
With some help from the greatest minds - Camus, Kant and her Nan - Chelsea unpacks the big questions, like: can sexual objectification be empowering? How do we live the good life in an absurd world? And, why does ass mean so much in today's society?
Expect a collision of high and low brow, silliness and sorrow, tightly written jokes and conversational spontaneity.
2025 dates
Saturday 18th January, 8pm: CHELTENHAM, Everyman Theatre
Friday 21st February, 7.30pm: LEICESTER, Real Ale Classroom
Friday 7th March, 7pm: OXFORD, Common Ground
Thursday, 13th March, 7.30pm: EDINBURGH, Monkey Barrel
Wednesday 19th March, 8pm: BRIGHTON, Komedia
Thursday, 20th March, 8pm: MANCHESTER, Grub
Friday 28th March, 7.30pm: BRISTOL, Basement 45