BAFTA-winning comedian’s hilarious NHS diaries return to the stage following sell-out success
BAFTA-winning comedian and former doctor Adam Kay brings his critically acclaimed show This Is Going To Hurt to the Lime Tree Theatre on Friday February 13 at 8pm.
Based on Kay’s multi-million selling book and the multi-award-winning BBC television series, the show has sold over 350,000 tickets nationwide. The Guardian hailed it as “electrifying”, whilst Charlie Brooker described it as “hilarious and heartbreaking”.
Kay shares his uniquely humorous diaries from his time as a junior doctor on the NHS frontline, blending horror stories from hospital wards with “sublimely silly spoof songs” and “blissfully brilliant wordplay”, according to the Mail on Sunday’s five-star review.
The evening of stand-up comedy offers both laughter and poignant reflection on life in the National Health Service, drawing from Kay’s real experiences in obstetrics and gynaecology before he left medicine to pursue writing and comedy.
Since its publication in 2017, This Is Going To Hurt has become a cultural phenomenon, resonating with healthcare workers and audiences alike for its honest, often shocking, yet warmly funny portrayal of medical life.
Tickets €32.50 from limetreebelltable.ie