Adam Kay reopened the West End on 22nd October delivering his hit show This Is Going To Hurt at the Apollo Theatre with a free gala night for NHS staff. Due to to huge demand an additional week has been added to the current run. The show will now run until November 15. Ticket link below.

In This is Going to Hurt the former doctor shares entries from his phenomenally popular diaries as a junior doctor in an evening of stand-up and music. This is Going to Hurt Live has been seen by over 200,000 people, including sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs from 2016 to 2019, plus sell-out UK tours and multiple West End runs. 

This is Going to Hurt has sold over 2.5 million copies, been translated into 37 languages, and is the bestselling narrative non- fiction title of the decade, spending over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. It is soon to be a major comedy-drama for BBC/AMC starring Ben Whishaw. His follow-up, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas, sold over 500,000 copies in the last three months of 2019, and his recent anthology Dear NHS was an instant Sunday Times number one, raising over £250,000 for charity. His first children’s book Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body was recently published by Puffin 15th October 2020 as hardback, audio and ebook and is a children’s Number One bestseller.

All shows are COVID-secure and socially distanced according to latest guidelines. To follow Tier 2 restrictions, please only attend shows with members of your own household or legally defined support bubble. 

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