Adam Kay has announced a 22-date nationwide tour of his hit show TWAS THE NIGHTSHIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS LIVE. The best-selling author and former junior doctor shares entries from his festive diaries alongside original stand-up and songs of a Christmassy nature. The show is a love letter to all those who spend the most wonderful time of the year on the NHS front line, removing babies, chocolate wrappers, remote controls, and fairy lights from the various places they get stuck.
Since lockdown eased Kay has seen sell-out audiences for his West End return of THIS IS GOING TO HURT LIVE. The highly acclaimed show tours nationwide throughout 2021. 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.
Adam Kay is a multi-award-winning writer, comedian and former doctor. He is the UK’s best-selling non-fiction author. This is Going to Hurt was the bestselling paperback under lockdown and has sold over 2.5 million copies, been translated into 37 languages, and is the bestselling narrative non-fiction title of the 21st century, 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 its first three months, and his recent anthology Dear NHS was an instant Sunday Times number one, raising over £400, 000 for charity. Kay’s Anatomy is Adam’s first book for children. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and became the fastest selling children’s non-fiction book of the decade.
