“Gleefully giving the show of her life…In this gag-laden live version of her autobiography, the comedian dishes out ready quips, honest self-assessment and a slew of earthy observations on the ageing process…consistently entertaining.” ★★★★
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
“She’s always hilarious…The jokes really do keep coming” ★★★★
Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub
“…packed with razor-sharp wit, unfiltered honesty, and a relentless energy that keeps the audience hooked from start to finish… comedy gold… an absolute joy to watch… she swerves back into jokes with the precision of a seasoned pro, ensuring the laughter never stops for too long…she’s still one of the sharpest, most entertaining voices in comedy.” ★★★★
Emma Carney, The Live Review
It was announced today (Wednesday 23rd April) that, due to popular demand, comedian, novelist, and self-proclaimed professional show-off Jenny Eclair will be extending her nationwide autobiographical show Jokes, Jokes, Jokes Live! with additional dates this autumn. Following a critically acclaimed run including a sold-out performance at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, the tour will add 23 extra shows, offering over 11,000 extra tickets from 19th September to 21st November 2025. Highlights include a return to London at the Duchess Theatre on 13th October, and, for the first time, a performance at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro on 10th October.
This comes hot on the heels of her previously twice extended UK tour, Sixty! (FFS!), a successful series of live performances of the Older And Wider podcast alongside co-host Judith Holder and starring in the 15th series of the critically acclaimed global hit show, Taskmaster.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 25th April from jennyeclair.com
From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, grumpy old woman, podcaster and nana! Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny invites you to look back at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning, punk poetry, animal impressions and baritone nursery rhyme singing may feature.
Jenny Eclair was the first woman to win the Perrier Award – the UK’s top comedy award – in 1995. Since then, Jenny has taken multiple shows on tour around the country, most recently Sixty! (FFS!) which was extended twice due to its popularity. Jenny is well known for her starring role on BBC1’s Grumpy Old Women which ran for three series and was then adapted into four live shows touring across the UK and Australia, all of which Jenny co-wrote and starred in. Continuing her partnership with Judith Holder, producer of Grumpy Old Women, Jenny co-hosts the podcast Older and Wider the podcast for people who don’t know what a podcast is, a weekly ramble about life, with additional swearing. She is also the writer of the much-loved BBC Radio Four Little Lifetimes monologues which ran for seven series. Jenny was a contestant on series 15 of Taskmaster (Channel 4) and currently hosts the spin off podcast Taskmaster: The People’s Podcast. Eclair is also a critically acclaimed author with seven novels, a collection of short stories and a number of non-fiction books under her belt, the latest being Older and Wider – A Survivors Guide to the Menopause and most recently Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, My Very Funny Memoir which was released in October 2024.
Jenny’s TV appearances include Grumpy Old Women S1-3, Richard Osman’s House of Games, Celebrity MasterChef, The Great Pottery Throw Down Festive Celebrity Special, The Apprentice: You’re Fired!, Room 101, Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC), Taskmaster S15 (Channel 4), Loose Women, Pointless Celebrities, The Chase: Celebrity Special (ITV), Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, QI (UKTV). Reality TV appearances include Splash and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here (ITV) in 2010, in which Jenny came third.
What the press said about Sixty! (FFS!)
“a sensational job” ★ ★ ★ ★
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
‘this is a riotous girls’ night out from start to finish.’ ★ ★ ★ ★
Mark Wareham, Mail on Sunday
“she is in ebullient form…a sharp and Joyous comic mind”
Brian Logan, The Guardian
Jokes, Jokes, Jokes Live! runs from 19th September – 21st November 2025
Full list of dates at Jennyeclair.com
For more information and interview requests, please contact: Lucy Plosker – [email protected]
