Hi everyone! 👋
I'm a Belgian comedian/storyteller who has been living in Barcelona for a while.
In the beginning of 2024 I moved to London for a few months and experienced the weirdest things.
I would love to share these endeavours with you in my new show "London is great".
The show is a great mix of storytelling and comedy for a sunny day like this.
Please come watch support a local artist. Tickets are only 7 euro if you book online!
🗺️ Location: The BCN Studio
🗓️ Date: Tuesday April 15th
🕕 Start time: 8 pm
🎟️ https://londonisgreat.show
Hope to see you there 🙂
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_Synopsis_
Jakob’s second one-man show portraying the story of a complete idiot moving to a post-Brexit London to find a better life. This show while full of laughter and storytelling takes the audience on a journey through both the highs and the lows of life in one of the world’s most iconic cities: London. The performance goes deep into the heart of the capital through the eyes of someone who thought leaving behind Spanish tapas would be the hardest part—until he experienced British immigration and employment-based visas. Brace yourself for brutally honest comedy guiding you through corporate insanity with a theme of accountability.
_About the artist_
Jakob Kerkhove started doing comedy in Barcelona right before the pandemic hit (so he's both smart and lucky). Once Covid started to give up its attempts to conquer the world he emerged more and more as a writer storyteller and amateur comedian. At the beginning of 2024 he kicked in a door at a bar in Barcelona's Eixample and started the now well-established open mic “Jokes & Beers”. Then in the summer of 2024 he performed his first one-man show titled “Act Normal” at the Edinburgh Fringe (the world’s largest arts festival) where it received glowing reviews. Now he’s back with this brand-new story...
_Review (includes spoilers)_
London Is Great isn’t just a show; it’s a survival guide for anyone who’s ever been chewed up and spat out by the Big Smoke. And by “chewed up” I mean forced to pay thousands by Stacey from HR—London’s reigning queen of passive-aggressive emails and malicious compliance.
Through Jakob’s razor-sharp humor we learn that the whole toxic work experience didn’t just cost him his sanity; it also gifted Barcelona a comedian who can turn bureaucratic misery into gut-busting and painfully relatable comedy.
Between the queues the overpriced rent and the emotional minefield that is expat life Jakob somehow finds the funny in it all. His show is a love letter to London—with all the love crossed out and replaced by laugh-out-loud disdain. It’s the therapy session you didn’t know you needed—but much cheaper.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The BCN Studio, Carrer d'Elkano, 26, 1A, Distrito de Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona
