Here's the thing about Aisling Bea: she has been quietly stealing scenes on British television for a decade, and now, at last, she's coming to Glasgow's King's Theatre with a show of her very own.

Older Than Jesus, the BAFTA-winner's long-awaited debut stand-up tour, rolls into the King's on Sunday 19 April 2026 at 8pm. One night only. And — fair warning — the box office is already flashing "Sold Out" on the ATG Tickets listing, so if you want in, you'll be watching for returns like a hawk over Kelvingrove.

From panel-show scene-stealer to solo headliner

If the name doesn't immediately ring a bell, the face will. Bea has been the sharpest voice in the room on 8 Out of 10 Cats, the most gleefully competitive contestant on Taskmaster, and a regular on QI, Live at the Apollo, Travel Man and Netflix's Last One Laughing.

But the piece of work that cemented her reputation as a serious writer was This Way Up, the Channel 4 and Hulu series she created, wrote and starred in. A tender, funny, unflinching look at mental health, sisterhood and Irishness in London, it won her a British Comedy Award and a BAFTA nomination — and made her fans for life.

Why Glasgow? Why now?

Older Than Jesus is Bea's first full tour, a fact that feels faintly preposterous given how long she's been headlining other people's stages. Her promoters, Chambers Touring, promise "tales of travel, home, immigration, history, sex, babies, music, lovers and enemies." She'll even, they claim, answer your big life questions.

The hook, though, is personal. Bea has become a mother. Her own mam has sold the family home in Kildare and moved to join her in London. Older Than Jesus is, at its heart, about generational worlds colliding — and about what it means to call somewhere home when you've spent your life between places.

Glasgow audiences will get it. This is, after all, a city that understands diaspora, that laughs hardest at the jokes that sting a little, and that has always had a soft spot for a clever Irishwoman with a microphone. Bea's rhythms — the sudden tangents, the warmth under the wit, the refusal to let a bit end tidily — are tailor-made for a room like the King's.

The practicals

  • Show: Aisling Bea: Older Than Jesus
  • Venue: King's Theatre, 297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN
  • Date: Sunday 19 April 2026, 8pm (show has an interval)
  • Age guidance: 16+ (contains swearing and adult themes)
  • Tickets: Via ATG Tickets — currently sold out, but keep refreshing for returns and official resale

The wider tour began in February and wraps up in Birmingham a week after Glasgow, with earlier Scottish dates in Dundee (16 April) and Aberdeen (18 April). If you can't get into the King's, a road trip east is not the worst idea you'll have this spring.

Bea is, by any measure, one of the most talented stand-ups this country has never seen live. That changes on 19 April. Don't let it pass you by.