Alison Spittle

Schedule

Thu Mar 26 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Wardrobe | Leeds, EN

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Alison Spittle: BIG
Following an award-winning sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Alison Spittle is touring "her finest show to date" (The Scotsman).
A man told Alison to sit down and now she's doing a whole stand up show about it. After an encounter on a train with a man triggers a series of events that change Alison’s life, she ponders if it’s easier to change herself than the world around her. This is a big show about making yourself smaller.
Winner of the Comedian’s Choice Award for Best Show at Edinburgh Fringe 2025.
Winner of the Best Performer Award at Dublin Fringe 2025.
One of British Comedy Guide’s Best Reviewed Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2025.
Alison has made appearances on House of Games, Celebrity Goggle Box and Pointless Celebrities, and on the popular podcasts Off Menu, The Gargle and Trusty Hogs. She is the co-host of the new podcast Magazine Party and has also co-hosted Wheel of Misfortune and Guilty Feminist. You may have also seen Alison as the support act for Fern Brady, Rob Delaney and Maria Bamford on tour.
Praise for BIG:
Rolling Stone 5* “Alison Spittle is fucking hilarious… naked honesty and blazing soul”
Daily Express 5* “The weight of the world and people’s perceptions on her size can’t halt the juggernaut joy of Alison’s storytelling”
ThreeWeeks 5* “Spittle is a master of her craft”
The Scotsman 4* “A gifted storyteller with an irresistible turn of phrase and a true gift for comedy”
Irish Times 4* “A fearless confessional comic and a great storyteller… harrowing and hilarious”
The Herald 4* "a carefully-crafted, expertly-delivered show" Evening Standard 4* “Spittle has delivered a stormer of a Fringe show”
The Skinny 4* “an audacious, gloriously silly hour that is chaotically driven and utterly original”
Metro 4* “undeniably rib-tickling and punchy, the one-liners are unmatched”
List 4* “Spittle dishes out laughs at a rapid rate'
Entertainment Now! 4* “Spittle is a joy to spend time with… a bracing, bullish show, full of laughter”Across The Arts 4* “a masterclass performance filled with warmth, charm and comedic skills”Neurodiverse review 5* “very, very funny...a truly powerful use of the medium of stand up"One4Review 4.5* “laughs a plenty”Loaded 4* “a tight hour of comedy gold”Corr Blimey 4* "a punchy, tightly paced hour of comedy radiating charisma and charm"Scots Up 4.5* “funny, fierce and fabulous”Binge Fringe 4* "a master storyteller, will have you laughing from start to finish"
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