Nish Kumar

King Rocker

Michael Cumming

Robert Lloyd, Stewart Lee

How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the leader of a cult British underground band into its fifth decade? Comedian and writer Stewart Lee, director Michael Cumming and James Nicholls investigate the mysterious existence of Robert Lloyd, Britain’s ultimate post-punk survivor. Robert Lloyd’s Prefects played with The Clash on the White Riot tour in 1977, and their ongoing incarnation, as Birmingham’s Captain Beefheart suffused post-punk poets The Nightingales, recorded more John Peel sessions than any other band. Ever. But what were the social, cultural and economic circumstances that enabled and sustained such outsider artists in the punk and post-punk eras, and how has the world changed to the point where such figures are unlikely to flourish in the same way today? Lloyd’s own odyssey echoes how abstract notions of social mobility, of the value of culture and music, have changed in the last five decades.

It's In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves, Pt. 2

Nish Kumar

Recorded at the Hackney Empire over two nights - March 29th and April 1st 2019, this is the show that I toured the UK with in 2018 & 2019 and then took to New York and Montreal. It’s about Brexit, Trump losing heroes and getting arrested. It also covers my unlikely (and ill-advised) transformation from comedian into news commentator.

It’s In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves, Pt. 1

Nish Kumar

Recorded live at the Duchess Theatre, London on December 12th 2016, this is the show that I did in Edinburgh, and then on tour that year, culminating in this performance captured on whatever the modern word is for tape. The show is about gentrification, history and the rise of the far right and what happened to me on Brexit night. Technically speaking, this is a recording of ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words… Unless You Shout The Words Real Loud‘. Recorded by Zak Annette and mixed and edited by Chris Hamilton and the artwork was by Jasmine Thompson.

Nish Kumar - Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity

Shenoah Allen

Nish Kumar

Filmed exclusively for Soho Theatre's Home Collection. Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of The Mash Report, Nish Kumar presents a stand-up comedy show for people who like stand-up comedy shows by a man that does stand-up comedy.