JJ Whitehead Globetrotting Stand Up Comedian

Award winning comedian, star of Live At The Comedy Store, The World Comedy Tour, The BBC Stand Up Show and countless International Festivals. “Intensely likeable, seriously funny” The List

JJ Whitehead’s rangy swagger and fearless, electric wit has charmed audiences around the world.  Disarmingly comfortable, JJ delivers unabashedly personal stories and blistering social satire in a unique performance style that can only come from a North American who cut his comedy teeth in Great Britain.

He has been a welcomed regular on British and Canadian TV; at international comedy festivals and as a headliner at such clubs as The Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Highlight, The Glee Clubs, Manfords and Yuk Yuks.

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Publicity

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Isn’t this the look that most tourists have just after saying ‘hello’ and right before getting mugged?
To this day, this photo is still the most misleading for people who show up to a show thinking I’m a singer

 

Shows

My first time on the ‘Free Fringe’ at the Edinburgh Festival. Thank you Liquid Rooms.
This is the first ever full length show that I did with The Stand Comedy Club. The club where I started my career.
Emotional Whitemale
Love the Kiwis. The secret to having an amazing audience is make them completely isolated from the rest of the world. They’re over the moon as soon as ANYONE shows up!
I had a lot of fun performing this one and toured it around the world. I had a remote controlled mailbox where 5 times during the show I pretended to receive ‘Dear John’ letters from a made up bitch of an ex-girlfriend.
My fantastically talented friend Ted Lapierre designed this logo for me
Kinda named this one after how I was mostly drunk in my twenties and I talk funny
My first full length show at The Edinburgh Festival. Yep that’s a hockey stick with the word ‘Immigrant’ written on it. My mom even sewed the hobo bag for me
The trickery with the arm shadows was cutting edge I tell ya. Cutting Edge!!
Infantile and possibly offensive title? CHECK! The title routine of this show is the closer on my first album if you’d like to check it out. It’s called ‘Disneyland Story’
My original comedy X-men team
This was the B-side poster. Even I hated this hippy dippy kid too much to put this one in heavy circulation.
The B-side poster. I totally know what routine I’m doing during this finger pose
I like blue. Duh

Press

“A genuine gift for saying the most outrageous things in the most disarmingly charming fashion” –  John Coulbourn, Toronto Sun”

“Exudes a positive desire to entertain. More so than the visceral style we’ve become accustomed to on the circuit.” – The List

“Blistering… hysterical… the audience lap up every word” – Metro

“First class, few late night comics this good.” Kate Copstick, – The Scotsman

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Gigs

JJ WHITEHEAD TOURING THE UK IN 2023

WED APRIL 5    CONGLETON UK

THU APR 6    BURY, MANCHESTER UK

FRI APR 7   EDINBURGH, THE STAND

SAT APR 8.  EDINBURGH, THE STAND

TUE APR 11. MANCHESTER, XS MALARKEY

WED APR 12 MANCHESTER, CREATURES COMEDY

FRI-SAT APRIL 14-15   GLASGOW, THE STAND COMEDY CLUB

APRIL 21-22.  NEWCASTLE, THE STAND

JJ IN CANADA 2023

MAY 5-6    HALIFAX, YUK YUKS.  Hosting Jason Rouse The Dark Heart of Comedy

MAY 12-13  HALIFAX, YUK YUKS

MAY 26-27.  VICTORIA, HECKLERS COMEDY CLUB

JUNE 2-3  CALGARY, YUK YUKS

JUNE 8-10 WINNIPEG, YUK YUKS

JUNE 15-17  WINNIPEG, YUK YUKS

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2023!!!

AUGUST – JJ WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE IN 2023!!