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Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt - 10th Anniversary Tour

Darlington HippodromeDarlington

1 June 2027

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BAFTA-winning comedian Adam Kay celebrates a decade of his global smash This is Going to Hurt, with an all-new live tour featuring the most hilarious (and heartbreaking) entries from his diaries as a junior doctor. Expect a mix of all-time favourites alongside some never told-before stories, followed by a Q&A as Adam reflects on how the NHS has changed in the ten years since his diaries first stuck an index finger inside it. This time it’s really going to hurt. Now watched live by 350,000 people worldwide. "Intersperses horror stories from the NHS frontline with a catalogue of sublimely…

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BAFTA-winning comedian Adam Kay celebrates a decade of his global smash This is Going to Hurt, with an all-new live tour featuring the most hilarious (and heartbreaking) entries from his diaries as a junior doctor. Expect a mix of all-time favourites alongside some never told-before stories, followed by a Q&A as Adam reflects on how the NHS has changed in the ten years since his diaries first stuck an index finger inside it. This time it’s really going to hurt. Now watched live by 350,000 people worldwide. "Intersperses horror stories from the NHS frontline with a catalogue of sublimely silly songs, and some blissfully brilliant wordplay" ★★★★★ Mail on Sunday "Hilarious and heartbreaking" Charlie Brooker “Electrifying” Guardian

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