God, the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes) by James Cary, UK Tour: Halo Theatre, Chase Side, Southgate, London, N14 | 12 September 2026, Touring until October 2026 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Mary-Ellen Dyson

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God, the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes)

by James Cary, UK Tour: Halo Theatre, Chase Side, Southgate, London, N14 5PP | 12 September 2026, Touring until October 2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Mary-Ellen Dyson

“Fundamentally funny.”

Christian stand-up comedy is not a common enterprise in Britain. James Cary is trying to change that.

Cary is an experienced comedy writer. He has worked on mainstream sitcoms like Miranda and Bluestone 42, has written about comedy in books like The Sacred Art of Joking, and is adapting to the modern age with his Substack, The Wycliffe Papers. Much of his oeuvre centres around Christian humour. He is primarily a comedy writer; in this show, he demonstrates that his skillset translates smoothly into stand-up.

In good news, this show is funny. In fact, it’s really quite funny. I laughed a lot, as did the rest of the audience in the 200-strong sell-out performance that I attended. Cary’s is a wordy style of comedy, and the show is gently cerebral – it expresses its admiration for the Bible as a worded source of truth by leaning into stand-up as a worded source of entertainment.

The show uses the Bible as its anchor, and it laughs with the Bible, rather than at it. It points out the humour in stories that Christians have heard hundreds of times before and finds from these stories amusing links with a wide range of our 21st-century life. It is deeply respectful and reverent towards the Bible. In fact, it goes so far as to use comedy as a starting point for spreading the Gospel, pointing out in humorous ways the Biblical evidence for Christ. But it’s not a sermon, and the audience is not there to be preached at – it is frequently, fundamentally funny. Cary strikes the balance between laughter and Gospel expertly.

This show will appeal to Christian audiences of all stripes – there are no denominational controversies here, and the show even manages to bring a great deal of laughter from the debates surrounding Creation whilst remaining respectful to creationists and evolutionists alike. Its universal Christian appeal is masterful. However, if you are without a reasonable understanding of the Bible – say the names “Jacob and Esau” are meaningless to you, or “John 3:16” doesn’t have any resonance – then much of this show will go over your head.

Brothers and sisters, if you come to this show, you will be well-entertained. And if you think it’s odd to call strangers “brothers and sisters”, then perhaps another show will appeal more.

Cast and creatives

Performed and written by James Cary