London is Great - English Stand Up Comedy & Storytelling - The Finale

This show, while full of laughter and storytelling, takes the audience on a journey through both the highs and the lows of life in one of the world’s most iconic cities: London. The performance goes deep into the heart of the capital through the eyes of someone who thought leaving behind Spanish tapas would be the hardest part—until he experienced British immigration and employment-based visas. Brace yourself for brutally honest comedy, guiding you through corporate insanity with a theme of accountability.

About the artist

Jakob Kerkhove started doing comedy in Barcelona right before the pandemic hit (so he's both smart and lucky). Once Covid started to give up its attempts to conquer the world, he emerged more and more as a writer, storyteller, and amateur comedian. At the beginning of 2024, he kicked in a door at a bar in Barcelona's Eixample and started the now well-established open mic “Jokes & Beers”. Then in the summer of 2024, he performed his first one-man show titled “Act Normal” at the Edinburgh Fringe (the world’s largest arts festival) where it received glowing reviews. Now he’s back with this brand-new story...

Review (includes spoilers)

London Is Great isn’t just a show; it’s a survival guide for anyone who’s ever been chewed up and spat out by the Big Smoke. And by “chewed up,” I mean forced to pay thousands by Stacey from HR—London’s reigning queen of passive-aggressive emails and malicious compliance.

Through Jakob’s razor-sharp humour, we learn that the whole toxic work experience didn’t just cost him his sanity; it also gifted Barcelona a comedian who can turn bureaucratic misery into gut-busting and painfully relatable comedy.

Between the queues, the overpriced rent, and the emotional minefield that is expat life, Jakob somehow finds the funny in it all. His show is a love letter to London—with all the love crossed out and replaced by laugh-out-loud disdain. It’s the therapy session you didn’t know you needed—but much cheaper.