Elis James and John Robins bring their BBC Radio 5 Live show and podcast to the Royal Albert Hall for one night, with stand-up from James to close.
Elis James and John Robins, the BBC Radio 5 Live podcasters, bring Pressure Is A Privilege to the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington on Wednesday 24 March 2027. It is a one-night live version of their show.
James was born in Haverfordwest in 1980 and grew up in Carmarthen, with Welsh as his first language. He began in comedy in 2005 and performs stand-up in both English and Welsh.
Robins grew up in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, and read English at St Anne’s College, Oxford. In 2017 he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, jointly with Hannah Gadsby, for The Darkness of Robins.
The pair began their radio show on XFM in February 2014, and it later moved to BBC Radio 5 Live. Their podcast had passed 12 million downloads by July 2017.
The Hall night brings the show’s regular features to the stage, with their producer, Dave. James closes the second half with stand-up, after returning to English-language stand-up in 2026 in front of 40 people in Kennington.