Paul Chowdhry, the first British Asian stand-up to sell out Wembley Arena, closes his Englandia tour at the Royal Festival Hall, filmed for his fifth stand-up special.
Paul Chowdhry, the first British Asian stand-up to sell out Wembley Arena, closes his Englandia tour at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank on Sunday 24 January 2027. The show is filmed for his fifth stand-up special.
Born Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry in Edgware in 1974, he is of Indian Punjabi descent. He began performing in London’s pubs and comedy clubs in 1998.
Television brought him a wider audience. He hosted Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week, played Live at the Apollo in 2012 and 2015, and was a contestant on the third series of Taskmaster.
His tour Live Innit took him to Wembley Arena in 2017. He has since sold out several nights at the Eventim Apollo, and played the Netflix Is a Joke festival in Los Angeles and Just for Laughs in Montreal.
Englandia sold out arena nights at The O2 and Birmingham’s Utilita Arena in 2025. This date brings the show back to London to close the run, in front of the cameras.