Pete Davidson, the Saturday Night Live alumnus and star of The King of Staten Island, played one London night of stand-up at The London Palladium.
Pete Davidson, who spent eight seasons on Saturday Night Live, played one night of stand-up at The London Palladium in the West End on Wednesday 8 October 2025.
Davidson was born on Staten Island in 1993. His father, a New York firefighter, died in the attacks of 11 September 2001, when Davidson was seven.
He first tried stand-up at 16, on a dare from friends, in a Staten Island bowling alley. After one semester at St. Francis College in Brooklyn he left to do comedy full time.
He joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2014 and stayed until 2022. In 2020 he co-wrote and starred in The King of Staten Island, a film drawn from his own life, and he later created the Peacock series Bupkis.
The Palladium was his only London date, and his one stop in England, on a short autumn run through Europe. His most recent Netflix special was Turbo Fonzarelli.
Joey Gay and Dave Sirus opened the evening.