Ricky Gervais, the creator of After Life, played 14 nights of his stand-up show Mortality at The London Palladium and filmed it there for Netflix.
Ricky Gervais, the creator of After Life, played 14 nights of Mortality at The London Palladium in the West End between Thursday 9 October and Saturday 8 November 2025.
After The Office he made Extras, then wrote, directed and starred in the film The Invention of Lying in 2009. Derek and the three series of After Life followed.
His Netflix stand-up specials began with Humanity and SuperNature. Armageddon won a Golden Globe, and its night at the Hollywood Bowl set a world record for the highest grossing comedy gig.
In 2016 he received the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy from BAFTA Los Angeles.
Gervais had played his previous show, Armageddon, in the same house in the autumn of 2023. This time the shows of Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October were filmed for a Netflix special of Mortality.
The comedian Sean McLoughlin opened each night as his support act.