“As a ventriloquist, I can get away with jokes that other comedians can’t,” Paul Zerdin explains. “I’ve got the luxury of taking the p*ss out of myself, but through the characters, rather than me just being relentlessly self-deprecating. I can get away with having a go at the audience much more, too; you get to be cheekier. Mocking the front row is a trademark of my characters, but I’m evolving my audience interaction beyond that.” 

Comedian & ventriloquist Paul, the 2016 winner of America’s Got Talent, here returns to the Midlands with a show that’s definitely not appropriate for young children (the age suitability is 14-plus). “They might be cute little puppets,” Paul says of his numerous characters, “but leave the kids at home!”