Louis CK @ Kings Theatre (November 22, 2025)

I was a bit surprised when I heard about this tour, as Louis had been cancelled for sexual misconduct many years ago. But it didn't deter me from wanting to see the show. Fran didn't know what she was getting into when she agreed to accompany me to the show (she had never heard of him before), and was reminded earlier that day by her brother about Louis' past. All that being said, it turned out to be an absolutely hilarious performance.

This was the first time I had seen Louis live. I wasn't sure whether to expect any sort of change in his style or content post-cancellation, and as far as I could tell there wasn't really any. He didn't address his misconduct in the material, nor do I think he needed to (as an aside, I later found out that he had previously put out a bunch of other material after the cancellation, so this wasn't really a comeback, even though it was his biggest tour since then). While definitely on the raunchier side, he has a rare ability to combine solid material at different philosophical levels. One minute he's joking about farts, another about satisfaction in life, and then later about pedophilia. And all the while leaving us all in stitches.

He had a couple of openers, whose names I can't remember or find at the moment. The first was a woman who wasn't very funny. The second was a Norwegian guy who played the awkward shtick to near perfection - I hope to find out more about him.