Comedian Jim Jeffries stars in Oxford 

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Comedian Jim Jeffries brings his show, Son of a Carpenter, to Oxford’s New Theatre on 13th November as part of his UK tour 

If you like your comedy polite, whimsical and family-friendly… Jim Jefferies is not your guy. But if you want blisteringly funny, occasionally outrageous, and very possibly the only man alive who can segue from Jesus to koala bears to male pattern baldness in a single set, hurrah! You’re in luck. 

The Australian-born, UK-forged comic titan is back this autumn with his new stand-up show Son of a Carpenter, playing two huge nights at London’s Eventim Apollo in September before rampaging through Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, Cardiff and just about every major city with a theatre brave enough to host him. 

Jim has released ten stand-up specials, five of them Netflix hits. His most recent, High & Dry (2023), saw him reflecting on married life, why he’ll never drink again (“because I’m too good at it”), and the inherent laziness of koalas. As he once put it: “They eat one leaf, then sleep for 23 hours. That’s not a spirit animal—that’s just unemployment with fur.” 

He’s also the creator and star of cult FX sitcom Legit, former host of Comedy Central’s The Jim Jefferies Show, and was crowned Stand-Up Comedian of the Year at Just for Laughs in 2019. Not bad for a bloke who admits he only got into comedy because (and this is a direct quote) “I was too crap at being a musician.” 

Away from stand-up, Jim has been moonlighting as host of FOX’s bizarre reality series The Snake in which contestants outwit each other in jungle-level challenges – and will star in Jordan Peele’s upcoming production Him alongside Marlon Wayans and Julia Fox. And just in case that wasn’t enough, his new Netflix special Town Limb Policy dropped on 12th August. Sleep clearly isn’t on the tour rider. 

But make no mistake, Son of a Carpenter is the main event. Jim says he thrives on saying the things everyone else is thinking but is too scared to blurt out… “Every comedian should believe they’re the best comedian in the world,” he told one interviewer recently. “Because if you don’t, what’s the point?” 

That mix of self-deprecation, swagger and straight-up honesty is exactly why audiences keep coming back. He can drop a joke that makes you gasp, then follow it up with one that makes you choke on your pint. It’s cathartic, chaotic, and somehow comforting, like your smartest mate at the pub after three too many.