Adam Flood
‘Life and Death of the Party’
22:00 | 3rd - 30th | Monkey Barrel, Cabaret Voltaire 2
Adam Flood was named by The Times as one of 'the top three rising stars of the fringe' in 2023. He's known for blending music and sounds into his high energy standup. His comedy mixes observations of the everyday with existential malaise cloaked in a daft delivery.
Adam has appeared on ITV’s Stand Up Sketch Show and can be heard performing on BBC Radio 4’s comedy series of ‘DMs Are Open’. As an actor, he has performed in ‘The Lunch That Called a Critic’, which you can listen to on Spotify or Apple Books. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, with ‘Remoulded’ in 2023 and ‘Back of the Spoon’ in 2024, with both shows transferring to national tours. His 2023 show was filmed at London's Moth Club for a Youtube special and was released in 2024 titled ‘Clayhead’. In 2024 went out to Melbourne Comedy Festival for a month as part of the prestigious Best of Ed Fest. He has performed at festivals including Latitude, Camp Bestival and Shiiine On, with 2025 announcements for UK and international festivals coming soon.
In 2024 he had a sell out limited run of his new concept show, ‘Late Night Comedy Rave: original electronic music with standup performed live over the top; when the punchline hits, so does the drop of the track. Think Boiler Room does stand up.
“Extremely funny, with a superb lightness of touch, I reckon Mr Flood could be One To Watch.” ★★★★★ - The Real Chris Sparkle
Adam Flood: Life and Death of the Party
Following his 2025 BBC Sounds stand-up special, comedian Adam Flood (ITVs Stand Up Sketch Show, Winner Bath New Comedian of Year) brings his third show to the fringe, but this time he’s created a monster. A death-defying genre fusion of standup and dance music. His new show at Monkey Barrel Cab Vol II, takes the traditional standup show format and cuts it with his “smash hit” (The Skinny) compilation show Comedy Rave, where standup is performed over beats - think Boiler Room but for losers.
A teen county lines dealer, turned indie rockstar, turned comedian, Adam’s urge to thrill seek put him on to the British institution of clubbing. But last year when all of his friends got married and ditched going out, he’s got to find someone else to go out with..the fringe audience. So he’s bringing the club to them whilst serving them jokes.
Expect routines on a teenage ego death, train hand dryers and what exactly happens when you run into a window at full speed. And with all of his friends taking the marital plunge, Adam considers should he jump off that same cliff, or continue down a hedonistic rabbit hole?
Key words: Stand up | Rave | Ego death | Marriage | Partying