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An antidote to the manosphere (with music)

With over 70 millions views across his digital platforms, Will Sebag-Montefiore brings his sharp musical, comedic and satirical prowess to the tangible realm of the stage.

An hour of stand-up, music, characters and impressions all about the worst people on social media which asks the question: “do I need a hair transplant?” and “why IS my name in the Epstein Files so many times?”

Will Sebag-Montefiore is an actor and comedian you may have heard alongside Olivia Colman in the 2024 remake of Green Wing or in BBC Radio 4‘s sketch show POV.

He is a regular guest on Rosie Holt’s Noncensored podcast, was murdered in Endeavour (ITV), has performed Shakespeare alongside Mark Rylance in Westminster Abbey with Shakespeare’s Globe and won Most Valued Player at a Primary School Football camp in 2001 (he was bad at football but people quite liked him).

His satirical videos have been shared by the likes of Adrian Lester, Owen Jones, Dermot O’Leary, Dawn Butler MP, Lorraine Kelly and, unfortunately, Joey Barton. Will is deeply ashamed of that last one but, look, a retweet’s a retweet.

“sensationally funny” ★★★★1/2 Quintessential Review

“upbeat and entertaining at every turn” Chortle

★★★★ Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe

“getting together for a shared laugh at the state of the world has a cathartic effect […] a job the gregarious Sebag-Montefiore does with consummate skill” Chortle

“I know I'll never be the best comedian in the world now that I've seen Will” JORDAN GRAY

“razor sharp funny genius!” ESTHER MANITO

“so funny and inventive” ROSIE HOLT MP

“one of the best comedians of his generation” SANGITA MYSKA

“The gold standard for political comedy” ABANDOMAN

“Will often makes me LOL” DAWN BUTLER MP

“So good we regularly harvest his content” JEMMA FORTE & MARINA PURKISS

“brilliant on Instagram and even better live” FRED MACAULAY

Praise for his sketch group Just These Please:
“Gags are packed tight, and as always, the performance is faultless" ★★★★ Chortle

"Tightly written and packed with jokes […] had the audience in stitches." ★★★★
The Wee Review

“Superb lineup of writing and performing talent” ★★★★★ The Arts Desk

“Countless highlights [...] talented foursome [...] consistently sharp” ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks

"Tight hilarious hour of sketch comedy […] Excellent writing" ★★★★ Beyond The Joke

News and Reviews for this Show

August 14, 2026  The Edinburgh Reporter This satirical musical comedy show is billed as “an antidote to the manosphere, attempting to take down the worst people on the internet while asking the question, ‘Do I need a hair transplant?’” and it certainly does what it says on the tin. Sebag-Montefiore, 35, wearing a purple satin shirt with black pedal-pushers and sockless loafers, is a bundle of energy as, strumming away fervidly on his guitar, he rips through a raft of self-penned songs lambasting the ne’er-do-well-to-do cabal and social media trolls. Several “right-wing lunatics” are lassoed into a comedic circle and metaphorically whipped until their misogynistic and self-aggrandising proclivities are red-raw. It’s disconcertingly fast but if you miss a joke or two there’s sure to be another close behind. Having a surname that just happens to be the same as what Wikipedia notes is an “influential British-Sephardic Jewish dynasty of financiers, philanthropists and writers” offers up another opportunity to rail at the online bigots who mistakenly assume he is Jewish. The Leeds-raised north Londoner also uses it to poke fun at antisemitic tropes, having failed to land any big acting roles courtesy of his namesakes. The hailstorm of gags is interspersed by a mini-directorial AI voiceover, courtesy of Philippa Carson, the actress, which appears to emerge from an onstage laptop. His gaze also turns inwards, or rather upwards, at his disappearing hairline and his insecurities surrounding it form a running theme throughout the show. Near the end, Harry, a young, with-it member of the free-ticketed audience from Bristol, is invited to replace Sebag-Montefiore on stage to be the foil for a volley of heckles which he lobs over from among the seats. “It’s well-written; he’s on-topic and up-to-date,” Harry says as Sebag-Montefiore hurriedly swipes digital payments from punters before heading off to another show. Click Here

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