Welcome to the theatrical podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed to ask. 

If there was a huge meteor hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want.

A show you’ve seen before, one that you wish you’d seen, or something you’ve made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth?

Our guest this episode is Luke Kempner.

Luke Kempner is an impressionist, comedian, actor and presenter who began his career in musical theatre. He and John worked together on the legendary Les Miserables 25th anniversary tour in 2010 before Luke went on to carve out a successful career in comedy.

He has quickly established himself as the UK’s hottest new impressionist for the millennial comedy generation with his contemporary take on pop culture mimicry, amassing over 10 million views online. Combining razor sharp stand-up with incisively accurate imitations of international TV celebrities, social media superstars, fellow comedians, notorious politicians and famous sports names, Luke is also familiar to television audiences with his regular appearances in the BAFTA winning Murder in Successville (BBC3), and as the breakout star of The Imitation Game on ITV1, which led to an appearance on The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1). Luke’s other TV credits include The Last Leg (Channel 4), ITV2’s Stand-Up Sketch Show, Love Island Aftersun and Celebrity Karaoke Club alongside as resident comedian on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side (Channel 5) for 9 series.

Luke is part of the Spitting Image voice cast (which can be seen on BritBox) and regularly appears as a presenter on BAFTA nominated TV show Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4). He is also a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he performs stand up to sell out crowds. In 2022 he debuted his latest stand up show Macho Man in Edinburgh to huge acclaim and is currently touring the UK with the show.

Some links mentioned in the chat:

Macho Man tour dates https://www.lukekempner.com/home#live

Murder in Successville info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_Successville

Murder in Successville Episode One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLtr_Sdfge4

Les Miz 2010 Cast album https://open.spotify.com/album/6YSnbnRXI7YAgn3WjAoksx?si=ObT7aYbdS-yHco6u-4yCYQ

The Only Way is Downton trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEsNgEd67A

The Imitation Game clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qos_EBrtUOo

Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

Music written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

Music performed by John Owen-Jones and John Quirk

Recorded and edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

Artwork by Martin Ball, John Owen-Jones and Alistair Brammer

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