Looking For Trouble lands at Whitehall Theatre
If your idea of a perfect night out involves sharp suits, sharper writing, and someone calmly dismantling modern life with a raised eyebrow… Dylan Moran is back on the road and he’s bringing his new show Looking For Trouble to Dundee.
Moran BAFTA-winning co-creator and star of Black Books, and the Perrier Award winner who’s been skewering the absurdities of adulthood for decades plays Whitehall Theatre on Saturday 28 November 2026 (with an Aberdeen date the same week).
This is a fresh tour, a new hour, and by the sound of it, an evening that will feel like being gently roasted by a poet who’s had enough of everyone’s nonsense.
So what’s Looking For Trouble?
The show comes with that classic Moran vibe: philosophical, furious, beautifully daft and somehow weirdly comforting.
It starts where many of us live: staring at the day ahead like it’s a boss level we didn’t train for.
Showtime. What are you going to do?
Go to work? Stay in bed and chase oblivion?
Bad news: we’re fresh out of oblivion.
From there, Moran takes aim at the rituals we’ve built around “having a life” the routines, the status symbols, the thousand wee bits of nonsense we stack together so we can point at it and say, that’s me, that’s my life. And then he does what he does best: makes it hilarious, makes it bite, and makes it feel like you’ve just had your brain dusted.
Along the way, you might also be tempted to:
- reclaim your life by becoming a lethal kickboxing chess champion
- pioneer new trends in global lovemaking
- join an elite band of trillionaire poet/pastry chef/mountaineers
(We’re not saying it’s likely. We’re saying it’s an option.)
A proper comedy heavyweight
Dylan Moran’s been a cornerstone of live comedy for years. In 1996 he became the youngest ever winner of the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, then went on to co-write and star in Black Books, which picked up two BAFTAs and became a cult classic for anyone who enjoys chaos in cardigan form.
He’s also popped up on screen in films like Notting Hill, Shaun of the Dead, Run Fatboy Run, and Calvary but stand-up is where he really does the damage.
What people say about his live shows
The reviews are very much in the “aye, he’s still got it” category:
- “Joyfully cynical” ★★★★★ Metro
- “Perfect for the times” ★★★★★ The i
- “Superb” ★★★★ The Guardian
- “Trumping Shakespeare… one-liners as killing as that” ★★★★ The Telegraph
Event details (Dundee)
Dylan Moran: Looking For Trouble
📍 Whitehall Theatre, Dundee
📅 Saturday 28 November 2026
🔞 Age rating: 16+
🎟️ Tickets: www.mintofmontrose.com and Whitehall Theatre (online / in person)
🕙 Ticket release info provided: Friday 27 February 2026, 10am (check listings for current availability)
Also in Scotland
Aberdeen — Tivoli Theatre — Thursday 26 November 2026