
STEVE JOHNSON | SCOTT FORBES
STEVE JOHNSON | SCOTT FORBES

Friday
29
May
2026
19:00
19:30
21:45
Breakneck Comedy Club
28 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5AX
Raul Kohli has fast become one of the most captivating acts in UK comedy.
Growing up Indian’s in the far north of England (Newcastle Upon Tyne) he’s blessed with a Worldview that upends ethnicity, culture and class. Combining ‘Superb political comedy’ (The Scotsman) with surreal storytelling, Raul Kohli is a recognized name in Comedy.
Raul Kohli is now one of the fastest rising act on the circuit.
A young geordie asian man combining fierce political satire with surreal storytelling, in just a few short years, his debut solo show: Newcastle Brown Male gained critical acclaim at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival earning him a top pick of both BBC Radio 4 and the Huffington Post.
***** – The Guardian
New Zealand Comedy Festival Best International Debut 2025
Edinburgh Fringe ISH Best Show Nominee 2024
The Guardian’s Top Ten Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show 2019
***** – NextUp Comedy

Aberdeen-based comedian and writer Steve Johnson first set foot on stage in 2024, making an immediate splash in the entertainment industry being described by Breakneck Comedy as “One of the fasted rising stars of the North East comedy circuit”.
Steve is a one to watch for the future.

The man from Montrose Scott Forbes is now the resident MC at Breakneck Comedy Club and has fast become an audience favourite. From observations to impressions, his straight to the point quick wit humour always has the audience in raptures. In 2019 he supported Gary Meikle on a number of tour dates and also had his first successful sold out show “Adulting” at Glasgow international Comedy Festival.
“Rapid fire natural delivery” Evening Express
“He gets you quick and once he does it’s machine gun laughter all the way “ Gary Meikle
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