Whitney Cummings and Paul Smith play Etihad Arena on 31 January 2027
The 2 Broke Girls co-creator takes an early show and Liverpool crowd-work comic Paul Smith follows later the same day.
Abu Dhabi Comedy Season runs into 2027 with two shows at Etihad Arena on Sunday 31 January. Gulf News reported that Whitney Cummings takes an early show and Paul Smith performs later the same day.
Cummings brings her Big Baby tour, which runs through 2027. At 29 she created two network sitcoms that premiered in the same season, CBS's 2 Broke Girls and NBC's Whitney, and she later served as an executive producer on ABC's Roseanne.
She has six stand-up specials, among them Money Shot (2010), I'm Your Girlfriend for HBO (2016) and the Netflix hours Can I Touch It? (2019) and Jokes (2022). She also hosts the podcast Good For You, which she launched in 2019.
Paul Smith is a Liverpool comedian and longtime resident compère at the city's Hot Water Comedy Club. His act runs on unscripted crowd work, and Variety reports that more than 5,000 of his clips circulate on social media. Gulf News warned front-row fans they "might just end up part of the show."
Smith is touring Happy, his sixth and biggest stand-up tour, across the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. His previous tour, Pablo, sold more than 600,000 tickets on its UK leg, and his Australian arena run opens in Perth on 3 February, days after Abu Dhabi.
Whitney CummingsSun 31 Jan · Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi See ticketsSource: Gulf News (Whitney Cummings), Gulf News (Paul Smith), Pabst Theater Group, Variety Australia
