This Review is from August 2025

In Paul Sinha: 2 Sinha Lifetime, the stand-up comedian, broadcaster, quizzer and author, celebrates thirty years in comedy.

His journey has certainly been dramatic. Paul began performing stand-up while working as a junior doctor. Since his 2004 Edinburgh debut, Aspects of Love, Actually, he quit medicine, fell in and out of love with a borderline fascist, became a daytime TV celebrity, got married, contracted Parkinson’s, published a memoir and had two heart attacks.

You have to admire Paul’s resilience.

In 2 Sinha Lifetime, however, the comedian is not delivering pathos. This is an upbeat, quick-witted, wide-ranging, gag heavy comedy show. Sharp and self-deprecating, every gag lands, whether scripted or in response to what’s happening in the room. And I do get a real kick out of watching middle class, middle England Chase fans warmly laughing at the occasional bum sex joke.

2 Sinha Lifetime is a real treat.

You can hear an interview with Paul Sinha about his show, 2 Sinha Lifetime, on episode 2 of On the Mic: Five a Day podcast.