★★★★ "Catalyses laughter that cannot be contained" - Fest Magazine

Jake Lambert is going on his first national tour "The Sunshine Kid" while also fitting in arena dates supporting Michael McIntyre. Described as "A joke machine" by The Telegraph, the show will see the comedian talk about trying to navigate his way through everyday life, why he has a fear of being normal, and asking why we all feel the need to ask strangers what breed their dogs are.

Why is he calling his tour "The Sunshine Kid", a reason I definitely agree with, and it's not that other fallback we have (to strangers without dogs) talking about the weather. "It's about me and how I try to find the positives. Like I've noticed how people say negative things online, but if you ever have a chance to speak to them in real life they are not like that at all."

"There seems to be anger for no reason. We are kind of trapped by the way we're expected to behave and if we could just break through those barriers. So The Sunshine Kid is me trying to stay optimistic and ask people to try to remain tolerant and understand other people."  Though the first joke he remembers writing definitely shows a lack of tact and understanding from his mother! "The first joke I ever wrote was: 'My mum makes a mean dinner, last night's was Alphabetti Spaghetti that spelt out "you're adopted."'"

As well as writing his own material, Jake also writes for other comedians, which means he can give a different slant on the material. "It's easier to write for others because I'll be writing for a TV show which means there's a specific topic. Writing for myself I have the choice of literally everything which is harder. It's like when the selection of chocolates is too large and you don't know what to pick, it's easier to decide if there's only a handful."

"I've written monologues for Tom Allen on The Apprentice: You're Fired and the opening monologue of the Royal Variety Performance for Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. I've written for Mock The Week, Bake Off: An Extra Slice. It's fun to write for others because you get to think like them. I wrote for Romesh on The Ranganation and there's no other time I would get to write jokes as a dad of three with Sri Lankan parents!"

Life is full of debut's for Jake at the moment, his debut tour and also his debut appearance on "Live at The Apollo". Somewhere as he says he had not performed before, but for a lad born in Slough. it had been his go to place for watching comedians. "I'd played lots of big venues because I'd supported Romesh Ranganathan, Seann Walsh, Jack Dee and Kevin Bridges, but never the Apollo. It was such an important stepping stone. When I was growing up it was where I'd go to see comedy – I saw Michael McIntyre there and now I'm supporting him."

"I think I bowed to the audience when I came out. But they remind you that it's a TV recording, so if anything goes wrong they can edit it. The only thing was you don't walk on from the side you walk straight on from the back with the microphone in your hand so there's no mic stand – you have to remember to stop walking. All you do when you're up there is try to ignore the voice in your head that says "this is what you pictured when you did your first ever gig.""

If you would love an evening with "The Sunshine Kid" on his first tour, to take your mind off the angst and threats on WWIII for an evening, the details of his tour and how to get tickets can be found at www.jakelambertcomedy.com