Nina Gilligan: Lemoncake – 2026

The kids have gone, the house is quiet, and the spare bedroom has become a land grab.
Freedom is scary, and Nina is quietly losing her mind while pretending everything is absolutely fine… until it isn’t.
After a lemoncake incident, Nina is banned from using heavy machinery. What follows is flirting with priests, turning to witchcraft and recreational substances — and the realisation that empty nesting is less gentle clearing and more violent reinventing.
Warm, sharp and self-aware, Nina Gilligan is back with a hilarious, unfiltered celebration of what it means to be a mature woman — standing in the wreckage of self-discovery and hoping there is a recipe that works.
It’s not a breakdown.
It’s a lemoncake moment.

Comedians’ Comedian 2025
Mercury Award Winner
Chortle Club Comic

About Nina…

Nina Gilligan sometimes outrageous, always hilarious with a charming, loveable persona which belies an acerbic wit. Equally at home in clubs as art centre’s Nina is opening, closing and emceeing gigs up and down the country.

2021 saw her crowned as the WINNER of the prestigious Leicester Mercury Award after also Winning Liverpool Hot Water and being a finalist in English Comedian of The Year in previous year’s. Recent work includes a sell-out show ‘Late Developer’ at Leicester Comedy Festival which is going on to The Edinburgh Fringe 2022 with Just The Tonic. Recent Tour Support includes Jason Manford, Clinton Baptiste and Rachel Fairburn. Described as ‘A Gem of the Circuit’ and with an ability to ‘Transcend age barriers effortlessly’ she continues to rise through the comedy ranks.