
Nina Gilligan - Lemoncake
Nina Gilligan - Lemoncake at Frog and Bucket Comedy Club, Manchester
About the show
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
Featuring - Nina Gilligan

WINNER COMIC'S COMIC 2025
BBC AUDIO AWARDS WINNER 2024 (Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama)
CHORTLE AWARD BEST ACT WINNER 2023
NW COMEDY AWARDS BEST ACT WINNER 2023
YORKSHIRE COMEDY AWARDS BEST ACT 2023
LEICESTER MERCURY COMEDY AWARD WINNER 2021
YORKSHIRE COMEDY AWARDS BEST ACT 2022
WINNER – Liverpool Hot Water Comedian of the Year
NOMINATED – Greater Manchester Fringe Best Comedy Play
FINALIST – English Comedian of the Year 2016