Performatist
    Comedy

    Reuben Solo - Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me

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    Friday, May 29, 2026

    8:00 PM

    Union Hall

    Park Slope, Brooklyn

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Reuben Solo brings Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me to Union Hall. An Australian stand-up and sketch comedian who rose to prominence on social media from 2020, Solo is known for self-referential and surreal humour; the show's title points to the same preoccupations with identity, performative confession and unreliable narration that mark his Melbourne-based work.

    About Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me

    Reuben Solo brings *Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me* to Union Hall, continuing his move from viral sketches to a live, room-scale comedy show. The Australian stand-up works in self-referential, slightly surreal rhythms, circling identity, performance, and the low-level paranoia of being watched and judged. If this run marks a first New York presentation, it also reads as a snapshot of how social-media comedy adapts to the city’s small-stage tradition. Solo’s sharpest moments come when the format itself becomes the subject.

    About the Artist

    Reuben Solo - Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me

    Reuben Solo is an Australian stand-up and sketch comedian who first drew a wide audience online in 2020. In New York City, he brings *Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me* to Union Hall, a show built around self-reference, identity, and the unease of performing for strangers.