Comedy

Comedy

I perform live comedy regularly across the UK and the USA, in rooms where the humans are live and the jokes are, at the very least, under medical observation.

In this section you’ll find videos of performances and photos of jokes that have been tested in rooms full of actual humans, then revised until they learned how to behave under lights. There is also the occasional podcast appearance where the dulcet tones of my voice do all of the heavy lifting and my pants are under no legal obligation to have buttons.

The ones that held it together under stage lights

  • Text joke with comedian sonya mathews wearing a grey hoodie and pink glasses. The joke is about a cow who learned how to use tools for self care.
  • Text joke with photos of comedian sonya mathews wearing a buffalo plaid jacket and red glasses. The joke is about Bonnie Blue supporting right wing policies because of immigration.
  • Text joke with photos of comedian sonya mathews wearing a buffalo plaid jacket and red glasses. The joke is about Bonnie Blue supporting right wing policies because of immigration. This is part 2 of the joke.
  • Text joke with photos of comedian sonya mathews wearing blue glasses and a blue hoodie. The joke is about being an american abroad and staying grounded.
  • A joke about the phrase hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Photos by Donna Lloyd.
  • A joke about not getting my phone scratched by Sonya Mathews
  • A joke about teaching a man to fish

The ones that landed in waveform

The ones that sat still long enough to write down

  • A joke about millennials and boolean search functions.

The ones that made more sense as pictures

Sketchy Ideas: Jokes about Any Things
A pencil drawing of someone wide awake being tormented by a pixie, copyright sonya mathews 2025

Neverland… but make it neurotic.

A joke about anxiety dreams and laying awake at night thinking about everything wrong you ever did.

a drawing of a union mage in a registrar's office, copyright Sonya Mathews 2025

Union Mage

A joke about being required to speak wedding vows unexpectedly.

A drawing of raccoons at a disco, copyright: CS Mathews, 2025.

ADHD Brain

A joke about how ADHD brains don’t recognize some of the ordinary ways people think of the world.

A drawing of the pope and a tabby cat wearing American sunglasses copyright Sonya Mathews 2025.

American Pope

A joke about the new American Pope choosing his name.

A pencil drawing of an embarassed American existing abroad, copyright CS Mathews, 2025

Existing as an American in the wilds of abroad

A piece about existing as an American in a world that has been drowned in American media for decades.

States of Delusion: Jokes about the USA
a drawing of a boston terrier assisting a woman who has fallen on the ice while wearing inappropriate winter clothing.

New England Kindness

A joke about New England kindness, and how we disguise it.

Drawing of ICE agents taking away Lady Liberty, copyright Sonya Mathews 2025.

Lady Liberty

A sharp political joke about the Statue of Liberty as an undocumented immigrant.

A drawing of the MAGA white house copyright Sonya Mathews 2025.

The benefits of a Donald Trump Presidency

A joke response to a question genuinely asked of me by a woman at a bakery.

A drawing of a boston terrier driving in the maze of Boston streets, copyright Sonya Mathews 2025.

Driving in Boston

A joke about driving in Boston, for those who have ever tried to do so.

A drawing of a tourist looking confusedly at a signpost in New England that shows CVS and Dunkin' Donuts.

New England Directions

A classic joke about navigating New England.