Originally from the UK (by way of Australia…long story), Adam Burke has been performing comedy in Chicago and throughout the U.S. for almost two decades. He is a fixture headliner on showcases and clubs throughout the Midwest and beyond. He is a regular panelist on NPR’s popular comedy quiz show “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” and was a writer for WGN’s “Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo.” Voted Best Standup by readers of The Chicago Reader in 2014, he was also the winner of Second City’s Up Next Comedy Competition. He appeared at numerous festivals including Bridgetown Comedy Portland OR, Just for Laughs Chicago (four years running), and the local stage of Funny Or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival. Burke has two debut albums through A Special Thing Records—”Universal Squirrel Theory” (2012) and “Weaponized Empathy” (2023), and his first special “UnAmerican” was released through SNG/Comedy Dynamics in 2025.
