The king of the one-liner brings a brand-new show to the Strip: Jimmy Carr opens a three-night run of Killing Jokes at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on Thursday, November 11, 2027, with showtime at 8:00 PM, per Wynn’s official entertainment page. Performances continue Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13 — this guide covers opening night.
Carr’s live show is a masterclass in economy: hundreds of jokes, machine-gun pacing, the famous laugh, and crowd work that has humbled hecklers on several continents. The 8 Out of 10 Cats and Netflix special star plays Vegas on his own terms — a dark, rapid-fire late-night act poured into a pristine theater at an almost civilized hour. Veterans Day weekend crowds should suit him fine.
Date, time and show details
What: Jimmy Carr: Killing Jokes — stand-up comedy
When: Thursday, November 11, 2027, at 8:00 PM Pacific
Where: Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Wynn’s official listing runs the engagement November 11–13, 2027, at 8:00 PM nightly. A fair warning, offered affectionately: Carr’s material is famously adult, and the jokes-per-minute count leaves no time to recover between them. That is precisely the point.
About the show
Killing Jokes is Carr’s latest touring hour, built on the formula he has refined for two decades: razor-edged one-liners, taboo topics handled with a surgeon’s gloves, and a second half where the audience feeds him lines to riff on. The Encore Theater gives the show its ideal frame — just under 1,500 seats, pristine sound, and a crowd close enough to catch every raised eyebrow. If you have only seen the panel-show version, the live act is the unfiltered original.
The venue
The Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, is inside Encore on the north Strip and is one of the most in-demand comedy rooms in America — the room where the genre’s biggest names choose to play Las Vegas. Sightlines are uniformly good, the bars are efficient, and the surrounding resort makes dinner before and drinks after effortless.
Tickets
Tickets are sold through Wynn’s official channels on the official Wynn show page. Wynn does not publish one fixed price on the listing — seats are priced by section, with the total shown at checkout. Carr’s Vegas runs sell out; opening night of a three-night stand is usually first to go, with the Saturday close behind.
Getting to the Encore Theater
Wynn and Encore are at 3131 Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, on the north Las Vegas Strip. Self-parking and valet are available at both towers, rideshare drop-off is signed at the Encore entrance, and the Las Vegas Monorail’s Convention Center station plus a short rideshare covers transit-first arrivals. Be in your seat by 7:45 PM — Carr starts on time and the first five minutes are some of the best.
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Make a night of it
Make an evening of the north Strip: dinner at Wynn, the 8:00 PM show, then a nightcap at Encore’s lounges or a stroll to the Lake of Dreams. And if opening night fills up, the same show plays November 12 and 13 in the same room.