Filth Queen

Steph Tolev does not ease her way onto a stage. Wearing a custom jumpsuit with her self-appointed title emblazoned across her back, she immediately brings her trademark high-decibel growls and relentless physical movement to the crowd. This is an hour built on the sheer comedy of being gross, where Tolev revels in the bodily indignities of dating, sex, and simply existing in a human body.

Filmed at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, the June 2025 Netflix debut marks Tolev’s first solo hour for the streamer, produced by her longtime supporter Bill Burr. It arrived during a major career surge for the Canadian comedian, who had spent the year guest-starring in Shane Gillis’s sitcom Tires and hosting the AVN Awards. On stage, her performance acts as a loud rejection of polite female behavior, with stories ranging from an interactive fishery date with a shorter man to a tryst with a 99-year-old who can neither see nor hear her.

Tolev uses her voice as an instrument of comic friction, matching her gravelly tone with a frantic, prancing physicality that carries the entire set. Rather than looking for sympathy, she turns physical insecurities into punchlines, celebrating the freedom of hooking up with a partner who has completely failed senses.