A Jewish comedian has described his dismay after a charity event he was due to perform at wanted him to sign a “behavioural agreement form” to make the evening a “safe space”.

Konstantin Kisin, who was joint winner of the New Jewish Comedian of the Year award at the UK Jewish Comedy Festival last week, was asked to perform at a comedy fundraiser in January for Unicef at the University of London.

But he was presented with a contract to sign, agreeing to a "no tolerance policy with regards to racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia or anti-religion or anti-atheism".

The contract said this was “to ensure an environment where joy, love, and acceptance are reciprocated by all."

Mr Kisin tweeted a copy of the agreement, saying that “the title of this ‘contract’ nearly made me puke.

“Plot twist: it's an UNPAID charity gig.”

Despite supporting UNICEF’, he said he felt he would not be able to perform in good faith at the event. 

He told the JC that it was “the first time” he had been presented with such a form, and called it “very dangerous not just for comedy but for society in general.”

Twitter users noted that the long list of subjects the contract would not tolerate did not include antisemitism.

But Mr Kisin said: “I am Jewish but I don't play the identity game.

“They also left off fat shaming and other things. It's not about antisemitism, it's about restricting free speech and a safety culture and indoctrination at universities.”