The comedy week ahead

The comedy week ahead...

Sunday September 15

LIVE IN EPSOM Hal Cruttenden kicks off the autumn tour of his Tough Luvvie show at the Epsom Playhouse, with astute observational comedy and sharp social commentary, all expertly delivered from the point of view of a camp middle-class man

zLIVE IN SHREWSBURY: If you live nearby, you’ve just got time to get down to the Shrewsbury Fields Forever festival at the West Mid/Shropshire Showground, where today one of the dance tents has been given over to the a comedy line-up headlined by Dylan Moran and featuring Carl Donnelly, Katherine Ryan, Brett Goldstein and more...

Monday September 16

LIVE IN LONDON: Are You Taking The Peace? – a benefit for peacekeeping organisation International alert at the Comedy Store features  Shappi Khorsandi, Holly Walsh, Sara Pascoe and more.

Tuesday September 17

TV: We prematurely announced this last week, but now it really is Dave on Dave. Dave Gorman’s new TV show, Modern Life Is Goodish starts on the satellite channel tonight at 10pm The six-part series is a mix of stand-up and documentary comedy and promises ‘a new take on the things we normally take for granted’.

LIVE IN LONDON: It’s the final two heats of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award at Up The Creek in Greenwich tonight and tomorrow... with the hundreds entrants helpfully pre-screened by patient talent-spotters to ensure a suitable standard!

Wednesday September 18

LIVE IN NORTHAMPTON: Jack Dee kicks off the second leg of his first live tour in six years at the Royal And Derngate... and he’s still on form.

LIVE IN LONDON: Ava Vidal reveals her new anecdote-heavy show, He’s Not A Keeper, about all the tell-tale signs straight women and gay men should look out for. It’s at the Soho Theatre for four nights.

Thursday September 19

TV: Jason Byrne’s sitcom Father Figure makes the leap from radio to BBC One. In it the comic plays a family man who tries to be the best dad he can while his wife – played by Karen Taylor – works full time. It rarely works out well. The cast also includes Pauline McLynn, Michael Smiley and Dermot Crowley. BBC One, 10.35pm

RADIO: It’s the return of Newsjack, Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show with an open-door policy for writers who want to send in submissions. Justin Edwards hosts once more. Radio 4 Extra, 10.30pm

Friday September 20

LIVE IN NOTTINGHAM: The city’s nine-day comedy festival kicks off today. Bill Bailey’s Qualmpeddler tour is the big name, but look out too for acclaimed shows from Romesh Ranganathan, Eric Lampaert, Noise Next Door and Pete Johannson along many others.

TV: It’s Channel 4’s 80s night, with Adam Hills hosting a revival of Fifteen To One at 8pm, followed by another 8 Out Of 10 Cats Do Countdown and Alan Carr’s Chatty Man.

Published: 15 Sep 2013