The comedy week ahead

Today

LIVE IN HIGH WYCOMBE: After Doctor Who took on the Robin Hood myth - now Su Pollard and Cannon and Ball give us their version. Expect old-school shenanigans as Ha Ha Hood! starts its national tour, set in modern-day Nottingham with Maid Marion now a pensioner who has been divorced from Robin for a decade. Tour dates

Monday September 8

LIVE IN LONDON: TV sketch kings Cardinal Burns are at the Soho Theatre for two weeks before they start their UK-wide tour. Dates

LIVE IN LONDON: American YouTube comedians Jake and Amir play two shows at the Shepherds Bush Empire tonight. The first – titled Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld and Streeter Seidell LIVE – will be a mix of stand up, sketch and video; the second a live recording of the podcast If I Were You with the same trio. But £20 a show, it's not a cheap night out if you want to watch both. The pair then travel to the Salford Lowry tomorrow.

LIVE IN LONDON: Weather forecasters predict a fine day tomorrow - which is good news for Miles Jupp who is performing a special night of his ...Is The Chap You're Thinking Of tour at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Review of an earlier performance.

LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM: Lee Mack is at the Symphony Hall for four nights as part of his autumn tour. Full dates.

LIVE IN MANCHESTER: The BBC New Comedy Award rolls into town with two heats at the Comedy Store tonight and tomorrow. And see below for details of the broadcasts.

Tuesday September 9

LIVE IN LONDON: Adam Buxton interviews Reece Shearsmith for the first episode in Series 10 of Radio 4’s Chain Reaction, being recorded at the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. Free tickets are available here.

LIVE IN LONDON: 'Slapstick diva' Amy G brings her feelgood physical cabaret show Entershamement to the Wonderground on the South Bank, following an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Wednesday September 10

RADIO: Tom Wrigglesworth returns with a new show for Radio 4, based on his Edinburgh show and subsequent tour Utterly At Odds With The Universe. In this show, Tom goes on an emotional journey, exploring his relationship with his granddad. 6.30pm

LIVE IN MAIDENHEAD: Feminist comedy goes on tour! Bridget Christie hits the road with a double bill of her 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show A Bic for Her and this year's acclaimed follow-up An Ungrateful Woman. It kicks off in Maidenhead's Norden Farm Centre For The Arts. Dates.

TV: Unlikely as it may seem, Christie is also one of the comics to have taken part in ITV's revival of Celebrity Squares, which is hosted by Warwick Davis and starts tonight. Quite a lot of circuit names feature in the show, with Tim Vine and Joe Wilkinson taking regular slots and the likes of James Corden, Tom Rosenthal, Mick Miller and Sara Pascoe also featuring in the giant noughts-and-crosses grid. ITV. 8pm

Thursday September 11

TV: As a second series of Psychobitches approaches, Sky Arts 1 repeats the first, in which a psychologist played by Rebecca Front hears the troubles of great women from history, played by the likes of Julia Davis, Sharon Horgan and Katy Brand. 9pm

LIVE IN LONDON: It's that woman again. Bridget Christie kicks off the Kings Place Festival, in the bowels of the Guardian building in Kings Cross. Other comics playing over the long weekend include Adam Buxton, Freeze with Tim Key and Tom Basden, and the Beta Males. Listings.

LIVE IN TEWKSBURY: Andrew Lawrence – who we last week revealed would be returning to Radio 4 next year -– embarks on a tour of his Edinburgh show Reasons To Kill Yourself. Review and dates.

Friday September 12

LIVE IN GLASGOW: The Gilded Balloon's new weekly venture in Drygate offers an enticing bill, including affable Geordie Kai Humphries and high-energy Aussie Felicity Ward, among others.

LIVE IN CARDIFF: And a strong line-up at the Cardiff Glee tonight and tomorrow with Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated James Acaster appearing alongside ever-dependable gagsmith Pete Johansson, the barbed Tiff Stevenson and affably smart Ian Smith.

RADIO: The BBC Radio New Comedy Award is back, searching for the best in new stand-up comedy talent. Follow the competition on Radio 4 Extra, starting with this heat recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Clips of the winning heats will also be played on Steve Wright's show on Radio 2 each Friday. Radio 4 Extra, 10.30pm

Saturday September 13

RADIO: The Meaning of Liff at 30 - a rerun of a 2013 programme about Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's bestselling faux dictionary that uses place names as new definitions for common experiences which we all know and recognise, but for which no words exist.. Radio 4 Extra, 2pm

Published: 7 Sep 2014