Pregnancy-based stand-up – and the rest of the week's live comedy picks

The week's best live comedy.

Monday April 23

LONDON: Musical duo Flo & Joan, whose adverts for the Nationwide building society give only a taste of what they do, return to the Soho Theatre for three more nights of their Kindness Of Stranglers show.

Tuesday April 24

BIRMINGHAM: Russell Peters, the phenomenally successful, globetrotting Canadian comic, plays the first of three UK dates in his Deported world tour. He's at the Birmingham Arena tonight, Wembley Arena on Thursday and the Leeds First Direct Arena on Saturday.

LONDON: After his last stand-up shows were released as a Netflix collection, James Acaster works on his next one, entitled Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, in the swanky environs of Pizza Express Live in Holborn. And he's at the Sun Hotel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on Thursday.

Wednesday April 25

LONDON: Comedians Josie Long and Jonny Donahoe, the frontman of Jonny And The Baptists, are expecting a baby together… and admit they are 'totally clueless' about what it will involve. So in a new show at the Underbelly Festival on the South Bank they'll be joined by Bridget Christie, an actual parent, to learn more.

LONDON: The show has just been nominated for best newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival… and now the theatrical spoof Garry Starr Performs Everything is coming to the Bill Murray in Islington. It was created by performer Damien Warren-Smith and is directed by Cal McCrystal, who was the physical comedy director on West End smash One Man, Two Guvnors. Read our review from down under here

Friday April 27

MARGATE: The Dreamland theme park is at the centre of the increasingly-hip Kent resort's revival - and tonight its historic ballroom plays host to a top-notch line-up of comedy talent including James Acaster, wonderfully inventive Jordan Brookes, plus talented stand-ups Evelyn Mok and Tom Lucy.

EDINBURGH: Desiree Burch brings her show Unf*ckable, full of outlandish first-hand anecdotes from her time as a  dominatrix to a creepy #MeToo encounter with a former boss, to the basement of the Rose Theatre.

Saturday April 28

LONDON: Inventive Adam Bloom, sassy Stephen Bailey and laconic storyteller Tom Stade make for an appealing line-up at the Camden Comedy Loft.

OXFORD: There's a strong and varied bill at the Glee Club, at the The Bullingdon pub on the Cowley Road. Affable Geoff Norcott, the circuit's token Tory, joins sharp-witted Nick Doody, cheery abusrdist Pat Cahill, and jaunty musical comedian Rob Deering.

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Published: 22 Apr 2018