The week's best comedy on demand

The week's best comedy on demand. For more streaming gigs use the 'find live comedy' search box with 'online' as the region.

Tonight

NICK HELM - PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES: The comic made his stand-up return to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 with this show, variously loud and intimate as he addresses his depression. Tonight it gets its premiere as a YouTube livestream (and you can also buy a downloadable version for an extra fiver). Tickets from Go Faster Stripe

MIND COMEDY GALA: Nish Kumar and Rosie Jones head a strong line-up from Oxford's Jericho Comedy Club, raising funds for the mental health charity. Helen Bauer, Huge Davies, Ivo Graham, Janine Harouni and somebody called Stephen Fry are also appearing. Tickets are available here.

Sunday April 25

MARK THOMAS - BEST BEFORE: It's the comic's final livestream looking back at three series of his groundbreaking Channel 4 series, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, which took on arms dealers, government ministers, senior civil servants, Nestle, and more, As before he's joined by producer Geoff Atkinson for the session. Tickets from Go Faster Stripe.

Thursday April 29

THE BALLAD OF ANNE AND MARY: Sooz Kempner and musical impressionist Christina Bianco star in this new five-part musical podcast, set in 1721 London, where notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read languish in prison while gossipmongers spread scandalous rumours about their exploits at sea. Hamilton star Karl Queensborough, and drag singer Le Gateau Chocolat also star. It's available on all the usual podcast platforms.. and here's a trailer:

Friday April 30

RICHARD STOTT – RIGHT HAND MAN: Billed as the only stand-up special ever made about having one small hand, Stott's show drops on streaming subscription service NextUp today... which also happens to be Poland Syndrome Awareness Day, the condition he has. Before the show goes live there will be a Q&A with Stott.

Published: 24 Apr 2021