The best of the week's live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,054 events Chortle currently has listed.  Use our  search panel to check out our full listings by date and region.

Sunday February 27

MANCHESTER: With its usual venue still out of action, the Comedy Store hosts a strong night at the Stoller Hall with Brennan Reece, Mick Ferry and Tez Ilyas all guaranteed to bring the laughs.

Monday February 28

LONDON: Catherine Bohart performs the first of 12 nights at Soho Theatre with her new show, This Isn’t For You, ahead of a nationwide tour. It’s described as being filled with ‘horrendous life advice, cheery nihilism and reluctant self-discovery’. Catherine Bohart tour dates.

Tuesday March 1

BUXTON: Dara O Briain kicks off his stand-up tour, So… Where Were We? at the Buxton Opera House –  with dates right through to February next year. The Mock The Week host performed his last show,  Voice Of Reason, 180 times over 2 years and across 20 countries. He jokes that after that he said he was ready for a break – which he now apologises for, and will never wish for anything like that again. Dara O Briain tour dates,

CARDIFF: And Bobby Mair starts his latest tour, Cockroach, at the Cardiff Glee. He chose the title to reflect the fact that if he could survive addiction and mental illness with a sprinkle of childhood trauma, it felt nothing could kill him. But mostly the show focusses on his ‘relatively normal life’ as a  new father with his wife and fellow comedian Harriet Kemsley….  Bobby Mair tour dates

Wednesday March 2

LONDON: American comic Catherine Cohen brings her manic, award-winning show The Twist...? She's Gorgeous to the Clapham Grand. It’s  sold out, but there may be returns. Or you can wait until March 15, when a version filmed in New York lands on Netflix. Review of Catherine Cohen: The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous.

LONDON: Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb hosts a benefit at the Comedy Store in aid of The Katie Piper Foundation  for survivors of burns and people with scars from traumatic incidents. The line-up boasts a wealth of circuit stalwats:  Andy Askins, Jeff Innocent, John Robins, Laura Lexx, Lindsey Santoro, Luisa Omielan and Prince Abdi.

Thursday March 3

LEEDS: Now a regular on the Dave channel, thanks to stints  Taskmaster,  Outsiders, and  as co-host of  Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgivable, Lou Sanders embarks on a 45-date tour of her new show,  One Word: Wow, at the City Varieties. Lou Sanders tour dates.

LEEDS:  Jonny Pelham also kicks off his tour proper in Leeds tonight, following an early date at the Leicester Comedy Festival - this one at the Hyde Park Book Clun. In his acclaimed show Off Limits,  the comic talks about a difficult topic – being a survivor of childhood abuse – yet always keeps the tone light, proving you can joke about anything if you’re good enough to pitch it right. Jonny Pelham tour dates - and review from the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.

Saturday March 5

LONDON:An unmissable line-up at the Union chapel features poet for our times Tim Key, the voice of Netflix dating series  Too Hot to Handle  Desiree Burch, 5 Live’s John Robins and Taskmaster breakout star Mike Wozniak. Tickets.

LONDON: Jazz star Tom Seals is joined by James Acaster, who shares his musical passions with the accompaniment of a 12-piece big band in this unusual gig at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square.

Published: 27 Feb 2022