Joe Rogan, Marc Maron and the rest of the week's live comedy picks

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 4,347 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Tuesday October 18

LONDON: The Comedy Store plays host to a fundraiser for Generation Tusk, to support conservation in Africa. Ivo Graham with Catherine Bohart, Deborah Frances White, Nathan Caton, Tadiwa Mahlunge and Marcus Brigstocke

Wednesday October 19

LONDON: Another benefit at the Comedy Store, this one the annual Shake With Laughter fundraiser for the Parkinson's Society with Jo Brand, Paul Sinha, Sharon Wanjohi, Paul-Mayhew Archer, Ivo Graham and MC Rob Deering.

LONDON: Marc Maron brings his hugely WTF? podcast to the Bloomsbury Theatre, with David Baddiel as his guest. He'll be back at the venue for two nights of his confessional stand-up on Saturday and Sunday as part of his tour This May Be The Last Time.

Friday October 21

NEWCASTLE: Luisa Omielan celebrates a decade since her breakthrough show What Would Beyonce Do?! with a greatest hits gig at the Stand. She has a handful of other dates of the compilation show, Ten, coming up over the next few months. Luisa Omielan tour dates.

LONDON: Can't go too far wrong at the Covent Garden Comedy Club tonight, with the intense stand-up of both Garrett Millerick and Phil Nichol. The club has just found a new home in the Freemasons Arms. Tickets.

BIRMINGHAM: There's a more-than-decent line-up at the Glee Club this weekend with circuit stalwarts Adam Bloom, Alistair Barrie, Jenny Collier and Liam Withnail.

Saturday October 22

LONDON: Brilliant musical comedy cabaret comes to the Rosemary Branch Theatre in Islington tonight, courtesy of Flat and the Curves. Read our four-and-a-half star review of the quartet at the Edinburgh Fringe here

LONDON: Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein, Lolly Adefope from Ghosts, This Time With Alan Partridge and a million other things and Michael Akadiri from, well, stand-up, deliver the Dulwich Comedy Experience at the MCT at Alleyn's School.

LONDON: Controversial US comic and podcaster Joe Rogan will be ruffling feathers at the O2 as part of his Sacred Clown tour. Tickets.

Published: 16 Oct 2022