The week's best live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,214 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday March 12

LONDON: The next generation of stand-up talent will be taking part in the two Chortle Student Comedy Award heats at the Aces & Eights tonight (tickets) and tomorrow (tickets).

EDINBURGH: With 3 million online followers, Luke Kidgell claims to be Australia's most loved comedian. Now he hits the UK with his live tour, Cheers to That!, kicking off at The Stand today. Luke Kidgell tour dates.

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Tuesday March 14

LONDON: Jason Manford will be making a rare appearance at The Comedy Store tonight as part of the Cray Cray cabaret show., hosted by Phil Nichol and featuring a full band as well as comics Jen Brister, Joe Jacobs, Kate Lucas and South Africa’s Thenjiwe.

Wednesday March 15

BOURNEMOUTH: After a run of relatively high-profile warm-up dates, Micky Flanagan goes out out on his tour proper, with If Ever We Needed It getting under way at the Bournemouth International Centre tonight. It promises to cover the comic turning 60, having sex with your glasses on, his school alumni and his ballbag. Micky Flanagan tour dates

GLASGOW: The 19-day Glasgow International Comedy Festival kicks off, boasting 380 shows at 37 venues across the city. Opening night highlights include Frankie Boyle’s sold-out tour show Lap Of Shame at the King’s Theatre and Zoe Lyons at the Oran Mor. Visit the official website for full details of the festival, which wraps on April 2. 

LONDON: Kim Noble brings his typically disturbing part-comedy, part-performance art show Lullaby For Scavengers back to the Soho Theatre. It’s not for the weak of heart, but is a remarkable - if confronting piece of work. Read our review of last year’s run here

Thursday March 16

LEEDS: Tim Heidecker - of the Tim & Eric double act, On Cinema podcasts and films including Us and Bridesmaids - bring his No More Bullshit show to the UK for the first half. It’s a two-part show mixing stand-up with music, backed by The Very Good Band and starts tonight at the Brudenell Social Club. Tim Heidecker tour dates

Friday March 17

LONDON: Very promising sketch duo Grubby Little Mitts - aka Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown - return to the Vaults Festival for early-evening shows today, tomorrow and Sunday. Read our review of an earlier performance here.

LONDON: Arthur Smith delivers a love letter to the world of comedy and the ‘playground of the imagination that is the Edinburgh Fringe’ in My 75 Years In Comedy at the Pleasance in Islington tonight and tomorrow. Title may not be 100 percent accurate.

Published: 12 Mar 2023