The best of the week's live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,00-plus events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday March 19

GLASGOW: The Glasgow International Comedy Festival continues all week. Tonight’s highlights include a Mothers’ Day special featuring tennis mum Judy Murray and her ‘other’ son Duncan, the alter-ego of comedian Chris Forbes. Visit the official website for full details of the festival, which runs until April 2.

Monday March 20

DUBLIN: The heats of Chortle’s Student Comedy Award end tonight, with some of the next generation of comedy talent showing their wares in the Workman’s Club. Tickets

LONDON: The offbeat comedians of the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society return to The Phoenix near Oxford Circus for another night of gloriously hit-or-miss ideas.

LONDON: Mo Gilligan records his new Audible series Spotlight at Up The Creek in Greenwich tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday, and Monday and Tuesday next week - with each episode promising to showcase the best emerging stand-up talent. Tickets

Wednesday March 22

LONDON: Social media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt brings her satirical character comedy show The Woman's Hour to Leicester Square Theatre for two nights, before continuing on her UK tour. Rosie Holt tour dates and tickets

Thursday March 23

LONDON: Alfie Brown, Catherine Bohart, Nabil Abdulrashid and Olga Koch take part in Give It The Finger, a benefit for Prostate Cancer UK at 21Soho.

Friday March 24

LONDON: Wall-to-wall TV comedians at the Hackney Empire tonight, with Aisling Bea, Ed Gamble, Jamali Maddix, Lou Sanders and Thanyia Moore

Saturday March 25

COVENTY: One-liner king Gary Delaney offers a 50-pun salute as he headlines a strong line-up gig at the Belgrade Theatre.The bill also includes comic and EastEnders star Richard Blackwood and much-tipped Ignacio Lopez as well as Tommy Sandhu and Emily Lloyd Saini. Tickets

Published: 19 Mar 2023