The week's best live comedy

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

Sunday June 25

LONDON: Up The Creek's Sunday Special usually attracts the cream of the circuit, with this week's line-up headed by grizzled American veteran Rich Hall, rising French star Celya AB, and top-notch newcomer Dee Allum. Tickets

Wednesday June 28

MAIDENHEAD: Nonbinary metalhead Andrew O'Neill - who, more relevantly, is also a silly and passionate comedian - headlines Laugh Out Proud, a new LGBTQIA+ comedy night starting and the Norden Farm Centre For The Arts tonight. Mark Cram and Kate Martin provide support.

Thursday June 29

LONDON: The Comedy Store again proves its reputation for being the country's leading stand-up venue this weekend, with an impressive line-up that includes droll Canadian Tom Stade, livewire Imran Yusuf, hugely entertaining musical comic Rob Deering, deliciously wry Sarah Keyworth, and the blunter-than-she-seems Sally-Anne Hayward,

Friday June 30

LONDON: The ARG (Actually Rather Good) Comedy Festival takes over Shoreditch Town Hall this weekend, starting with an opening night gala featuring Bridget Christie (pictured), Nish Kumar, Janine Harouni, Alison Spittle. Brett Goldstein, Thanyia Moore, Sam Campbell, Sarah Keyworth, Aurie Styla and Olga Koch. Then there are two days packed full of 48 preview shows - but comedy fans can only buy day tickets for £34 or two-day passes for £54, with organisers keeping the precise schedule close to their chests. However, expect full hours from the likes of Lou Sanders, Larry Dean, Jamali Maddix and Glenn Moore as well as those who took part tonight's show.

LONDON: Meanwhile, just around the corner at the Hoxton Underbelly (a venue unrelated to the Fringe operators of that name), Jazz Emu hosts another of his Pleasure Garden gigs featuring comedy oddballs Mark Silcox, Sam Campbell and Frankie Thompson, terrible novellist Christopher Bliss, sketch performer Ellie BW, and live band The Cosmique Perfectión.

CARDIFF: The Glee Club's worth a visit tonight or tomorrow, with a strong bill of varied comedy style: the very angry Garrett Millerick, quirky and off-beat Josh Pugh and Sol Bernstein, a throwback to the Jewish stand-up heydey of the 1950s Catskills.

Saturday July 1

LONDON: Nick Mohammed hosts his annual Laugh for Leukaemia gig at the Bloomsbury Theatre, featuring his Ted Lasso co-star Brett Goldstein amid a line-up of top comedy talent comprising Jason Manford, Suzi Ruffell, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Catherine Bohart and Tessa Coates. Tickets

Published: 25 Jun 2023