Plus Dan Nightingale's tour and the rest of 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.

Tuesday August 22

LONDON: Michelle Buteau is the creator ,writer and star of the new Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, about being a plus-sized woman in a world of stick-thin fashionistas – a show inspired by her autobiographical book of essays of the same name. Now she comes to Soho Theatre for two nights with her live comedy show Full Heart, Tight Jeans.

Wednesday August 23

LONDON: LA-based comic Caleb Hearon is a writer for Netflix animated series Human Resources and recently shot the TBS pilot Space, where he will be a series regular. Named one of Variety's Top Comics to Watch in 2020, he arrives at Soho Theatre for a four-night run.

SHREWSBURY: Dan Nightingale, whose career has been transformed from surefire circuit booking to minor (and lucrative) stardom by the Have A Word podcast, kicks off his new tour, Dan Nightingale's Special at Theatre Severn. Dan Nightingale tour dates.

Thursday August 24

EDINBURGH: Let's hope rumours of its demise are premature, but So You Think You're Funny – the longest-running new act hunt in UK comedy – crowns its 2023 winner at Gilded Balloon tonight.

MANCHESTER: Former British Comedian Of The Year Jeff Innocent comes across as an East End geezer - but is a man of surprising complexity, which he mines for his assured stand-up. He headlines the Frog and Bucket all weekend alongside the quirky Tom Wrigglesworth and personably straight-talking Lou Conran,

Friday August 25

GLASGOW: The Mrs Brown Rides Again tour kicks off in OVO Hydro. That's as much a warning as it is an announcement… Mrs Brown's Boys tour dates.

Saturday August 26

SHOREHAM: Omid Djalili performs what's an intimate gig for him, supported by Sunil Patel and Tom Ward, at the Ropetackle Centre.

Published: 20 Aug 2023