The week's best live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,421 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Tuesday September 19

EDINBURGH: Australian comic Thomas Green – whose lively stand-up clips have amassed 2million views on TikTok embarks on his first UK tour at The Stand. End Of Daze is about how he used to be a member of an extremist religious cult... until he found comedy. Thomas Green tour dates.

Wednesday September 20

BARNARD CASTLE: The town that became a punchline thanks to Dominic Cummings' lockdown excursion is probably an apt place for a satirist to embark on their latest tour. Former Mock The Week regular Andy Parsons kicks off his Bafflingly Optimistic tour at The Witham, having launched it at last month's Edinburgh Fringe. Review - and Andy Parsons tour dates.

LONDON: Nick Helm and Rachel Parris are among the familiar comedy names raising money for the Honeypot Children’s Charity at the Comedy Store tonight. Nabil Abdulrashid, Ria Lina, Emmanuel Sonubi and Dee Allum round out the appealing bill.

Thursday September 21

BATH: Smack The Pony star Fiona Allen has embarked on her first stand-up tour, having taken up live comedy as she wanted to do something for herself after years of being a working mum with three kids, all now young adults. On The Run, which launched at the Edinburgh Fringe, charts that decision as well as ‘her thoughts on family, marriage, sex robots, passive-aggressive school mums and supermarket dress codes’. Fiona Allen review and tour dates

Friday September 22

LONDON: After finding success in the US which eluded her here - and which she attributes to systemic racism in the UK industry - London Hughes stages a triumphant homecoming gig at the Bloomsbury Theatre to coincide with the release of her memoirs, Living My Best Life, Hun. Tickets 

BIRMINGHAM: British-Kurdish stand up Kae Kurd embarks on his Kurd Immunity tour, about trying to be the best man he can possibly be - and questioning what that means. His last two shows - Kurd Your Enthusiasm and Spoken Kurd, respectively - have been published for free on YouTube, amassing almost 200,000 views between them/. Kae Kurd tour dates

Saturday September 23

CHARD: There's a strong mixed bill at the Guildhall tonight featuring silly prop merchants The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue, funny livewire Tom Little and the very personable Suzy Bennett.

Published: 17 Sep 2023