The best of the week's live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,302 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday December 17

LONDON: John-Luke Roberts adopts the stupidly hilarious guise of "gratte poot" Geoffrey Chaucer for a Mediaeval Christmas Festivitye at 21Soho, with a bill that includes dry musical comic Huge Davies,playful Rosie Jones and inventive clown Frankie Thompson among others,

LONDON: Throwing themselves fully into the festive spirit, Alex Horne and The Horne Section take over Indigo at the O2 for a night of fun, frolics and convoluted puns.

Monday December 18

LONDON: A traditional Tim Key Chrimbo Bimbo in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe? Yes please… The comic promises to 'rummage around in his yuletide sack for a mix of sleigh bells, grubby old sprouts and festive film footage' in this sold-out show

Tuesday December 19

LONDON: Santa wants a year off, so alternative comedians including Luke Rollason, Bec Hill, Joz Norris and Mary O’Connell are gathering at the Camden Comedy Club to pitch new holiday ideas to replace Christmas.

Wednesday December 20

LIVERPOOL: The Live At Christmas charabanc rolls into the Olympia with a top-notch line-up of Phil Wang, Tim Key, Fern Brady, Ivo Graham and Jen Brister.

Friday December 22

STOCKTON: A fun line-up at the Catch 22 comedy club at the Arc with inventive Terry Alderton, livewire improv merchants Noise Next Door, up-and-coming Sam Serrano and well-established MC Matt Reed.

Published: 17 Dec 2023