The best of the week's live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,590 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday October 13

FAVERSHAM: Andrew White embarks on his first tour with a few dates of his show Young, Gay and a Third Thing all about identity, authenticity and musical-theatre themed weddings. Andrew White tour dates.

Monday October 14

LONDON: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcasts returns to its titular home for another double recording, with James Acaster and Count Binface as the guests.

Tuesday October 15

SHEFFIELD: South African-born, New Zealand-based comedian Urzila Carlson kicks off a dozen dates of her new stand-up show Just Jokes. Her credits include QI and her own Netflix stand-up special Overqualified Loser. Urzila Carlson tour dates.

LONDON: Phil Nichol's hugely entertaining Cray Cray Cabaret returns to the Comedy Store, with another top-notch line up – Larry Dean, Rich Hall and Thanyia Moore – plus David Tims and his Big-Ish Band helping make this more than your average stand-up night.

Thursday October 17

HALIFAX: The town's 11-night comedy festival (which also incorporates some surrounding areas) gets under way with a line-up gig at The Rex in Elland featuring bonkers Canadian Phil Nichol, the aloof Gallic comedy of Marcel Lucont and offbeat Harriet Dyer, all compered by Tony Vino. Check the website for full festival listings.

Friday October 18

LONDON: The Clapham Grand hosts a great gig, with TV favourite Phil Wang, oversharing livewire Helen Bauer and off-the-wall Joe Kent-Walters, winner of the best newcomer at this year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Tickets.

Saturday October 19

BRISTOL: Emma Sidi couldn't have hoped for better timing for her tour, in which she improbably portrays Downing Street's recently ousted chief of staff Sue Gray as a boozy, gregarious gossip, prone to slipping into Spanish when things get spicy. Nothing like the real thing, newly sidelined as an envoy to the nations and regions, but a unique and funny portrayal. Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray tour dates, kicking off at the Redgrave Theatre tonight.

LONDON: American comedian Tina Friml, who uses stand-up to talk with an 'animated optimism' about her cerebral palsy and the assumptions people make about it, plays the Bloomsbury Theatre for one night only.

Published: 13 Oct 2024