The week's best live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,656 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday December 22

NEWCASTLE: Gavin Webster performs at The Stand for the first 'and possibly last' time with his band The Fathas Of Convention – whose comedy songs include Sky Diddleyhifi Subscription; Greggs, Gills, Tab Hoose and Two Charvers In A Car. He'll also be doing stand-up with a full supporting bill.

LONDON: Tonight and tomorrow, Tim Key takes his festive Chrimbo Bimbo to the very atmospheric Sam Wannamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe, London's only indoor candlelit theatre.

LONDON: Arthur Smith hosts his Christmas Spectcaular at Up The Creek, where he's joined by livewire Helen Bauer and Irish, Indian, gay comic Dane Buckley

MANCHESTER: Aurie Styla presents the best of black comedy talent in his Christmas CrackUp at the Frog and Bucket with Slim, Travis Jay and Kyrah Gray. The gang are at Bush Hall in London tomorrow with Kane Brown swapping in for Slim.

Thursday December 26

LIVERPOOL: In what might be the only Boxing Day gig anywhere in the country, Hot Water Comedy Club hosts Adam Rowe, Jamie Hutchinson, Nina Gilligan and Simon Wozniak.

Friday December 27

LONDON: There's a good line-up at the Comedy Store for those seeking laughs between Christmas an New Year, with commanding Emmanuel Sonubi, satirical Ian Stone, wry Jimmy McGhie, cutting Ria Lina and imaginative Tom Ward.

Saturday December 28

LONDON: Bill Bailey starts a West End run of his latest show, Thoughtifier, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, where he'll remain until mid-February. In it, Bailey promises to celebrate the beauty of humanities flaws in the face of AI increasingly being able to do most jobs better than people. Tickets

Published: 22 Dec 2024