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The best of the week's live gigs

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,657 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday March 9

LONDON: Back-to-back Student Comedy Award semi-finals at the Museum Of Comedy tonight,with two showcases at 5pm and 7.30pm. Tickets.

Monday March 10

LONDON: The oddballs of The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, ACMS, again assemble at The Phoenix pub near Oxford Circus. Tonight's line-up includes Adam Larter, Ben Target, Joz Norris, Thom Tuck, Charlie Vero-Martin, and Suchandrika Chakrabarti.

LONDON: Daniel Kitson's hosting another of his Month Of Mondays benefits at Up The Creek in Greenwich. Tonight's bill includes Rosie Jones, Spencer Jones (no relation), Ania Magliano and Ivor Dembina,

Tuesday March 11

LONDON: Leicester Square Theatre hosts Reel Laughs, a benefit for the Film and TV Charity, which helps with such issues as mental health, abuse at work and financial help, The ace line-up includes Glenn Moore, Kati, Lucy Beaumont and Rosie Jones.

Wednesday March 12

GLASGOW: The city's 19-day comedy festival gets under way – and it's the biggest yet with more than 550 shows. Among those paying a visit are Russell Kane, Jenny Eclair, Andy Zaltzman, Jamali Maddix, Catherine Bohart, Jimeoin, and Felicity Ward as well as Scottish acts including Susie McCabe, Fern Brady and Larry Dean. The full programme and tickets are available at www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com. Tonight's a good night for politics wonks, as the many shows include Matt Forde's new tour and former SNP MP Mhairi Black.

BIRMINGHAM: Texan-born, London-based comic Kemah Bob kicks off her first UK tour, described as ‘an incredibly silly woman's glamorous journey to her own personal hell and back' and covering bipolar disorder, financial ruin and extortion. Bob is the founder of the FOC (Femmes Of Colour) It Up comedy club and has TV credits including QI, Richard Osman's House of Games, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club. Kemah Bob tour dates

Thursday March 13

YORK: The penultimate Student Comedy Award semi-final in the Mickelgate Social sees ten more up-and-coming comedians vie for a place in the final – and on the prestigious comedy arena at Latitude Festival. Tickets

Friday March 14

NEWCASTLE: Louise Young starts a short tour of her best newcomer nominated show Feral with a hometown gig at Tyne Theatre. Through a number of chaotic life experiences, the show delves into what it means to be an unpalatable type of working class, navigating the edges of poverty, mental illness and how easy it is to fall through the cracks… Louise Young tour dates

Saturday March 15

DUBLIN: American comedian Tom Segura – who has five Netflix comedy specials to his name – starts a short tour this side of the Atlantic of his new show, Come Together. He also co-hosts the Your Mom's House podcast with his wife, fellow comedian Christina Pazsitzky, and Two Bears One Cave with Bert Kreischer. After tonight's gig at the 3Arena, he visits Belfast., Manchester, London, Glasgow, Nottingham and Cardiff.

LONDON: There's a great line-up at the Boat Show comedy club, on the Tattershall Castle, a paddle steamer permanently moored on Embankment, including the intense Dan Tiernan, middle-class angst bucket Hal Cruttenden, up-and-coming Lily Phillips, and the personable Rich Wilson.