The week's best live comedy

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

Sunday March 16

GLASGOW: The city's comedy festival continues all week. Tonight's picks include Larry Dean's Dodger at Barrowlands Ballroom and Felicity Ward's I’m Exhausting! At Oran Mor. Glasgow Comedy Festival website.

OXFORD: 'Serial innovator' and creative mainstay of Edinburgh Fringe, Simon Munnery, kicks off a run of tour dates at the North Wall Arts Centre. Simon​ ​Munnery tour dates

BRISTOL: And so the Student Comedy Award semis come to an end at the Gaffe Comedy Club. Come and see the future of comedy Tickets.

HUDDERSFIELD: Some of the circuit's best comics are playing a fundraiser at the town hall for the Kirkwood Hospice, including Alun Cochrane, Nina Gilligan, Scott Bennett and Stephen Bailey.

Monday March 17

LONDON: Former Daily Show correspondent Dulce Sloan comes to the UK for the first time with a week of gigs at the Soho Theatre. Read her reminiscences about her Unforgettable Five gigs here

LONDON: Daniel Kitson's hosting another of his Month Of Mondays benefits at Up The Creek in Greenwich. Tonight's bill includes Bridget Christie – soon to return to Channel 4 with the second series of The Change – Lucy Pearman and Rob Auton.

Tuesday March 18

MANCHESTER: Fresh from winning the Chortle Award for best pro comedy venue in the North, XS Malarkey at 53two hosts the delightfully quirky comedy of John Tothill, and Peter Brush for its usual bargain price tonight. Tickets

Thursday March 20

REDDITCH: The XL Comedy Club really does excel at the Palace Theatre with TV favourite Ivo Graham, the politically astute and very funny Andrew Maxwell, droll Mike Gunn and joyously off-the-wall cabaret turn Ada Campe.

Friday March 21

LONDON: A gig for Highbury Grove school's foundation boasts a starry line-up you won't find at most school fundraisers: Kevin Eldon, Lucy Porter Athena Kugblenum Alistair Barrie and Tom Price are all on the bill. Tickets.

Published: 16 Mar 2025