The best of the week's 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.

Tuesday April 22

LONDON: Phil Nichol returns to the Comedy Store with another instalment of his 'wildly classy' Cray Cray Cabaret, this time with comic Sooz Kempner and gentleman juggler Mat Ricardo joining the host and his house band.

Wednesday April 23

MAIDSTONE: Broadcaster Danny Baker kicks off his latest tour of showbusiness anecdotes, entitled Aye Aye! Ahoy Hoy! at the Hazlitt Theatre. Danny Baker tour dates

Thursday April 24

LONDON: Sean Morley's ambitious, alternative, unpredictable lo-fi comedy show, snappily titled Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More comes to the Soho Theatre for the weekend.

Friday April 25

BRIGHTON: James Barr's Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) explores the comedian's personal experience of domestic abuse in a queer relationship and navigating the aftermath, from online abuse from Piers Morgan’s fans to cancelling a flamingo adoption. The UK tour kicks off tonight. James Barr tour dates

EAST MIDLANDS: Bawdy comedy magician Mandy Muden and livewire silly-billy Rob Rouse both play the Funhouse Comey Clubs at the Melbourne Sporting Partnership in Derbyshire and the Ruddington Cottage Hotel in Nottinghamshire tonight, each comic swapping venues at half-time.

Saturday April 26

LONDON: Stand-ups perform with live music accompaniment in Don't Stop I'm About To Jazz, being staged at Leicester Square Theatre tonight. The comics taking part include Ali Woods, Katie Green, Lara Ricote and Sophie Duker.

Published: 20 Apr 2025