Rosie Holt goes out on the stump

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 April 7

LONDON: It's the final of Sketch Off!, Leicester Square Theatre's annual new act hunt which tends to attract more alternative performers. Taking part tonight are: Burger And A Pint, Dirty Laundry, Eva and Hudson, Finlay & Joe, Jake Detenber, Jonathan Oldfield, Karismaaa, Max Devine, Mudfish and Ozzy Algar.

Monday April 8

LONDON: Another day, another new act final. This one the West End New Act of the Year at the Albany pub in Great Portland Street, Competing are: Holly Ludlow, Orlando Gibbs, Lucy Pook, Prateek Kohli, Simon Hall. Jen Zheng, Laura Quinn Goh, Hamish Lloyd Barnes, Lizzie Simpson, Merry Martyn, Thea Carroll, Mj Hunter, Stacey Edwards, Sam Adamson, Martha Burns and Tasmin Sarkany.

Tuesday April 9

BRISTOL: Laura Ramoso, the Toronto-based German-Italian comedian best known for her viral impressions on Instagram and TikTok, kicks off the sold-out UK leg of her Sit Up Straight Tour at the Redgrave Theatre. Tour dates

Wednesday April 10

LONDON: Inventive prop comic Spencer Jones uses his daftness to shine an oblique light on male friendships in his new show, inspired by lockdown isolation but cutting much deeper. He kicks off a week-and-a-half run at Soho Theatre tonight. Review

Thursday April 11

LONDON: Yorkshire’s most successful two-piece electronic keyboard group, The Brett Domino Trio, present a special London screening of their new movie, Brettrospective - a look back at their 15-year 'career' at the Moth Club.

LONDON: There's a ace bill at Country Mile Comedy Club– fundraising for FareShare UK – in Kings Cross, including Nish Kumar, Emma Sidi, Lorna Rose Treen, Jack Barry and more

DIDCOT: Rosie Holt has announced her biggest tour - or political roadshow - for 2024. The comic has become an online hit posting a Tory MP, and her latest show, That’s Politainment!, sees her alter-ego try to make the leap from Westminster to showbiz, following in the footsteps of Nadine Dorries, Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg. Rosie Holt tour dates

Friday April 12

GUILDFORD: Ashley Blaker starts a new tour of his stand-up show Normal Schmormal, about parenting six children, three of whom have special educational needs. It's a topic he's previously mined in his Radio 4 show 6.5 Children and his book, also called Normal Schmormal. The stand-up show premiered at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and had the first leg of its tour in the autumn. Blaker has said: ‘Being a parent is tough and raising kids with special needs is even tougher. That’s why I am delighted to share our story with people and hopefully provide some much-needed light relief. Thankfully our kids provide so much comic material this has all taken much less time to write than you might imagine.’ Ashley Blaker tour dates

Saturday April 13

LONDON: The Bloomsbury Theatre again hosts the final of the Musical Comedy Awards, the capital's third talent hunt final this week. Competing for the title this year are: Tom Towelling, Anna Hale, Emily Cairns, Jim Midge, Sang Don Park, Frank Friendzione, Amelia Bayler, Alex Camp, Baron Fortitude, Ben Pollard, Ash Weir and Lila Robirosa. The evening will also feature sets from 2024 best newcomers, The Queens of Cups and Fjord, the Norwegian electronic music pioneers, played by the Giants double act of Will Hislop and Barney Fishwick.

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Published: 7 Apr 2024