A sick baby? Perfect material for stand-up...
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.
Sunday May 4
CHORLEY: Scott Bennett tells the story of how his infant daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition called congenital hyperinsulinism in his new tour, Blood Sugar Baby. But he insists that despite the potentially grim subject matter it's a 'really funny' story with 'a happy and hopeful ending'. He said: 'It's taken over a decade to find the humour in this amazing family story, and to have the courage to tell it. No-one ever talks about what it's like when parenting goes off-piste, when a baby is sick, and I don't mean a ‘syringe of Calpol sick’, I mean seriously ill, with a condition so rare, we didn't even know it existed. It marked the start of an incredible family adventure with an unbelievable outcome.' The show will also become a Radio 4 special down the line. Scott Bennett tour dates
LEEDS: Harry Stachini kicks off his tour of Grenade, how he exploded an eight-year relationship and a mortgage. Harry Stachini tour dates.
NOTTINGHAM: The last day of the weekend of gigs in the unique setting of Nottingham Castle features Tom Davis, Barry Dodds, Phil Nichol, Thomas Green and kicks off at 5pm.
Tuesday May 6
DUBLIN: Kevin Hart crosses the Atlantic for this Acting My Age tour, at 3Arena tonight, Manchester's AO Arena tomorrow, Birmingham Utilita Arena on Thursday, then two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London. A review of the show in Abu Dhabi last week called it 'his best material yet' as it drew on the 'quiet wisdom that comes with growing older'.
LONDON: The Albany pub in Great Portland Street hosts the final of the West End New Act of the Year. Competing for the title are Adam Door, Mi Churchill, Ira Sylvester, Dean Harmer, Gabrielle MacPherson, Caroline Gustafsson, Louis Beer, Verity Sharpe, Madeleine Brettingham, Imran Hafeez, Jim Hooker, Sophie Sconcia, Murph, Gemma Mushington, Sara Lessman, Rohan Ashar
Wednesday May 7
SALFORD: In his first live tour for a while, kicking off at the Lowry tonight, Ed Night reluctantly accepts the fact he's become as much 'content creator' as comedian, and hates all that entails… though it does open the gateway to many musings about the lot of Gen Z, coming to the age when they have to grapple with big issues yet ill-equipped to deal with them thanks to the self-centred superficialit of socal media. Ed Night: The Plunge review and tour dates.
HALIFAX: Michael McIntyre is performing a benefit gig for Matthew22 Fund, which raises money for the Bone Cancer Research Trust, at the Victoria Theatre. Jack Skipper provides support.
Saturday May 10
LEICESTER: NHS psychiatrist and comedian Dr Benji Waterhouse embarks on a tour based on his medical memoirs
Published: 4 May 2025
