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 June 10

LONDON: The hunt for the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 reaches its climax at the Clapham Grand. Vying for the title are Sean Barnham, Sydney May, Rhys Thorne, Jack Henry, Ciara Barnes, Dominic Mcgovern, Chloe Reynolds, Esther and Josh Sedman – and there will be a headline set from last year's winner, Marty Gleeson.

Thursday June 12

LONDON: American political comic Michelle Wolf – as seen on Have I Got News For You – stages two work-in-progress gigs at the Underbelly Boulevard in Soho tonight and tomorrow.

Friday June 13

LONDON: Massively popular comic ventriloquist Jeff Dunham comes to the UK for two nights only: At Wembley Ovo Arena tonight (Tickets) and Manchester's Co-Op Live tomorrow (Tickets)

LONDON: American comic and musician Morgan Jay concludes his visit to the shores with a gig at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith tonight and at the Bristol Beacon tomorrow.

SHEFFIELD: The Last Laugh at the City Hall this weekend features the enjoyably intense Dan Tiernan, Sol Bernstein – an entertaining throwback to the Catskills roots of Jewish-American stand-up – and the sci-curious Robyn Perkins.

Saturday June 14

LONDON: He's an oddball who's found a sizeable audience– particularly in his native Australia, thanks in some part to being the assistant on Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, a Taskmaster contestant, and as a star of Kitty Flanagan's legal sitcom Fisk. Now Aaron Chen comes to the Leicester Square Theatre tonight.

LONDON: Craig Ferguson - the comic who launched his career as Bing Hitler in Scotland before going on to be a hit late-nigth TV host in the States – is back in the UK, and back doing stand-up. He's at the Shepherds Bush Empire tonight (Tickets) and the O2 Academy in Glasgow next Saturday (Tickets).

Published: 8 Jun 2025