Ross Noble's back on the road

The best of the week's live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,677 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Monday October 20

LONDON: A top-flight line-up at Islington's Union Chapel – Ivo Graham, Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson, and Alison Spittle – will be raising funds for Medical Aid For Palestinians… and god knows they need it.

Tuesday October 21

LONDON: Hal Cruttenden, Mark Watson, Ria Lina and Eshaan Akbar perform in a fundraiser for West Central London Mind on the Tattershall Castle, the moored paddle steamer at Embankment that's home to the regular Boat Show comedy nights.

Wednesday October 22

ST ALBANS: Ross Noble – the 'Wizard of Waffle' according to his promoters – kicks off his latest tour of freewheeling stand-up, Cranium of Curiositis, with two nights at the Alban Arena. Ross Noble tour dates.

LONDON: The capital's third big fundraiser in as many days is for Cure Parkinsons and takes place at the Bloomsbury Thetre. It features Romesh Ranganathan and his podcast mucker Tom Davis, plus Angelos Epithemiou, Ellie Taylor, Laura Smyth and Olivia Lee, as well as Paul Sinha and Paul Mayhew-Archer, who both have the condition.

Friday October 24

NORWICH: The 'best in comedy' night at Maddermarket Theatre lives up to its name, with appearances from Lucy Porter, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Jimmy McGhie.