Fundraisers in the capital lead our picks of this week's best live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,069 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday November 16

LONDON: It's the big Absolute Radio Live fundraiser for Prostate Cancer UK at the London Palladium tonight featuring the likes of Adam Hills, James Acaster, pictured, Jon Richardson, Kerry Godliman and more. Tickets

Monday November 17

LONDON: The Up After Dark festival at the London Hospital Tavern in Whitechapel offers a double bill of acts from the more alternative end of the spectrum every night this week, with Mark Silcox, Rob Copland, Lachlan Werner and Ricote siblings Lara and Maya among those appearing across the week.

LONDON: The Comedy Store hosts the Spread a Smile Comedy Night, raising money to bring happiness to seriously ill children and their families in hospital. The bill includes Harriet Kemsley, Rhys James, Suzi Ruffell and Tom Allen. Tickets

Tuesday November 18

LONDON: And our third big fundraiser in the capital in as many nights is Stand Up for Humane World for Animals UK. It returns to The Comedy Store with Carl Donnelly, MCing Adele Cliff, Esther Manito, Harry Pereira and Tom Ward.

Wednesday November 19

LONDON: Why not make it four fundraisers? Mark Thomas – who has won the UN Association Global Human Rights Defender Award – is headlining the Medical Aid For Palestinians benefit at the Comedy Store tonight. The line-up also includes Esther Manito, Sami Abu Wardeh and Eleanor Tiernan.

Friday November 21

BISHOPS STORTFORD: Span the entire educational spectrum at Hertfordshire's South Mill Arts Centre tonight with Old Etonian Ivo Graham and left-school-without-GCSEs Jack Skipper on the same bill. Irish comedian Peter Flanagan and Travis Jay, whose Radio 4 sitcom, Rum Punch, starts on Radio 4 next week, complete the bill.

Saturday November 22

CHILWELL: There's a strong line-up at the Funhouse Comedy Club at The Garage in this Nottinghamshire town with finely-polished stand-up from Nick Doody, Daliso Chaponda mixing the personal and the political and Dee Allum sharing her experiences as a trans comic.

Published: 16 Nov 2025