The best of the week's live comedy

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,391 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday February 8

LONDON: Stewart Lee is at the atmospheric Alexandra Palace Theatre all week, trying to unleash his inner Man-Wulf to position himself alongside the likes of Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Jordan Peterson 'at the forefront of side-splitting stadium-stuffing shit-posting?'

EDINBURGH: Chris Ramsey takes time away from the podcast mic to return to stand-up with his new tour Here Man, kicking off at the Festival Theatre. tour dates.

LEICESTER: The city's comedy festival continues all week including Sam Nicoresti's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning Baby Doomer at the Y tonight.

Monday February 9

LONDON: Saaniya Abbas made history at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe for being the first UAE-based comic to perform a full solo hour at the festival. Hellarious, which plays the Soho Theatre this week before heading off on tour, discusses the fiery concept of Islamic hell as the Indian-born stand-up proudly embraces the label of a 'haram Muslim'. Saaniya Abbas tour dates. And read her talking about her Unforgettable 5 gigs here.

LONDON: Some of the hottest-tipped up-and-comers on the comedy circuit perform at the Strongroom Bar & Kitchen in Shoreditch tonight: Dan Tiernan, James Trickey, Jin Hao Li and Sharon Wanjohi. Tickets

Tuesday February 10

NEWCASTLE: Millennial everyman stand-up Ali Woods, who has found a huge audience online, starts his new tour Basher at The Stand. Ali Woods tour dates

Wednesday February 11

CHIPPING NORTON: Double Edinburgh comedy award winner and star of Taskmaster John Kearns is back on tour. Tilting at Windmills is described as 'a fragmented, digressing portrayal of a 38-year-old man’s life, alluding to books he hasn't read, touching on the modern condition' as well as being 'more allusive and bleak as ever'. Though that's to deny how uniquely funny the comic's world view is. He's on the road all year, starting at Chipping Norton Theatre. John Kearns tour dates.

WATFORD : Alex Lowe embarks on his latest tour as Clinton Baptiste, the spoof psychic first seen in a 2001 Phoenix Nights episode. We foresee Spectral Intercourse opening at the Watford Pump House tonight and running at least until the Carlisle Sands Centre in February next year. Clinton Baptiste. Clinton Baptiste tour dates

LONDON: What would Valentine's week be without a 'Raunchfest' from Christopher Bliss, one of the worst novelists ever to have come out of South East Shropshire. Rob Carter's alter-ego is joined at Hackney's Moth Club by Lou Sanders, Jazz Emu, Sam Campbell and Michael Odewale

LONDON: Simon Amstell is back for another run of his latest show, I Love It Here, at the Arches London Bridge. Described as 'an exciting departure from Amstell’s previous depression-based work', it's there on Wednesdays to Saturdays until February 28 and then again from March 11 to 14. Tickets

Friday February 13

BURY ST EDMUNDS: Seann Walsh goes back on the road with a new tour about the anxieties induced by almost every aspect of life, This Is Torture, which he has described as a chance to 'offload without being overcharged by my therapist'.Seann Walsh tour dates.

NORWICH: Jessica Fostekew's latest show, Iconic Breath, is loosely based around motherhood, and her fears of raising a toxic man, as well as trying to find a pastime she can indulge in passionately and raising her levels of tolerance for everyday annoyances. Though there are still plenty to feed her comedy mill, as you can discover when the tour kicks off at Norwich Playhouse tonight. Jessica Fostekew tour dates.

Saturday February 14

LONDON: Stars of the black British comedy circuit descend on the Shepherds Bush Empire for a Love & Comedy gig. Featuring White Yardie, Christopher Savage, Junior Booker, Kyrah Gray, and KG Tha Comedian

BIRMINGHAM: The wonderfully offbeat Milton Jones headlines a Just The Tonic gig at Rosie's nightclub tonight. Tickets.

BRISTOL: A hometown gig for Sally-Anne Hayward - a top MC and regular support act for Sarah Millican – as she plays the Beacon. In Older. Bolder she talks about ageing not being a crisis but an 'upgrade' amid tales of juggling lovers, dodging societal expectations and thriving without kids.

Published: 8 Feb 2026