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 February 15

GLASGOW: With perfect timing, the day after Valentine's Day, South African comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout starts a UK tour of his show about divorce at The Stand. Schalk Bezuidenhout​ tour dates

Monday February 16

SALFORD: Comic musical Operation Mincemeat starts its UK tour at the Lowry, the venue which hosted its first ever scratch performance in 2017. The show, which has been a hit in the West End and Broadway, tells the real-life story of how a corpse was used to trick the Germans in World War II. The production will then visit 30 more venues across the year.

LONDON: Expectations are set low with a night at Chelsea's swanky Cadogan Hall called 'Hopefully A Few Laughs'. But with a bill that boasts Lou Sanders, Sarah Keyworth, Stuart Laws, Elis James, Harriet Kemsley, Ivo Graham and Jin Hao Li – a lot of laughs seems pretty much guaranteed. Tickets.

Thursday February 19

LONDON: Yes, Kiwi comic Melanie Bracewell is another stand-up talking about their ADHD, but she does so in such an engaging and funny manner you'd forget the topic has become a comedy cliche. She starts a UK tour at Leicester Square Theatre tonight. Melanie Bracewell​ review and tour dates

Friday February 20

LONDON: Trailblazing American stand-up Maria Bamford – one of the comedians most often picked by her peers in Chortle's Perfect Playlists – brings her excoriating personal comedy to Soho Theatre Walthamstow for one night only. Tickets

Saturday February 21

SHREWSBURY: 'Medieval whimsy peddler' Alasdair Beckett-King wanders the nation trying to bring uplifting nonsense to the troubled villagers, offering to 'solve the political and moral crises of our age and still have time for a funny story about biscuits'. The 'King Of Crumbs' embarks on his epic nomadic quest where all great legends begin. At the Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury. Alasdair Beckett-King​ tour dates

INVERNESS: Ray Bradshaw's new tour – about growing up as a child of deaf adults, or a 'Coda' in the lingo – starts at the Eden Court Theatre. In the show he talks about growing up in a house where sign language is the first language – such as watching his dad shut his eyes to win any argument or beating his in-laws when they suggested playing charades. All shows will be BSL interpreted. Ray Bradshaw​ tour dates.

EDINBURGH:John Tothill embarks on a short UK tour of his critically acclaimed stand-up show This Must Be Heaven at the Monkey Barrel. The show covers two life-changing events: A close brush with death and an underwhelming cruise. John Tothill​ tour dates and review

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD: Daniel Foxx is back on the road with a new show about breakups, being single in your 30s and the complicated custody battle over a monstera. The comic, who's built up a fan base from online video sketches, says: 'In some ways this is your classic "I had a breakup" show – with all the silliness, frustration and melodrama that I think everyone can relate to.' Daniel ​Foxx tour dates.

Published: 15 Feb 2026