The week's best 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 March 8

YORK: Harry Enfield is reviving some of his best-known characters for a new live tour starting at the Grand Opera House tonight – including Loadsamoney, the epitome of Thatcherism now running a wellness Retreat teaching people how to get ‘zenned up’ about their wealth. He will also appear as himself, taking questions from the audience about his long comedy career. Harry Enfield tour dates.

MANCHESTER: Chortle's Hotshots showcase of promising comedians heading to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe hits Manchester, with a gig at Cultplex at 5pm. With Verity Sharpe, Sam Serrano, Clementine Bogg-Hargroves, Oliver Yates, Andrew Marsh, Mike Carter and Maxine Wade Tickets Then we are at the Birmingham Glee on Wednesday with Tal Davies, Henning Nilsen, Alex Lennox, Lawrence Dodd, Daniel Tizon, Kat Higgins, Shawn Uyosa, Mark O'Keeffe, David Ferguson and Aalex Mandel-Dallal. Tickets

Tuesday March 10

LONDON: Islington’s Union Chapel hosts Jokes and Spokes, a charity show in aid of The Bike Project, which supplies bikes to refugees. James Acaster is the big name, but he’s supported by Catherine Bohart, Jack Barry and Janine Harouni. Tickets

LONDON: Meanwhile, Joe Lycett is at the Comedy Store to headline Laugh Out Loud for St Mungo’s. This benefit also features Catherine Bohart, doing a double, Emmanuel Sonubi, Grace Campbell, Hasan Al-Habib, Jake Lambert, Joe Lycett, Michelle de Swarte, Sikisa. This one's sold out but you can join the waiting list here.

Wednesday March 11

LONDON: Kane Brown's going on tour - with no material. As the title Crowd Work King suggests, the evening will be unscripted comedy all based around audience participation. It starts at the Comedy Store tonight. Kane Brown tour dates.

GLASGOW: The city's international comedy festival gets under way today with 560 shows in 40 venues from now until March 29. Top-line comics include the likes of Rosie O’Donnell, Harry Enfield, Ruby Wax, Sue Perkins, Daniel Sloss, Alan Davies, Bridget Christie, Karen Dunbar, Jack Docherty, Susie McCabe and Tim Key – though there's obviously a huge amount to choose from. Check the festival website.

GLASGOW: As part of the festival, Hungarian-American comedian Zoltan Kaszas embarks on a short visit to the UK, starting at the Stand and visiting the Birmingham Glee, Bristol Hen & Chicken, and London's Leicester Square Theatre in subsequent days.

Thursday March 12

EXETER: Chortle’s hunt for the best student comedian in the UK heads to the South West, with a semi-final at Exeter University compèred by former Perrier winner Will Adamsdale. Tickets.

Friday March 13

LONDON: There's a winning bill at The Boat Show, on the Tattershall Castle moored near Embankment Tube, this weekend. Cockney geezer with a twist Jeff Innocent, is joined by hotly tipped Tadiwa Mahlunge, Norwegian Thor Stenhaug and Sally-Anne Hayward, concealing an iron hand in a velvet glove…

RICKMANSWORTH: Milton Jones headlines a strong line-up at Watersmeet Theatre, also featuring Keith Farnan, Laura Smyth and Red Richardson.

Saturday March 14

WELWYN GARDEN CITY: An appealing comedy cocktail is on offer at the Campus West Theatre tonight with whimsical musical duo Flo and Joan, camp Stephen Bailey, Mock The Week regular Angela Barnes and powerhouse compere Thanyia Moore.

Published: 8 Mar 2026