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 August 23

LONDON: Mock The Week's Ed Byrne headlines the Sunday Service gig at Up The Creek in Greenwich tonight.

Monday August 24

LONDON: Known for his neurotic honesty, absurd tangents and unpredictable crowd engagement, American comedian Rick Glassman's described as 'more like controlled chaos than traditional stand-up'. His latest, Me And My Puppet Rick, is at Soho Theatre for the week.

Wednesday August 26

DUBLIN: Fresh(ish) from his appearance on the American version of Traitors, Ron Funches, the American comedian known for getting his points across behind a veneer of genial jollity, begins a short run of dates this side of the Atlantic at Whelan's. The comic, who was a regular on the NBC sitcom Undateable in the US, then takes his delightfully low-impact stand-up to London's Leicester Square Theatre on Saturday, the Cardiff Glee on September 1 and Manchester Academy 2 on September 4.  Here he is roasting the UK…

Thursday August 27

EDINBURGH: OCT (On Company Time) are a musical comedy trio who have racked up more than 50million streams with their mix of satire and 'chart-worthy' bangers. They are at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange tonight, followed by the O2 Academies in Birmingham and Islington, North London.

LONDON: Man Like Mobeen, Taskmaster and Bait star Guz Khan starts three nights of '...with friends' showcases at the Soho Theatre in Walthamstow.

LONDON: Chiswick's Headliners comedy club, which also organises the Ealing Comedy Festival, stages a one-off gig in the walled garden of Boston Manor Park, also in Ealing, featuring Paul Sinha, Jamali Maddix, Paul McCaffrey. Tickets.

Published: 23 Aug 2026