Stand-up comedy listings. These line-ups are as accurate as we can make them, but things change, and it may be worth checking before you travel.
Laugh For Life Comedy Showcase
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Liverpool Hot Water Comedy Club
Price: £5.00
Plus: Henry Churney, Matt Jones
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
Show starts: 19:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Thor Stenhaug: One Night Stand Baby
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £21
Show starts: 19:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal
Price: £23
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Chelmsford Theatre
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Carey Marx, Eleanor Tiernan, George Zacharopoulos, Larry Dean
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Comedy Store
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Leeds City Varieties
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Bradford Alhambra
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bestie) Work In Progress
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Chelmsford Theatre
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
Price: £14 to £21.75
Plus: Alana Jackson
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: York Grand Opera House
Price: From £20 to £150
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Middlesbrough Town Hall
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Cerys Nelmes, Karen Bayley, Tom Little
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Worcester Huntingdon Hall
Price: £16.00
Plus: Kev Mud
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
SadoMusical: So Funny It Hurts* (*Us)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Colchester Dragonfly Lounge
Price: From £10.00 to £13.00
Performers create art while being electrocuted
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Al Murray: All You Need Is Guv
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Guildford G Live
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Cheekykita, Dan Evans, Patrick Monahan, Zoe Lyons
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Shoreham by Sea Ropetackle Centre
Price: £14.00
Plus: Theo Liston
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Girlfriend Club Comedy Night
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: The Castle Whitechapel
Price: £8.50
Comics: Paul Foot, Sam Nicoresti, Toussaint Douglass
Plus: Jen Nolan, Lianna Holston, Jess Carrivick, Louis Beer
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Ayoade Bamgboye, Paddy Young, Sam Nicoresti
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: The Trafalgar
Price: £18.50
Always Be Comedy
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
Price: £8 to £14.50
Plus: Alana Jackson
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
So You Think You're Funny?
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £7.50 to £10
Competition heat
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Stuart McPherson: Crisps and a Lie Down
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Bristol Hen and Chicken
Price: £16.50
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £7.50 to £10
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Big Penny Social
Price: £15
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
The School of Night
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: The Miller
Price: £8.75
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Nottingham Canalhouse
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Barry Dodds, Joey Page, Mark Nelson
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Price: £17.60 (£13.20 cons)
Plus: Joe Gurski, Muhsin Yesilada
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Watford Palace
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Emma Davies and Mahesh Khilnani
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Aces and Eights
Price: £0
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: York Barbican Centre
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Gary Delaney: Gary on Laughing
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Whitley Bay Playhouse
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
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