Date: Fri 17 Jul 2026
Venue: Pleasance Islington
Price: £10
Edinburgh preview
Show starts: 21:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Comedy in England
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.
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Emil Wakim: My Way
Date: Fri 17 Jul 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £21
Show starts: 21:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 17 Jul 2026
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre
Price: £16.25 to £22.50
Topical comedy sketches
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jonathan Rudge: Stay at Home Son
Date: Fri 17 Jul 2026
Venue: The Glitch
Price: £7.50 to £11.50
Work in progress as part of Highlight Festival
Show starts: 22:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Wanting to be Cool, Having to be Funny with Jack Shep
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Moth Club
Price: £17.10
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Reading South Street Arts Centre
Laughs At Lunch
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Liverpool Hot Water Comedy Club
Price: Free
Comics: Hayley Ellis, Paul Sinha, Phil Nichol
Show starts: 13:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Greenwich Comedy Garden
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Old Royal Naval College
Comics: Jen Brister, Rhys James, Sara Pascoe, Sarah Keyworth
Show starts: 13:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Halifax Victoria Theatre
Price: £16.50
Show starts: 14:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Oxford New Theatre
Price: From £20 to £150
Show starts: 14:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Duchess Theatre
Price: £24 to £104.75
Show starts: 14:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Big Belly Southbank
Plus Evaldas Karosas
Show starts: 15:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Winchester Theatre Royal
Price: £18
Edinburgh previews
Show starts: 15:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Hayley Ellis, Paul Sinha, Phil Nichol
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Liverpool Hot Water Comedy Club
Price: Free
Show starts: 16:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Joe Sutherland, Kate Barron, Rob Rouse
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Price: £25.30 (£22 cons)
Plus: Faizan Shah. Two shows: 4pm and 8pm.
Show starts: 16:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Greenwich Comedy Garden:
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Old Royal Naval College
Comics: Janine Harouni, John Kearns, John Robins
Show starts: 16:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Underbelly Boulevard
Price: £15 to £29
Two shows: 5pm and 8pm
Show starts: 17:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Alistair Barrie, Finlay Christie, Harriet Dyer, Stephen Grant, Tom Stade
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Comedy Store
Show starts: 18:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Mel Hudson: Richard Ashcroft Revived My Libido
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Museum Of Comedy
Price: £13.75 (£11.75 concs)
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Carl Hutchinson, Hayley Ellis, Paul Sinha, Phil Nichol
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Liverpool Hot Water Comedy Club
Price: £18.00
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Price: £21
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Podiots Presents: Podiots
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Newcastle Cluny 2
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Reading Sub89
Price: £35.79
Just the Tonic. Plus Jon Pearson
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Oxford Glee Club
Price: £14.50 to £21.50
Plus: Farhan Solo
Show starts: 19:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Shamik Chakrabarti: Live
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £12
Visiting Indian comedian
Show starts: 19:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Abigoliah Schamaun, Chris Forbes, Dinesh Nathan
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
Price: £23 to £37.75
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Leeds Glee Club
Price: £12 to £19.50
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Oxford New Theatre
Price: From £20 to £150
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Price: £21
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Instant Wit
Date: Sat 18 Jul 2026
Venue: Thornbury The Armstrong
Price: £15.00
Improvised comedy
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)