Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: York Barbican Centre
Show starts: 20:00 (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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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)
Gary Delaney: Gary on Laughing
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Whitley Bay Playhouse
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Madeleine Brettingham, Special guest who cannot be named, Spring Day
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Hitchin Town Hall
Price: £20.00
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Kendal Brewery Arts Centre
Price: £25.20
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Manchester Albert Hall
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Currer Ball: The Neighbours
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Camden Comedy Club
Price: £7
Work in progress
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch Two
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £22
Show starts: 21:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Salford Lowry
Price: 19:30
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Riverside Studios
Price: £14
Plus: Paul Hilleard
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Rose Theatre
Simon Evans: Staring at the Sun
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: New Milton Forest Arts Centre
Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Swindon Arts Centre
Palestine: Peace De Resistance
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Ipswich New Wolsey Theatre
Price: £15
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Leicester Curve Theatre
Dave Longley, Glenn Wool, Jason Patterson, Lou Conran
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Leeds Glee Club
Price: £8 to £15
Joe Tracini: Ten Things I Hate About Me
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Bishops Stortford South Mill Arts
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Up The Creek
Price: £12.19 (£6.71 concs)
Plus: Diesel
Russell Hicks: This Time It's Personal
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Cranbrook Queen's Hall Theatre
Anyone For Tennis – Pauline Eyre
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Eastleigh The Point
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Wells Cedars Hall
Sam Nicoresti and Friends
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Crystal Palace Subway
Price: £22.38
Show starts: 18:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £15
Show starts: 18:45 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Bridget Christie: Jacket Potato Pizza
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Wells Cedars Hall
Price: £25
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns?
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Price: £22
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Wells Little Theatre
Price: £17
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
David Ward, Matt Richardson, Rich Hall
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Norwich Puppet Theatre
Price: £20.00
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)