Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Buxton Opera House
Show starts: 19:30 (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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Josh Widdicombe: Not My Cup of Tea
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Price: £31.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Kendal Brewery Arts Centre
Work in progress
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Hull New Theatre
Price: From £20 to £150
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Daniel O'Reilly: Let's Have It
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Lincoln New Theatre Royal
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Chris Forbes, Dana Alexander, Paul McCaffrey
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Leeds Glee Club
Price: £8 to £15
Plus: Hollie Noble
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: London Palladium
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Harriet Dyer, James Redmond, Mike McClean, Tadiwa Mahlunge
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Epsom Playhouse
Price: £23
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Adam Rowe, Andrew Ryan, Helen Bauer, Michael Odewale, Stephen Bailey
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £12.75 to £26.75
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Doncaster Dome
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jason Patterson, Kate Barron, Liam Withnail, Maff Brown
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
Price: £14 to £21.75
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Barry Dodds, Daisy Earl, Jonny Awsum
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Sheffield City Hall
Price: £19.80 (£11 concs)
Plus: Dean Coughlin
Show starts: 19:45 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Gary Delaney: Gary on Laughing
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Sophie Garrad: Poor Little Rich Girl
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Bristol Hen and Chicken
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Tattershall Castle
Price: £18 (£14.50 concs)
Plus: John Meagher
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Hull City Hall
Price: £18
Plus: Kay Nicholson, Jed Salisbury. Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club,
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
The Cabaret Thera-Tease Presents: Absolutely Tuckin’ Fabulous
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Totton Hanger Farm Arts Centre
Price: £0.00
Burlesque comedy drag show
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Manford's Comedy Club
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Burnley Mechanics
Price: £12.50
Comics: Chris Washington, Nina Gilligan
Plus: Jacob Nussey, Dominic Hatton-Woods
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Southend Palace Theatre
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Leicester The Y Theatre
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
Show starts: 20:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Andrew Bird, Laura Smyth, Lucy Porter, Paul Thorne, Rhys James
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: The Bedford
Price: £22
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £18
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Two Hearts: Don't Stop Throbbing
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £20
Show starts: 21:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Newcastle City Hall
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Leeds First Direct Arena
Price: £35.00 to £135.00
Anyone For Tennis – Pauline Eyre
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Oxford North Wall Arts Centre
Russell Hicks: This Time It's Personal
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Ian Stone is Looking for the Wow
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre
Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Swanage Mowlem Theatre