Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Chelmsford Theatre
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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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: York Barbican Centre
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)
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)
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
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
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