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Jack Dee: Small World tour
Join Jack as he guides you through his varied life and career with his customary charm and well-known gift for talking absolute rubbish on any given subject.
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Comedy legend Bill Bailey returns with his musical stylings in huge new arena tour Thoughtifier, with West End dates added to 2025.
Join Harry Hill on his Diamond Jubilee lap of honour as he celebrates 60 Glorious Years of fun, laughter and low-level disruption.
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show. A Manford All Seasons. Jason’s been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t changed a bit. A Manford All Seasons is Jason’s latest comic offering set to hit the road, and is sure to be ‘expert observational comedy’ (The Guardian) mixed with ‘comic gold’ (Mail on Sunday).
John Bishop returns to venues across the country with a brand new tour Back At It – don’t miss out!
Katherine Ryan returns with brand new UK and European tour Battleaxe, starting September 2024.
Don’t miss out on Mo Gilligan’s In The Moment 2024 world tour, which extended in the UK due to popular demand.
Following a sell-out UK and Ireland Spring tour, and after announcing a third run in London’s West End at The Gielgud Theatre, comic legend Frank Skinner adds extra tour dates in Autumn 2024 for his critically acclaimed new stand-up show, ‘30 Years of Dirt’.
Paddy McGuinness returns to stages with Nearly There… his first stand-up tour in eight years.
Britain’s funniest Pub Landlord is back to put the world to rights
American comedian Anthony Jeselink brings his tour Bones and All on limited UK dates across London, Manchester and Glasgow.
Rising star Chloe Petts brings a brand new tour to the stage following two sold-out runs with previous shows
Sharp-edged stand-up Chris McCausland returns with a brand-new show for 2024!
Clinton Baptiste brings his brand new tour Roller Ghoster! to venues across the UK
See Count Arthur Strong in ‘And It’s Goodnight From Him!’, part one of his farewell tour of the world!
Fresh from a sell-out extended run at the Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning gossip and TikTok starlet Daniel Foxx delivers a sensational show about childhood, Tilda Swinton and bullying (but in a chic way).
Dawn French Is a Huge TW*T – playing in theatres across the UK.
Ed Byrne presents Tragedy Plus Time
Ed Gamble has minced a load of meat (thoughts), piped it into a casing (show) and it’s coming to a bun (venue) near you. Don’t miss Hot Diggity Dog!
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Emmanuel Sonubi returns on a brand new tour
The American boundary-pushing comedian brings The Eric Andre Show Live Tour to the UK this May.
Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! Catch him at a venue near you.
Star of The Office (Australia) Felicity Ward brings her show ‘I’m Exhausting’ on her first national tour in six years.
In her brand new show the unwaveringly honest comedian will ask big questions about the world, her vagina, and her obsession with making her dog her entire brand.
Greg Davies is heading out on tour for the first time in 7 years with his brand-new 2025 stand-up show Full Fat Legend.
Join Jack as he guides you through his varied life and career with his customary charm and well-known gift for talking absolute rubbish on any given subject.
Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show, ‘Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, Live’.
An hilarious evening of world-class stand-up from live comedy’s internationally acclaimed Irish master!
If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy… one of the world’s best loved comedians, Jimmy Carr, is back on tour with a brand-new show for 2024 and 2025, Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny.
Edinburgh Award-nominee Josh Pugh brings his new show Existin’ La Vida Loca to the stage
Julian Clary embarks on a new 2024 UK tour – A Fistful of Clary
Kai Humphries brings his new show Gallivanting to stages across the UK.
Comedian, actor and presenter Kane Brown adds more dates to his ‘Don’t Listen To Me’ UK tour.
2024 marks 40 years since Kev’s first album was released. INTERNATIONAL DILLIGAF DAY is every day! Celebrate with a brand new tour from Kevin Bloody Wilson.
Larry has been spending a lot of time with his grandmother lately, and he wants to tell you about it.
Join the thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated, two-time star of Live At The Apollo for a hilarious new show about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty.
Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Smyth, brings a dazzling new tour to the stage
Lloyd returns with a brand new show Baroque and Roll
A show about being human – can you relate???
Just like Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, I’m going to do all my own jokes!
A deep, dumb show for the masses.
Fresh from Live At The Apollo, A League Of Their Own and Have I Got News For You, Maisie Adam is heading back out on tour with a brand new show.
Comedian Mark Thomas takes new show Gaffa Tapes on a UK tour. Expect jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song.
The stand-up comedian brings his new show Matt Bragg Has Nothing Wrong with Him to venues across the UK
Wildly popular comedian and actor Matt Rife announced his ProbleMATTic World Tour hitting cities across North America, Australia, and Europe throughout 2023 and 2024
Don’t miss Michael McIntyre return to the stage with his huge MACNIFICENT tour!
Monty Python’s Sir Michael Palin returns with a 13-date UK tour: There And Back – The Diary Tour 2024
After a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, Michelle Brasier (Aunty Donna, Double Denim) returns with her critically acclaimed show, Reform.
Following the success of his record-breaking show If Ever We Needed It, Micky Flanagan returns with new UK dates.
It’s not a musical. Join Milton Jones on a brand-new tour across the UK in Ha!milton. You know it makes sense.
Following a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell-out UK tour, Nurse Georgie Carroll brings her hit show Sista Flo 2.0 back to the UK.
The Persian Comedy Powerhouse performs his critically acclaimed new show NAMASTE where Omid peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet.
Paul Smith is back and better than ever with his latest tour show, “Pablo”.
Peter Kay is back. ‘One of Bolton’s funniest comedians’ is returning to stand-up comedy after twelve years.
Pierre Novellie is known for his award-winning comedy/observations as seen on The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, the hit podcast BudPod with Phil Wang and The Now Show on Radio 4.
He can’t stress enough that he thinks these thoughts are normal and reasonable – it’s you people that don’t make sense. He is the normal one, definitely, but that does raise an important question:
Why are you laughing?
Multi-award winning comedian Rhod Gilbert brings a brand-new live tour to the stage
On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson. Only a coward wouldn’t attend.
Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoir, Montana’s transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling musical interludes and an ever-formidable knack for laughs on the fly.
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed.
In his return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone’s lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fitting prize to bring in for Taskmaster?
Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour. Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that’s in his way.
The incredibly funny tongue-in-cheek comedian from Crawley brings a brand new show on tour
Funny, frank and unapologetically filthy, Sarah Millican will be touring the UK with Late Bloomer.
As seen on Netflix and Comedy Central, and fresh from supporting Trevor Noah on his arena tour.
Hot off the back of a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run Tatty Macleod is bringing her certain je ne sais quoi to the stage with her debut hour of comedy: FUGUE
“Britain’s Funniest Band” (The Guardian) have made appearances on The Last Leg (Channel 4), Peter Crouch’s Year- Late Euros (BBC One), and are the only band to ever host Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Unruly, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying, the six-headed comedy band includes five outstanding musicians and one non-musical stand-up, Alex Horne, the creator and co-host of the BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning Taskmast (…)
Tom Allen is back on the road with his brand new show Completely.
Embarking on his biggest tour to date with his brand new show, ‘Underdog’, Tom will be exploring life as the longshot.
It’s a risky business navigating the tightrope of today’s times but Tom’s approaching it with his usual gusto. Without risk there is no reward.
“Stand up elite” – Chortle
Tom Ward, as seen on Live at The Apollo, QI, Roast Battle and more, is bringing a brand new show to venues across the country.
Join bestselling author and global internet sensation Tova Leigh on a new UK tour
Everyone’s favourite 1930’s throwback greetings and compliments aficionado Troy Hawke returns to theatres nationwide with his brand new show.
The South African-born New Zealand comedian and actress Urzila Carlson comes to the UK
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LATEST NEWS
Bill Bailey announces a festive West End residency at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, which acclaimed new show Thoughtifier. London’s West End will also be home to Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s Inside Number 9.
Back on a major UK tour, we delve into an A-Z of Taskmaster’s Greg Davies.
We love putting the spotlight on rising comedy talent. Find out more about Laura Smyth and Emmanuel Sonubi in our Stuck In A Lift series. Want to know more about the up-and-coming faces of comedy? Read more.
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Comedy Guide
Ticketmaster’s Comedy Guide is your complete guide to the best comedy shows and all kinds of funny stuff ranging from comedy festivals, stand up comedy, comedy concerts to theatrical productions. We’ve got loads of information – including announcements, exclusive interviews and reviews – to keep you up to date about all the comedians on tour in 2024 & 2025. From Edinburgh Festival Fringe to world-class favourites, our guide includes everyone from award-winning sell-out tours to up and coming performers. So whether you’re looking to find out what’s happening this week, this year or even next year, our guide will have you laughing in theatres and venues across the UK.
Whether you’re interested in top comedians or emerging stand up comedy, whether you’re looking in London, Manchester, Edinburgh or other cities across the UK… here’s where you’ll find comedy tickets for all the comedic entertainment you need so you can be there to laugh out loud.
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The price of comedy tickets in the UK varies per live show. Ticketmaster offers a variety of affordable prices for top comedy tours, as well as Premium experiences for the biggest comedy fans. You can also find cheaper tickets in our Comedy Under £35 section, which highlights tickers under £35 for comedy tours, festivals and clubs across the country.
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Some of the biggest comedians are taking their shows across the UK in 2024 to venues near you. Acts include:
- Ben Elton in his Authentic Stupidity tour until November 2024
- This year and next you can see Jason Manford: A Manford All Seasons
- John Bishop is Back At It in his new tour across 2024 and 2025
- Katherine Ryan’s new show Battleaxe kicks off in September 2024
- Entertainment favourite Michael McIntyre continues his MACNIFICENT tour to October 2024
- Milton Jones returns to stages this September with Ha!milton
- Paddy McGuinness returns to stand-up for the first time in seven years with Nearly There, kicking off in September 2024
- Al Murray is currently touring with The Pub Landlord until November 2024
- Comedy legend Bill Bailey brings Thoughtifier to the West End this December 2024
- You can see Ed Byrne in Tragedy Plus Time at venues near you until December 2024
- Jimmy Carr is currently touring with Laughs Funny
- Micky Flanagan rounds off his If Ever We Needed It tour this June 2024
- Peter Kay continues his arena tour, visiting the UK’s biggest venues
- You can see Rhod Gilbert across the UK in his Rhod Gilbert & The Giant Grapefruit tour
- Romesh Ranganathan finishes his huge tour Hustle this June 2024
- Sarah Millican tours with her Late Bloomer show until November 2024
You can also see fresh new comedy acts in 2024, including Laura Smyth, Grace Campbell, Henry Rowley, Kai Humphries, Maisie Adam, Matt Bragg, Rich Hall, Tatty Macleod, Tom Stade, Tova Leigh and Urzila Carlson.
Plus Comedy Clubs such as The Comedy Store, Big Belly Comedy Club, Big Deal Comedy and Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club are on all year.
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You can already book tickets to plenty of comedy touring in 2025 and beyond, including some of comedy’s biggest names and newest faces. Select tickets near you from a host of UK dates, with artists on tour including:
- Harry Hill on his New Bits & Greatest Hits tour, kicking off in February 2025
- Greg Davies is returning to stages from January with his Full Fat Legend tour
- You can see Omid Djalili in Namaste from February 2025
- Rising star Chloe Petts tours the UK with How You See Me, How You Don’t from February 2025
- See Eshaan Akbar on tour in 2025, fresh from supporting Micky Flanagan and Jason Manford
Comedians touring in 2024 also have dates that go into 2025 and beyond, so there are plenty of opportunities to see your favourite act in a venue near you.
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Looking for Comedy Clubs or comedy tours in venues near you? You can browse our Comedy Guide to find your favourite comedian at your local venue.
You can even browse Ticketmaster Local to see if there are venues close by that host comedy events.
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The UK is home to several great comedy clubs, featuring new talent and up-and-coming comedians. Enjoy stand-up shows, improv, storytelling, sketches, open mics and much more at venues including The Comedy Store which has over 40 years in the business to its name, and comes to venues across the country.
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You can purchase your local Comedy Club tickets directly from Ticketmaster, and can even browse more venues near you.
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You can find tickets to Comedy Clubs via our dedicated Comedy Clubs section on this Comedy Guide.
There are plenty of venues in London, including Big Belly Comedy Club, Comedy In Your Eye, Covent Garden Comedy Club, and The Queer Comedy Club.
Just The Tonic hosts events in Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester and Edinburgh, and Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club takes place in Hull, York, Bournemouth, Stoke-On-Trent and Portsmouth.
Big Deal Comedy Club has comedy nights in Cambridge, Kings Lynn, Peterborough and more across East Anglia.
You can visit the ever-popular The Comedy Store in venues across the UK, including Colchester, Scarborough, Norfolk, Bristol, Maidstone and more.
For comedy nights in Manchester, Newcastle and beyond, you can browse comedy on our Local Guide.
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You can see some of the biggest and best comedy talent across London, including Bill Bailey at the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket from December 2024, Harry Hill at Wilton’s Music Hall in and O2 Shepherds Bush Empire and Ben Elton at Richmond Theatre in September 2024 and the Lyceum Theatre in November 2024. Katherine Ryan has multiple dates at The London Palladium in March 2025, and Jason Manford will be gracing the same venue in February 2025.
John Bishop is coming to The London Palladium in April 2025, and Greg Davies is playing sold-out dates at the Royal Albert Hall.
Too find comedians coming to the capital, you can browse our London Guide.
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Looking for comedy in Manchester? Find it on our Manchester Guide.
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American actor and comedian Eric André is playing limited UK dates this May.
Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan brings her Battleaxe tour to stages across the UK in 2024 and 2025.
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The UK is home to some of the world’s biggest comedy talent, with stand-up comedians including Bill Bailey, Jason Manford, John Bishop, Harry Hill, Ricky Gervais, Paddy McGuinness, Sarah Millican, Jenny Éclair, Michael McIntyre, Greg Davies and more famous names.
There is also plenty of rising talent in the country, including Emmanuel Sonubi, Babatunde Aleshe, Laura Smyth, Georgie Carroll and many more.
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe takes place in August in Scotland every year, hosting a variety of comedy, theatre, dance and arts in venues across the city.
Many comedians play work in progress shows during the month before announcing UK-wide tours, and it’s a great chance for rising talent and new comedy to showcase their material.
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