Comedy Shows to See in London
Posted 1st February 2026
London has plenty to keep you busy, no matter the time of year.
Festival season may be over, but there’s still plenty of shows to see in our theatres. Read on to check out our music and comedy picks.
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Selected Mondays | Cambridge Theatre
A brand-new musical comedy is created live in front of your very eyes at each performance of this multi award-winning show, as audience suggestions are instantly transformed into hilarious all-singing, all-dancing entertainment. This is spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest.
***** “Achingly funny… Worth seeing again and again.” – Time Out Critics’ Choice
TALKING SOPRANOS
Mon 23 – Tue 24 February & Mon 2 March | The London Palladium
TALKING SOPRANOS is a hilarious 90-minute live show featuring two of the Soprano’s iconic cast members, STEVE SCHIRRIPA (Bobby Bacala), and Emmy Award Winner MICHAEL IMPERIOLI (Christopher Moltisanti).
Clinton Baptiste
Thu 26 February | The London Palladium
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation’s favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond!
Ross Noble
Fri 27 February & Sat 7 March | The London Palladium
Roll up, roll up! Or use a more conventional form of transport to get to the show. It’s entirely your choice. Unless you accidentally become trapped in a barrel.
Should that happen, then just find an incline and start rolling to see the one and only Ross Noble!
Jimeoin
Sat 28 February 2026 | The London Palladium
Jimeoin’s cheeky no-gimmicks sense of humour, superb material and broad appeal keeps audiences in stitches across the globe. He has an incredible ability to create belly laughs out of microscopically observed human behaviour and the critics rave that he’s still very much at the very top of the stand-up comedy game – and we definitely agree!
Sara Pascoe
Sun 1 March 2026 | The London Palladium
Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn’t wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them?
THIS SHOW IS THAT THOUGHT.
‘First-rate confessional comedy’ ★★★★ The Times
Out with the Buckleys
Thu 5 March | The London Palladium
James and Clair Buckley are taking their vlog offline and around the UK on an unfiltered, unedited live tour! Following the success of their hit YouTube channel At Home With The Buckleys they will embark on their first live tour, delivering everything fans know and love about the pair, plus much more!
With special guests, Joe Thomas & Jack Skipper.
Randy Feltface
Sun 8 March 2026 | Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Randy Feltface has spent his career denying the accusation that he is nothing more than a gimmick. Now it’s time to own it.
As seen on Netflix and heard on BBC Radio 4, Randy Feltface has written and performed a dozen solo stand-up comedy shows, released eight comedy specials, sold out around the world and been nominated for Best Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
James Acaster
Mon 9, Thu 19 March | The London Palladium
Sun 29 March | Theatre Royal Drury Lane
A brand new show, full of everything you love about James Acaster and more!
You’re Dead to Me Live
Tue 24 March | Adelphi Theatre
Hosted by You’re Dead to Me presenter, Greg Jenner – the live tour brings this hit BBC Radio 4 podcast to the stage. Each night follows the show’s much-loved format, pairing an expert historian with a comedy guest to uncover the past through rigorous scholarship and laugh-out-loud humour.
Paul Whitehouse and Friends All Star Comedy Gala
Mon 30 March | The London Palladium
Enjoy an unmissable night of laughter with Paul Whitehouse and Friends at the legendary London Palladium, all in support of the charity Pact.
Taking to the stage for this one-night-only event is an incredible line-up of stars from stage and screen.
Nick Mohammed
Wed 1 April | The London Palladium
Star of The Celebrity Traitors, Taskmaster and Ted Lasso, Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow in the “deliriously enjoyable” (★★★★★ Guardian) Show Pony – now with even more tour dates added!
‘Fantastic… deliriously enjoyable’ ★★★★★ Guardian
Celeste Barber
Thu 16 April | The London Palladium
John Mulaney: Mister Whatever
Fri 17 – Sat 18 April | The London Palladium
John Mulaney is a four-time Emmy Award, Critics’ Choice Award and WGA Award-winning writer, comedian, and actor.
Most recently, Mulaney can be seen as the host, writer and executive producer of his Netflix talk show Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney.
W*nkernomics: Just Touching Base
Sun 19 – Tue 21 April | The London Palladium
After smashing Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 and 2025 and leaving ‘sold out’ signs in their wake across the UK, Australia’s favourite workplace w*nkers are back with their new tour.
Delivered in the form of an agonising all-staff meeting, Just Touching Base is a hilarious real-time demonstration of the buzzwords, bureaucracy and bullsh*t of modern working life.
Joel Domett: Happy Idiot
Fri 24 April | The London Palladium
Joel returns to his stand-up roots with a brand-new show. With glamorous tales from behind the camera and less glamorous anecdotes of first-time fatherhood, Joel remains a charming, exhausted, happy idiot.
‘Excellent storytelling comic’ The Guardian
Garth Marenghi – This Bursted Earth
Sat 25 April | The London Palladium
Horror author Nick Steen is having visions… A sinister Black Steeple; eerie lights in the sky that look like a Catherine wheel but are not remotely a Catherine wheel… Plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. Are they omens? Auguries? Portenderings of things to come? (Spoiler – yes, they are).
Michael Palin | On A Roll – Lightly Toasted by John Lloyd
Mon 27 April | Gillian Lynne Theatre
Unburied National Treasure John Lloyd launches a new conversation series, On A Roll, at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, beginning with the unearthing of the real Michael Palin.
Laura Ramoso – The Calm Down Tour
Tue 28 – Wed 29 April | The London Palladium
Sun 3 May | Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Laura Ramoso is a German-Italian comedian known for her live sketch specials and viral characters, including “German Mom,” “Italian Dad,” and “Chiara,” which have earned her over 3.5 million followers. Her acclaimed show FRANCES sold out at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London’s Soho Theatre. Recently, she opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Boston.
Al Murray: All You Need Is Guv
Sat 2 May & Fri 6 November | The London Palladium
Hey cool cats! Hot on the heels of a sell-out 138 date tour of these green and groovy isles, The Guv will be back, baby, with a brand-new stand-up show for 2026.
★★★★★ ‘A supremely polished performer’ Mail on Sunday
★★★★ ‘Wickedly witty Stuff’ The Telegraph
Sandi Toksvig | On A Roll – Sauced Up by John Lloyd
Mon 4 May | Gillian Lynne Theatre
Two of Britain’s sharpest wits. One stage. No script. No safety net.
Sandi Toksvig and John Lloyd reunite for a night of unguarded conversation, unexpected revelations, and inevitable mischief. Lloyd created QI. Toksvig hosts it. Now, for one night only, the roles are reversed as Lloyd takes the reins and Toksvig takes the hot seat.
Chris McCausland: Yonks!
Fri 15 May | The London Palladium
You might have seen him on Strictly Come Dancing, Would I Lie to You, Have I Got News for You, The Royal Variety, QI, Blankety Blank, The Last Leg, and tons more as well.
Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that has literally been yonks in the making.
Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed
Sun 17 May | Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Queer Eye star and beloved global icon Jonathan Van Ness is heading back to the UK with their brand new solo show Hot & Healed, bringing an unforgettable night of sparkling humour, heartfelt honesty and fierce fun to stages across the country in May.
Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny
Sat 12 – Sun 13 September | The London Palladium
If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy. Jimmy Carr is going back on tour with his brand-new show Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny.
Urzila Carlson – Fatty on a Yacht
Thu 17 & Sun 24 September | The London Palladium
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australia and New Zealand’s biggest comedy stars. In 2026 the fan-favourite comedian returns to the UK in the brand-new show, Fatty on a Yacht.
Effortlessly likeable… stream of belly-laughs. – The Age, Melbourne
Off The Hook
Sat 19 September | The London Palladium
Daz Black (Daz Games) and Will, of the successful YouTube channel Off The Hook, are hitting the road for the first time, bringing their Unhooked show to a theatre near you! Expect laughs, audience participation and maybe a mystery box or two? Get the full immersive Off The Hook show.
Tom Davis: Spudgun
Sat 3 October | The London Palladium
Tom Davis is back on the road, firing out his freshly cooked observations on life’s hot topics.
“You will be unable to resist the undiluted appeal of Davis’s delivery and stage persona” – The Times
Mike Bubbins
Thu 8 October | The London Palladium
Ideas Man, noun : ‘A person who is particularly good at thinking of new or original ideas.’ That’s what Mike Bubbins is. Not an admin man. Not an organised man. Not an especially dedicated man. This comedy tour, for instance, is a case in point. Mike has got loads of really funny stories. He’s wonderful at telling them. So he had the idea of sharing those stories with people, to give them some big laughs and a great night out. He’s left every single other thing that needs to be done in order to make that happen, to other people. Except the name. IDEASMAN was his idea.
Singhu Vee: Swanky
Sat 10 October | The London Palladium
From the award-winning star of Live at the Apollo comes a brand-new stand-up show about falling through the cracks you didn’t make, avoiding the friendships you don’t want, and embracing the self-love you definitely need.
‘Spellbinding… comedy storytelling at its best’ ★★★★★ Funny Women
Miriam Margolyes’ Full English – Live
Wed 21 October | The London Palladium
Following three bestselling memoirs and sold-out tours that left audiences in stitches, Britain’s most outspoken national treasure is back on the road – and she’s not holding back. Expect memories & mammaries, Arsenal & arseholes, politics, filth, and absolutely everything in between.
Mike Wozniak
Thu 5 November | The London Palladium
New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that.
“deliciously distinctive fun… The story of Wozniak might be the shaggiest of shaggy dog stories you will ever hear” – The Evening Standard
Harry Enfield and No Chums
Tue 10 November | The London Palladium
Join us for a rare and entertaining evening with legendary satirical comedian and self-styled “stupid idiot”, Harry Enfield.
Alan Carr: Have I Said Too Much?
Wed 27 – Sun 31 October 2027 | The London Palladium
Alan Carr’s back on tour and his lips are unsealed! With a big mouth and a talent for oversharing, Alan’s ready to dish some drama. Expect stories of dipping into the dating pool, navigating showbiz green rooms and a sprinkling of tales from the Traitors’ turret.
“no one will ever underestimate Carr’s killer talent.” – The Telegraph
