Steve Coogan
Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Wednesday, Thursday; New Theatre, Oxford, Friday
Back after a long absence from the British stage, Coogan returns in an array of all his most popular guises. A-ha indeed.
Simon Munnery
Porthole Comedy Club, London, Monday
Gloriously unpredictable, you can always count on Munnery to push at the boundaries of comedy, with all kinds of devastating results.
Rich Hall
Nottingham Playhouse, Tuesday; Artrix, Bromsgrove, Wednesday
Inspirational storyteller Hall returns, with a second-half appearance from his redneck alter ego Otis Lee Crenshaw.
Mark Steel
The Courtyard, Hereford, Saturday; Guildhall Theatre, Derby, Thursday
He may be almost a grandee of political comedy now, but Steel still comes up with some of the best angles on the landscape of 2008.
Russell Howard
Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, Wednesday
Possibly the perkiest man in comedy, Mock The Week regular Howard tours a new set of wildly digressive and irrepressibly cheerful tales.
