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The comedy week ahead...

LIVE IN LONDON: Tommy Tiernan starts a two-week run at the Soho Theatre of his new show Stray Sod, named as so many comedy shows are after an enchanted piece of grass. As usual, its Tiernan urging us to embrace our inner lunacy in these compliant times.

LIVE IN LONDON: Also at Soho, one of the breakout shows of last years Edinburgh Fringe Jamie Demetrious People Day, a career-making display of character comedy which is here all week. Review from Edinburgh

LIVE IN LONDON: Daniel Kitson and Stewart Lee on the same bill should be all you need to know to snap up tickets for the gig at the Bloomsbury Theatre tonight. That its in aid of the PBH Free Fringe thats done so much to change the Edinburgh Festival for the better is another plus. Meanwhile the supporting cast includes Phill Jupitus, Robin Ince, Andrew Maxwell and more

LIVE IN LONDON: Before his first UK tour in seven years, Frank Skinner begins a five-week residency at the at the Leicester Square Theatre with his new show, Man In A Suit. If his run at nearby Soho Theatre last year was anything to go by, he hasnt lost his stand-up mojo Here is a review of that show, and a schedule of forthcoming dates.

LIVE IN MANCHESTER: The much-loved but itinerant XS Malarkey sets up home in yet another venue today: The Pub/Zoo, right in the heart of studentland. Rob Rouse, Rob Deering and Mr XS, Toby Hadoke, get the ball rolling

LIVE IN HAMPSHIRE: Omid Djalili starts his new tour at the Phoenix Theatre in Bordon. Dates.

LIVE IN LONDON: Another night, another benefit at the Bloomsbury. Lauugh Till It Hurts, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, features Simon Evans, Andrew Lawrence, Shappi Khorsandi and more

LIVE IN BRISTOL: Theres a good selection of up-and-coming talent at Chuckle Busters at the Wardrobe Theatre, including Alfie Browns disillusioned polemic and Matt Reess hangdog deadpan. Cant go far wrong for a fiver

TV Ruth Joness comedy-drama Stella returns for a third series. Now sporting a rather spiffy blonde do, her single mum has a potential love interest with the arrival of handsome lawyer and recent divorcee Michael played by The Offices Patrick Baladi. True to romcom form, the pairs first run-in is, of course, far from romantic. Sky 1, 9pm

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