1 DARA O’BRIAIN

Is there a more reliably funny live performer currently working in Britain? If you’ve only seen him on Mock the Week, you don’t know the half of it.
Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline Street, W6 (www.hammersmithapollo.net 0870 4000700), Mon

2 ORANGAID

Benefit for the Sumatran Orangutan Society, with Bill Bailey, Russell Howard, Marcus Brigstocke, Kevin Eldon, Shappi Khorsandi and MC Dave Johns.
Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, WC2 (www.orangaid.com 020-7420 8113), Mon

3 JENNY ECLAIR: BECAUSE I FORGOT TO GET A PENSION

The Grumpy Old Women star proclaims her own decrepitude – with her customary fizzbomb vitality.
Corn Exchange, St Paul’s Square, Bedford (www.bedfordcornexchange.co.uk 01234 269519), Sat; Derngate Theatre, Guildhall Road, Northampton (www.royalandderngate.co.uk 01604 624811), Tues; Palace Theatre, London Road, Southend-on-Sea (www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk/palace 01702 351135), Wed

4 SEAN LOCK

A seemingly casual but densely inventive mix of observational comedy and absurdism. Great show.
Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline Street, W6 (www.hammersmithapollo.net 0870 4000700), Sat

5 PAM ANN: TERROR AT 41,000 FEET

The glamorous air hostess with a new show.
Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford (www.orchardtheatre.co.uk 01322 220000), Wed; Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon (www.fairfield.co.uk 020-8688 9291), Thur; Ipswich Regent, St Helens Street, Ipswich (www.ipswichregent.com 01473 433100), Fri

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