James Kettle

Edinburgh comedy special

Previews of Ellie Taylor, Pierre Nouvelli, Julian McCullough, Natasia Demetriou, Dane Baptiste and Quint Fontana.

BJ Novak: out of the office

He's spent the last decade slaving away in The Office (US branch). Now with a bit of free time, the writer and performer is taking his comic prose to Edinburgh.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Felicity Ward, Anthony Jeselnik and Danielle Ward.

This week's new live comedy

Will Franken, Sarah Kendall and Romesh Ranganathan.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Ed Gamble, Brendon Burns and the Balham Comedy Festival.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Rhys Darby, Stand Up Against Austerity and Nick Revell.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Tim FitzHigham, Mark Watson and Monty Python Live (Mostly).

Despite being one of the most eagerly awaited dates in 2014's comedy calendar, one big mystery still surrounds this live reunion of the surviving Pythons: will it be any good? Of course, they have the advantage of a back catalogue stuffed with classic sketches. But there's also disturbing talk of dancing girls and big Broadway-style production numbers under the aegis of director Eric Idle. All of which suggests that this may be more along the lines of Spamalot, a wildly successful show that mines the tropes of Python while not quite recreating its original spirit. Regardless of such caveats, it remains tremendously exciting anticipating Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones and Palin all back onstage together again; and, given that the cavernous interior of the O2 may not be the ideal place to explore the nuances of sketch comedy, perhaps a dancing girl or two may be permitted.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Cariad & Louise's Character Hour, Lloyd Langford and Joseph Morpurgo.

This week's new comedy

Previews of Tell Me Something I Don't Know, Aamer Rahman and Lucy Porter.