Here are the six comedy events that we've picked out in this week's SNJ (Feb 20) if you're looking for a laugh over the next few weeks.

Giggle with Chris McCausland, Thursday, March 28

Stroud News and Journal:

King’s Head, Cirencester

Chris is blind, has been performing stand-up since 2003, and has long been firmly established at the very top of the UK’s live comedy circuit. He performs all over the country, including regularly at the world famous Comedy Store in the heart of London’s West End.

Doors open 7.30pm

Tickets cost £10

Duncan Oakley at CrazyBird, Thursday, April 4

Stroud News and Journal:

The Malthouse Bar & Kitchen, Stroud

Headlining this evening at the CrazyBird Comedy Club will be the super talented Duncan Oakley. Duncan performs an infectious mix of musical comedy and stand up that has seen him become one of the leading headliners in the business.

Doors open at 7pm

Tickets cost £12.50

Tweedy’s illusion confusion, Saturday, April 6

Stroud News and Journal:

Subscription Rooms, Stroud

The slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus and Cirque Berserk returns with an all new show of magic & mayhem. Tweedy has had enough of getting sawn in half by the world’s top magicians as their assistant and decided to become the magician instead.

Start times 11am and 2pm

Tickets cost £13.50, £11.50 concession

Musical comedy by Les Admirables, Saturday, June 1

Stroud News and Journal:

Under the Edge Arts, Wotton-under-Edge

Les Admirables is a musical comedy show by multi-award-winning comedian Harriet Braine, which focuses on a selection of women from the history of science and technology. Some of them you will be familiar with, others perhaps not!

Doors open 8pm

Tickets cost £10.50

A memoir with Miles Jupp, Friday, April 26

Stroud News and Journal:

Armstrong Hall, Thornbury

Beginning the fiftieth Anniversary of Thornbury Arts Festival will be a Q&A with Miles Jupp, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and a regular on panel shows such as QI, Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You, where he will chat about his new childhood memoir.

Doors open at 7.30pm

Tickets cost £22 for flat seating, £24 for raised

The Silver Uberglee, Thursday, March 14

Stroud News and Journal:

Hen & Chicken Studio, Bristol

With Bristol’s St Peter’s Hospice, The Comedy Box has put together a second show which commemorates 25 years of operation titled The Silver UberGlee (Part 2). This one features Jon Richardson, who was a regular at the Hen & Chicken while he was living in Bristol.

Doors open 7.15pm

Tickets cost £18