COMEDY

Jimeoin This likeable rambler (below), whose tour comes to an end this week, has gone in the opposite direction to Dame Edna. Born in Portstewart, Northern Ireland, he has made it big in Australia, with a top-rated TV show of his own. Manchester Royal Exchange tonight, Sheffield City Hall tomorrow, Brighton Theatre Royal Sun

John Shuttleworth Graham Fellows, who in a previous life gave us the marvellous one-hit wonder, Jilted John, takes on the role of the world's funniest Yamaha organ-player. Bradford Queen's Hall Wed, Hull Turnpike Thur

Character comedian Simon Munnery is putting it about a bit at the moment. Last week saw the launch of his Cluub Zarathustra. This week he's back in the anorak of Alan Parker - Urban Warrior, in a bill also featuring the imaginative Chris Lynam and the daft Woody Bop Muddy. Red Rose Cabaret, Plimsoll Arms, London N4, Sat

JAMES RAMPTON