Comedy picks of the week ft. Simon Amstell and Nick Helm

Beat The Frog | The Frog & Bucket | Mon 6 Nov | 7.30pm | £5/FREE
The best new act competition in the city comes to a head this evening as The Frog’s gong show World Series Final sees nine hopefuls looks to take the big prize home. Host Dan Nightingale introduces last year’s winner Donal Vaughan before getting to the finalists who each have five minutes to win over the crowd with the threat of being carded off dissolved it’s a chance to see Manchester’s new crop of comedians cut loose.
frogandbucket.ticketsolve.com

Nick Helm | The Dancehouse | Fri 10 Nov | 8pm | £12
The star of BBC3’s Uncle brings his first national tour to Manchester this month with a call to arms for anyone who feels hard done by and short-changed by this ugly new world. Rounding it down to absolutely everyone then. Helm’s shouty demeanour and love of a power ballad often casts him as a more laddish comedian but there is a nuance and great wit here in between the showiness. Well worth checking out.
thedancehouse.co.uk

Simon Amstell | The Lowry | Sun 12 Nov | 3pm & 7.30pm | £26.50
Former (and best (fight me))Never Mind the Buzzcocks host and more recently scourge of the meat eating community with his satirical documentary ‘Carnage’ Simon Amstell is back on stage for his 5^th UK tour. This time he promises a ‘deeply personal, funny exploration of beauty, intimacy, freedom, sex and love’, which is when the caustic comedian is at his best and most biting. Only a handful of tickets remain so act fast to grab yours.
www.thelowry.com