ListingsUpdated Sun 25 Oct
London events today and this week
Every event we have checked and put in, soonest first. Tonight and this weekend have their own editions.
Saturday
7 November-
Theatre £15 plus booking fee
Hen & Chickens Theatre: Scenes With Girls
Miriam Battye's play about two inseparable friends: one sleeps with anyone who asks nicely, the other is radically celibate.
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Gigs £15.91 in advance plus booking fee
The 100 Club: The Zipheads
The Zipheads play their second album, Z2: Rampage, in full ten years on, with Jay Vee & The Cardinal Sins.
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Gigs £42.50
Electric Ballroom: Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt headline a DHP Presents show.
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Clubs £3 to £7
Electric Ballroom: LOOP
DJs on party anthems, house, R&B and throwbacks at LOOP, with group, society and birthday bookings catered for.
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Seasonal From £10.95
Diwali Fireworks in London: Byron Park, Harrow
The Brent, Wembley and Harrow fireworks are a Diwali display too: funfair from noon on 7 Nov in Byron Park, tickets from £10.95.
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Comedy
City Comedy Club: Saturday brunch show, 4pm
A one hour set with no interval and drinks included, which makes it the rare comedy show you can do in the afternoon and still have an evening. Doors half an hour before, over 18s, ID checked.
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Comedy
City Comedy Club: Saturday night, 6pm
A drink is included in the ticket, alcoholic or not. Seating is allocated, so you are shown to a seat rather than fighting for one. Doors half an hour before, over 18s, ID checked.
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Comedy
City Comedy Club: Saturday night, 8pm
A drink is included in the ticket, alcoholic or not. Seating is allocated, so you are shown to a seat rather than fighting for one. Doors half an hour before, over 18s, ID checked.
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Comedy Late
City Comedy Club: the late show, 10pm
The late one. An hour straight through with no break, which is the format that suits a room this size after ten at night. Doors half an hour before, over 18s, ID checked.
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Theatre £9 to £207
Manon: The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Saturday 7pm
MacMillan's Manon on the main stage to 25 November: Massenet, Paris decadence and no softening, £9 to £207.
Sunday
8 November-
Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Sunday night comedy
A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Two hundred seats at Arboretum, and doors open a full hour before, so there is time to eat first. Over 18s, ID on the door.
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Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Sunday night comedy
A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Fifty seats at BOX Piccadilly, about as central as a comedy room gets. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.