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Comedy in London tonight and this week

Stand-up, improv and new material nights across London. The rooms above pubs are where the good stuff is; the arena shows are on here too when they are worth it.

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What to expect

288 listings filed under Comedy. The busiest rooms are Museum of Comedy, JK Comedy Club Covent Garden and City Comedy Club. Concentrated in Soho, Bloomsbury and Covent Garden.

Nearby

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When Today 17 This weekend 22 Next 7 days 47
Where Soho 108 Bloomsbury 63 Covent Garden 49 Shoreditch 32 Crouch End 20 Islington 12 Victoria 3 Alexandra Palace 1

Showing in Crouch End. Clear

Saturday

24 October

  1. Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Alan Francis, Ashish Suri, Mad Ron and Sally Firth, with Michael Legge compering the Saturday bill.

Thursday

29 October

  1. Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Up to 16 acts trying new material, Wes Defoe and Dylan Kershaw among them, with Paddy Lennox compering.

Saturday

31 October

  1. Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Kirk Fontaine, Rick Kiesewetter, Susan Murray and Michelle Shaughnessy, with Ross Smith compering the Saturday bill.

Thursday

5 November

  1. Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Up to 16 acts trying new material, Fred Bell and Juan R among them, with Neil McFarlane compering.

Saturday

7 November

  1. Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Joe Bor, Liam McGough, Maureen Langan (US), Paul F Taylor and Philip Simon, with Windsor compering the Saturday bill.

Thursday

12 November

  1. Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Up to 16 acts trying new material, Geordie Mungavin and Jake Kilov among them, with Philip Simon compering.

Saturday

14 November

  1. Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Hannah Lloyd-Davies, Sean Meo and Don Biswas, with Matt Green compering the Saturday bill.

Thursday

19 November

  1. Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Up to 16 acts trying new material, Derya Yildirim and Frank Tripp among them, with Paul Thorne compering.

Saturday

21 November

  1. Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Tony Law, Kevin Precious, Graeme Collard and Sol Bernstein, with Michael Legge compering the Saturday bill.

Thursday

26 November

  1. Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Up to 16 acts trying new material, Rohan Ashar and Dan Welton among them, with Jenny Collier compering.

Saturday

28 November

  1. Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Michael Shafar, Mary Bourke, Sean Gorman and Jacob Nussey, with Charmian Hughes compering the Saturday bill.

Thursday

3 December

  1. Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door

    Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night

    20:30 Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End

    Up to 16 acts trying new material, Jim Hooker and Sam Rees-Baylis among them, with Michelle Shaughnessy compering.

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