ListingsUpdated Sat 24 Oct
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.
Monday
7 December-
Comedy £7
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Monday 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 £5
Museum of Comedy: The Monday Club
The Museum bar's weekly night of new material from circuit comics, £5 ahead or on the door from 6pm. Age 14+.
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Comedy £13 plus booking fee
Hen & Chickens Theatre: Shake it Up: The Improvised Shakespeare Show
ShakeItUp Theatre improvise a brand new Shakespeare play in the Bard's own language, built from audience suggestions.
Tuesday
8 December-
Comedy £10
JK Comedy Club Soho: Tuesday night comedy
A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Sixty seats above the Spice of Life, two minutes from Leicester Square. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.
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Comedy £15 plus booking fee
Hen & Chickens Theatre: The Wild Geese Unplucked
David Kitchen, a fan since 1983, on why the 1978 Richard Burton and Roger Moore film The Wild Geese is so underrated.
Wednesday
9 December-
Comedy £10
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Wednesday 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 £13.75
Museum of Comedy: Not Just a Game Show
An 80s TV game show parody from the makers of Sh!t-faced Shakespeare, with the audience as the contestants. Age 16+.
Thursday
10 December-
Comedy £12
JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Thursday night comedy
A host and four professional comedians, a new bill every week. Fifty one seats in the Grosvenor Casino, a minute from Piccadilly Circus. Doors fifteen minutes before, over 18s, ID on the door.
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Comedy £13.25 to £30.25
The Comedy Store: Christmas Best in Stand Up
The Christmas run of the club's flagship bill, five stand ups over about two hours with an interval. Doors an hour before. Over 18s only and ID if you look under 25.
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Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night
Up to 16 acts trying new material, Becky Jade and Marco Chiu among them, with Nick Elleray compering.
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Comedy £16.25
Museum of Comedy: Not Just a Game Show
An 80s TV game show parody from the makers of Sh!t-faced Shakespeare, with the audience as the contestants. Age 16+.
Friday
11 December-
Comedy £15
JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Friday 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.
