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.
Sunday
13 December-
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.
Monday
14 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 £11.25 to £16.25
Old Rope at the Comedy Store: new material night
The new material night, on the second Monday of the month, hosted by Tiff Stevenson. Comics try things that have never been said out loud, holding a piece of rope. Over 18s.
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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+.
Tuesday
15 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, concessions £11, students £10
Cray Cray Cabaret at the Comedy Store: comedy and music
Headliners, a house band and musical guests, roughly every other month. £15, concessions £11, students £10, which is the club's cheapest ticketed bill after King Gong.
Wednesday
16 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
17 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 £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+.
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Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night
New performers and new material: up to 16 acts on five-minute slots, with the full bill and compere still to be announced.
