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
28 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 From £12
King Gong at the Comedy Store: the brutal open mic
Thirty comics try to last five minutes while the audience decides when they are done. Last Monday of the month, from £12. It is as brutal as it sounds. Over 18s.
Tuesday
29 December-
Comedy £10
JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Tuesday 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.
Wednesday
30 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.
Thursday
7 January-
Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night
Up to 16 acts, newcomers and working comics alike, each testing new material in a five-minute slot; bill to be announced.
Saturday
9 January-
Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret
Gordon Southern and Eugene Dusauzay are the first names on a mixed circuit bill; the compere is still to be announced.
Monday
11 January-
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.
Thursday
14 January-
Comedy £6 advance, £8 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Try Out Night
Kathryn Mather hosts up to 16 acts trying new material in five-minute slots, with the acts still to be announced.
Saturday
16 January-
Comedy £16 advance, £19 on the door
Downstairs at the King’s Head: Comedy Cabaret
Dom Latour is the first act named for this mixed circuit bill, with the compere still to be announced.
Monday
25 January-
Comedy From £12
King Gong at the Comedy Store: the brutal open mic
Thirty comics try to last five minutes while the audience decides when they are done. Last Monday of the month, from £12. It is as brutal as it sounds. Over 18s.
Wednesday
17 March-
Comedy £10.75
Museum of Comedy: The Stars of Tomorrow, Today!
The graduation show of Logan Murray's stand-up course: first proper gigs from comics he has taught. Age 16+.
Wednesday
31 March-
Comedy £10.75
Museum of Comedy: The Stars of Tomorrow, Today!
The graduation show of Logan Murray's stand-up course: first proper gigs from comics he has taught. Age 16+.