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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.

Saturday

31 October
  1. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Soho: Saturday afternoon comedy

    16:00 to 17:45 JK Comedy Club Soho, Soho

    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.

  2. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Saturday night comedy, 5pm

    17:00 to 18:45 JK Comedy Club Leicester Square, Soho

    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.

  3. Comedy From £9.60

    City Comedy Club: Saturday night, 6pm

    18:00 to 19:30 City Comedy Club, Shoreditch

    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.

  4. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Saturday night comedy, 7pm

    19:00 to 20:45 JK Comedy Club Leicester Square, Soho

    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.

  5. Comedy From £9.60

    City Comedy Club: Saturday night, 8pm

    20:00 to 21:30 City Comedy Club, Shoreditch

    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.

  6. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Saturday night comedy

    20:00 to 21:45 JK Comedy Club Covent Garden, Covent Garden

    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.

  7. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Saturday night comedy

    20:30 to 22:15 JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus, Soho

    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.

  8. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Saturday night comedy, 9pm

    21:00 to 22:45 JK Comedy Club Leicester Square, Soho

    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.

  9. Comedy From £9.60

    City Comedy Club: the late show, 10pm

    22:00 to 23:30 City Comedy Club, Shoreditch

    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.

  10. 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.

  11. Comedy £18.75, concessions £11.25

    Museum of Comedy: Terror at the Haunted Starbucks

    19:30 to 21:20 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

    Weirdos Comedy's annual Halloween show, part horror pantomime and part farce, with fancy dress welcome. Age 18+.

Sunday

1 November
  1. Comedy £12

    JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Sunday night comedy

    20:00 to 21:45 JK Comedy Club Covent Garden, Covent Garden

    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.