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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.

Wednesday

4 November
  1. Comedy £10

    JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Wednesday 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.

  2. Comedy £10

    JK Comedy Club Soho: Wednesday night comedy, 9pm

    21:00 to 22:45 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.

  3. Comedy £12.56 Sold out

    The Bill Murray: Pernille Haaland: Nordic AF

    18:30 The Bill Murray, Islington

    Pernille Haaland: Nordic AF at the Bill Murray, on stage 18:30. Angel Comedy's ticketed room, round the corner from the free one at the Camden Head.

  4. Comedy £14.25

    Museum of Comedy: New Comedian of the Year 2026 Quarter Final

    19:00 to 21:00 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

    A quarter final of Leicester Square Theatre's New Comedian of the Year: the acts who got through the heats. Age 16+.

  5. Comedy

    City Comedy Club: Wednesday night

    19:30 to 21:00 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.

Thursday

5 November
  1. Comedy £12

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Thursday night comedy

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. Comedy

    City Comedy Club: Thursday night

    19:30 to 21:00 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.

Friday

6 November
  1. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Friday 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.

  2. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Covent Garden: Friday 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.

  3. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Piccadilly Circus: Friday night comedy

    20:00 to 21:45 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.

  4. Comedy £15

    JK Comedy Club Leicester Square: Friday 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.