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Friday 12 March
Lee Mack – Going Out

BBC sitcom star Lee Mack is a highly enjoyable stand-up and he performs two ...

Hammersmith

W
Covent Garden Comedy Club

Performing tonight are Sally Anne Hayward MC, Markus Birdman, the deadpan John Moloney and ...

Charing Cross

C
Comedy Festival

A celebration of comedy in west London, hosted by Tom Webb, who introduces the ...

Paddington

W
Upfront Comedy

Another line up of cutting edge urban comedy by Upfront, with their bass-heavy funky ...

Shoreditch

E
Abnormally Funny People

A popular monthly night of sketches, stand-up and improv from a collective of comedians ...

Soho

C
Stewart Lee – If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One

Stewart Lee brings to London his acclaimed Edinburgh show, which begins in a high ...

Edmonton

N
The Best In Stand-up

Tonight at the Store you can see some circuit favourites – MC Tim Clark, ...

Piccadilly

C
TheFymFygBar.com

Douglas Douglas hosts tonight at this fine east end club, introducing rising star Jack ...

Bethnal Green

E
Comedy Carnival Leicester Square

The Comedy Carnival's gig up in town welcomes the old-school Jeff Innocent, Portuguese funny ...

Leicester Square

C
Jackson's Way

Woohoo! The massively talented Will Adamsdale is briefly resurrecting Jackson's Way – his 2004 ...

Camden

N
Comedy Rocket

Blasting off in the Comedy Rocket tonight are Tom Webb, Albion Gray, Joe Rowntree, ...

Leicester Square

C
99 Club Leicester Square

Tonight at this excellent comedy venue are the old school Bob Mills, outrageous San ...

Leicester Square

C
Crack Comedy Club

Kingston’s longest running comedy night presents the dapper Ian Moore, Chris McCausland and the ...

Kingston

W
The Fix Presents...

The Fix magazine (check it out if you like your comedy) lays on a ...

Camden

N
The Comedy Tree (Putney)

Performing in Putney tonight are the dapper Ian Moore, laconic Aussie Benny Boot, top ...

Putney

S
Soho Comedy Club

A very friendly comedy club in central London hosted by Kate Smurthwaite, who brings ...

Piccadilly

C
Upstairs at the Goat Tavern

Kevin McCarron host quarter final of the laughing Horse New Act of the Year ...

Mayfair

C
Banana Cabaret

A highly popular venue among comics, the Bedford tonight welcomes the possibly insane Terry ...

Balham

S
The Comedy Dog

A new one for Dulwich – tonight you can see Viz character creator Simon ...

Dulwich

S
Headliners

A good line-up tonight at this well-run west London club – laconic Pete Johannsson, ...

Chiswick

W
Comedy Brewhouse

Resident improv group the Laughing Cavaliers (inc. John Lane, Rob Coleman, Paul Gannon) return, ...

Islington

N
NewsRevue

The world's longest-running live comedy show continue – topical satire constantly update and told ...

Paddington

W
Ed Aczel – work in progress

A brand new, shambles-in-progress. It will contain minor spectacle, a couple of jokes and ...

Islington

N
Gerry Howell: The Fantastic Reality of Frederick Goodge

The much anticipated show from award-winning stand-up comedian Gerry Howell. A darkly comic play ...

Camden

N
Just the Tonic

Tonight this consistently high-quality weekend show features Capital Radio DJ Greg Burns (pictured), a ...

Leicester Square

C
Tim Key – Slutcracker

Tim Key's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show finally finds its way to London – hoorah! ...

Soho

C
Phil Nichol – A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly

Phil Nichol is Bobby Spade, a performance poet troubadour thief. He lives in a ...

Soho

C
Russell Kane – Fakespeare

Following a complete sell out run at this years Edinburgh Fringe, nascent playwright and ...

Soho

C
Saturday 13
This Is Not A Subject For Comedy

Ivor Dembina, a Jewish comic, long-time circuit hero and founder of many a top ...

Leicester Square

C
Lee Mack – Going Out

BBC sitcom star Lee Mack is a highly enjoyable stand-up and he performs two ...

Hammersmith

W
99 Club Early

You either love Paul Foot or you hate Paul Foot. LiF loves him and ...

Fitzrovia

C
Covent Garden Comedy Club

Performing tonight are Sally Anne Hayward MC, Markus Birdman, the deadpan John Moloney and ...

Charing Cross

C
Frimston and Rowett

Once, Frimston and Rowett were two regular guys. Then they wrote a comedy show, ...

Paddington

W
The Best In Stand-up

Tonight at the Store you can see some circuit favourites – MC Tim Clark, ...

Piccadilly

C
TheFymFygBar.com

Lee Hurst hosts tonight at this fine east end club, introducing rising star Jack ...

Bethnal Green

E
Russell Kane – Fakespeare

Following a complete sell out run at this years Edinburgh Fringe, nascent playwright and ...

Soho

C
Comedy Carnival

Tonight in Clapham you can see the old-school Jeff Innocent, Perrier Award nominee Hal ...

Battersea

S
LOL@thealbany

Award winning comedian Babatunde hosts a night of stand up comedy, featuring Fumbi, Mr ...

Deptford

S
Jackson's Way

Woohoo! The massively talented Will Adamsdale is briefly resurrecting Jackson's Way – his 2004 ...

Camden

N
99 Club Islington

The Thick of It's posh sod Will Smith, Diane Morgan, Chris McCausland and top ...

Islington

N
Amused Moose Soho

The long-established club tonight welcomes The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding! Also on this excellent ...

Soho

C
Comedy Cabaret at the King's Head

Saturday nights at this legendary venue is normally a banker and tonight you can ...

Crouch End

N
Chuckle Club

This 24-year-old infamous club tonight hosts erudite ranter Robin Ince, one-liner merchant Gary Delaney ...

Temple

C
99 Club Leicester Square

Tonight at this excellent comedy venue are the bilious and brilliant Andrew Lawrence, the ...

Leicester Square

C
The Comedy Tree (Wimbledon)

Visiting Wimbledon tonight are the old-school Jeff Innocent, the satirically sharp Nick Doody and ...

Wimbledon

S
Gigglebeast

A new night for east London with consistently good line-ups. Tonight starring Dan Evans, ...

Shoreditch

E
Crack Comedy Club

Kingston’s longest running comedy night presents the multitalented Pippa Evans, wirey goofball Spencer Brown ...

Kingston

W
The Comedy Tree (Putney)

Performing in Putney tonight are Edinburgh Newcomer Award nominee Pippa Evans, wirey goofball Spencer ...

Putney

S
Soho Comedy Club

A very friendly comedy club in central London hosted by Kate Smurthwaite and David ...

Piccadilly

C
Banana Cabaret

A highly popular venue among comics, the Bedford tonight welcomes the possibly insane Terry ...

Balham

S
Hampstead Comedy Club

A particularly well-run club with good line-ups, tonight you can see Dan Evans, Rosie ...

Camden

N
Headliners

A good line-up tonight at this well-run west London club – laconic Pete Johannsson, ...

Chiswick

W
Comedy at the Hob

Playing this excellent comedy venue tonight are Martin Beaumont MC, Scottish lunatic Phil Kay, ...

Forest Hill

S
Comedy Brewhouse

Resident improv group the Laughing Cavaliers (inc. John Lane, Rob Coleman, Paul Gannon) return, ...

Islington

N
NewsRevue

The world's longest-running live comedy show continue – topical satire constantly update and told ...

Paddington

W
99 Club Late

You either love Paul Foot or you hate Paul Foot. LiF loves him and ...

Fitzrovia

C
It Wasn't Me, It Was Bennett Arron

Jewish stand-up Aaron Bennett presents his show about his identity being stolen – in ...

Hampstead

N
Just the Tonic

A high-quality Saturday night regular show, tonight featuring the relentlessly enthusiastic Pat Monahan (pictured), ...

Leicester Square

C
Tim Key – Slutcracker

Tim Key's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show finally finds its way to London – hoorah! ...

Soho

C
Phil Nichol – A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly

Phil Nichol is Bobby Spade, a performance poet troubadour thief. He lives in a ...

Soho

C
Holly Burn – work in progress

Lively, innovative and possible insane Geordie comic – best known for her At Home ...

Camden

N
Ed Aczel – work in progress

A brand new, shambles-in-progress. It will contain minor spectacle, a couple of jokes and ...

Islington

N
Sunday 14
It Wasn't Me, It Was Bennett Arron

Jewish stand-up Aaron Bennett presents his show about his identity being stolen – in ...

Hampstead

N
The Big Libel Gig

How about this for a stellar line-up: Dara Ó Briain, Tim Minchin, Marcus Brigstocke, ...

Theatreland

C
Lights, Camera, Improvise!

You make up three movie titles, they make up the trailers. You pick which ...

Paddington

W
Asian Comedy Slam

Rising Asian comics perform for 10 minutes each and the audience decides who comes ...

Brentford

W
Chris Addison

Star of Bafta-winning comedy The Thick of It and his own BBC2 sitcom Lab ...

Bloomsbury

C
Funny Women Showcase

Catch some top female comics in the run-up to the annual, nationwide Funny Women ...

Leicester Square

C
The Comedy Store Players

The mighty Comedy Store Players return with Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Andy Smart, Lee ...

Piccadilly

C
Comedy Circus

Comedy Circus, a showcase of alternative sketch and character comedy featuring Adam McConville, Chris ...

Piccadilly

C
Stand Up Proud Comedy

This one sounds interesting. Comedians who have never been in a double acts with ...

Camden

N
99 Club Leicester Square

Tonight at this excellent comedy venue you can see James Sherwood, recent award-winner Josh ...

Leicester Square

C
Comedy Variety Cabaret at the King's Head

Saturday nights at this legendary venue is normally a banker and tonight you can ...

Crouch End

N
Laughing Horse Richmond

A heat of the 2010 Laughing Horse New Act of the year competition, with ...

Richmond

W
Comedy Stop

Performing at Exhibit tonight are Rachel Anderson, Dead Ringers impersonator Stefano Paolini, rising star ...

Balham

S
NewsRevue

The world's longest-running live comedy show continue – topical satire constantly update and told ...

Paddington

W
Vikki Stone – work in progress

Vikki Stone is a multi-talented comedian, actress, singer and musician. Her unique musical comedy ...

Islington

N
Monday 15
London Word Festival – Stuart Silver: You Look Like Ants

One half of the acclaimed Noble and Silver double act presents his new show ...

Hoxton
Comedy Central Live

The Comedy Store and Open Mike Productions invite you the recording of the new ...

Piccadilly

C
Eat My Comedy

A mixture of some new stand up and sketch shows across the UK, this ...

Camden

N
It Wasn't Me, It Was Bennett Arron

Jewish stand-up Aaron Bennett presents his show about his identity being stolen – in ...

Hampstead

N
Showstopper! at Drill Hall

An Edinburgh Festival favourite – Showstopper! has grown from its humble Islington origins to ...

Bloomsbury

C
Amused Moose Laugh Off 2010 qualifying

The yearly competition kicks off again, starting with hopefuls doing 5-minute stints. Previous winners ...

Covent Garden

C
This Is Not A Subject For Comedy

Ivor Dembina, a Jewish comic, circuit hero and founder of many a top London ...

Covent Garden

C
The London Air-Accordion Society

A bumper line-up at the intimate festival of comedy and music festival. starring Yianni ...

Fitzrovia

C
Set Up... Punchline

"Like the birth of punk but in cardigans" is how this night is billed. ...

Kensington

W
All New Stand-Up Show (new acts)

New acts showcase their talents, and the venue has some pedigree – the likes ...

Forest Hill

S
Outside the Box

Eddy Brimson, Ed Gamble, Mark Cooper-Jones and resident MC Maff Brown play Fighting Cocks ...

Kingston

W
Clinic Comedy Club

This new material night is a wee west London gem, tonight featuring headliner Patrick ...

Hammersmith

W
We Love Comedy

Erudite ranter and all-round comedy machine Robin Ince headlines this cute show in Soho, ...

Piccadilly

C
Theatre Royal Comedy Night

A weekly free night of comedy, hoorah! Line-up tbc. ...

Stratford

E
99 Club Leicester Square @ Ku

Resident Ku bar comedy host Caroline Mabey welcomes the warm and witty Matt Green, ...

Leicester Square

C
Old Rope

This consistently cracking new material night continues with brash but brilliant Ausie Brendon Burns, ...

Oxford Circus

C
West End Comedy Club

Playing next door to the Comedy Store tonight are mentalist MC Bob Slayer, hyperactive ...

Piccadilly

C
The Good Ship Comedy Club

This lovely comedy club tonight welcomes headliner Dan Antopolski with the gentle weirdness, Channel ...

Kilburn

N
Soho Comedy Club

A very friendly comedy club in central London hosted by David Mulholland and featuring ...

Leicester Square

C
Comedy Stop Drop-In Night

Pay as much as you like for comics trying out new material every Monday. ...

Balham

S
Proud Cabaret

A new weekly upmarket night for the City, with acclaimed MC Stephen Grant, Doc ...

City
Tuesday 16
Comedy Pub @ Leicester Square

A new weekly comedy night featuring two comics doing one-hour shows. Tonight it's the ...

Piccadilly

C
Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous

Bold and controversial New York comic Lewis Schaffer goes from unlovable loser to alpha ...

Soho

C
Party Piece

An eclectic open mic show hosted by the lovely and FUN Tom Webb; expect ...

Stoke Newington

N
The Cutting Edge

A long-running, high-quality night at the Comedy Store, tonight featuring Paul Thorne, Steve Gribbin, ...

Piccadilly

C
Comedy Virgins

A weekly free comedy night at this cracking pub, featuring at least 15 comics ...

Stockwell

S
Bright Club

A lovely club in which a particular topic is dissected through comedy, music, art, ...

Clerkenwell

C
Comedy Pub @ Leicester Square

A new weekly comedy night featuring two comics doing one-hour shows. Tonight it's the ...

Piccadilly

C
Laughing Horse Soho

A quarter final of the laughing Horse New Act of the Year competition. With ...

Mayfair

C
Falling Down With Laughter Experiment

This cracking little club is headlined by sketch/character trio The Penny Dreadfuls, plus top ...

Borough

S
Laugh and a Half

Another good one at this popular night in Kentish Town, with deadpan master Milton ...

Kentish Town

N
99 Club Leicester Square

Tonight at this excellent comedy venue you can see circuit legend Nick Revell, the ...

Leicester Square

C
Comedy Camp

Resident host Simon Happily presents Ian Stone, Fay Presto, Angie McEvoy and rising star ...

Soho

C
Improbubble

It's Two Thousand and Ten for goodness sakes and Improbubble have just nipped over ...

Islington

N
Bubbliferous

It's March, and Mad March Hares are bouncing fruitily through the streets of Islington ...

Islington

N
WitTank

Once every two weeks talented trio WitTank's fortnightly show at the Etcetera Theatre brings ...

Camden

N
Wednesday 17
Knock2Bag (Shepherd's Bush)

The Knock2Bag people have got another belter of a line-up: featuring the bilious but ...

Shepherd's Bush

W
Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous

Bold and controversial New York comic Lewis Schaffer goes from unlovable loser to alpha ...

Soho

C
Backstage Comedy Club

Cartoonish Canadian lunatic Tony Law headlines tonight, plus Damian Kingsley, Josh Widdicombe, Catie Wilkins ...

Leicester Square

C
The Comedy Store Players

The mighty Comedy Store Players return with Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch, Andy Smart, Lee ...

Piccadilly

C
Comedy Gold

Comedy Gold deliver more quality comedy at its rather gorgeous home venue of the ...

Islington

N
Scurvy Wednesdays

Headlining tonight at this nice little club is a a mystery secret guest ... ...

Islington

N
Team Player

Another fine, cheap comedy night courtesy of Tom "Fun" Webb (pictured, variously). It promises ...

Soho

C
The Giggling Gibbon Open Mic

A fortnightly open mic night in Angel with Danny Steele pulling the strings. [Email ...

Islington

N
Laughing Horse Camden Town

Stand-up comedy from Robert White, Lewis Bryan, Mowten, Marysia, Nigel Taylor, Sion James and ...

Camden

N
99 Club Islington Too

Performing tonight are Yianni Agisilaou, Robert White, Diane Morgan and MC Joe Bor. [*Click here ...

Islington

N
99 Club Leicester Square

Tonight at this excellent comedy venue you can see circuit legend Nick Revell, Funny ...

Leicester Square

C
Paradise Comedy

Fabulous pub this, and dropping by tonight will be Jack Whitehall, Peep Show's Isy ...

Kensal Green

N
Pear Shaped in Fitzrovia

The cheekily titled 'London's 2nd Worst Comedy Club' has regular MCs Brian & ...

Fitzrovia

C
Raw Meat Comedy

A classy line-up in a classy pub – the deadpan John Moloney, BBC writer ...

Borough

S
Comedy Bunker – Paul Chowdhry

Comedy Bunker favourite Paul Chowdhry is a controversial and outspoken stand-up who is highly ...

Ruislip

N
Keith Farnan – No Blacks, No Jews, No Dogs, No Irish, All Welcome

Whilst working in a restaurant in America, Keith came across one of these old ...

Soho

C
Thursday 18
Julian Clary: Lord of the Mince

The outrageous stalwart of British comedy comes to town with a show celebrating his ...

Leicester Square

C
Isma Almas – Bombs

Talented young comic Isma Almas performs her largely autobiographical show that is hard-hitting but ...

Shoreditch

E
The Funny Side – City

Performing tonight are highly impressive new MC Jonny Freeman, the acerbic Shazia Mirza, deadpan ...

Barbican

C
Josie Long – work in progress

Josie Long is putting together a new show about friendliness and belonging. It's about ...

Paddington

W
Off With Their Heads!

Headlining tonight in the venue below the Guardian offices (oooooh!) is the splendid Stan ...

King's Cross

N
Impropera

Imagine the passion of opera with the adrenalin of improvisation. Impropera is opera improvised ...

Leicester Square

C
Mixt Nutz

Regular MC Sunna Jarman introduces more up-and-coming comics – Naz Osmanoglu, Mark Simmons, Bobby ...

Chiswick

W
The Best In Stand-up

Tonight at the Store you can see some circuit favourites – MC Ian Stone, ...

Piccadilly

C
TheFymFygBar.com – Curry on Comedy

Greg Burns hosts Thursdays at Lee Hurst's fine east end club, introducing Nick Doody, ...

Bethnal Green

E
Funny Women presents: Sex Lies and Lots of Cake

A show billed as a "giving a girl everything she wants in one easy ...

Charing Cross

C
Crash Test Comedy

Inspired sketch group Idiots of Ants host this once-a-month sketch, stand up, music and ...

King's Cross

N
BattleActs!

Two teams of intrepid improvisers battle to the death (possibly), proving their worth through ...

Brixton

S
Comedy on the Hill

Another cracker at this new-ish monthly club – with Angelos from Shooting Stars, Will ...

Paddington

W
The Legendary Comedy Try Out Night

Always a decent night – 16 stand-ups test out new material out on you, ...

Crouch End

N
Up the Arts Comedy

This monthly night in Borough welcomes relentless piss-taker Patrick Monahan, wirey goofball Spencer Brown ...

London Bridge

S
99 Club Leicester Square

Tonight at this excellent comedy venue are Sarah Kendall, the superb Paul Sinha, the ...

Leicester Square

C
Grand Theft Impro

Improv has left Whose Line Is It Anyway? behind. Behold the new generation, including ...

Fitzrovia

C
The Fix Presents...

The Fix magazine (check it out if you like your comedy) lays on a ...

Camden

N
The Comedy Tree (Putney)

Performing in Putney tonight are Time Out Comedy Award winner Sean Meo and Funny ...

Putney

S
The Comedy Manifesto

A live political panel show, which is a Critic’s Choice Award winner at the ...

Piccadilly

C
Hideaway Comedy

Streatham's classy new night continues strongly, with top comic-magician Pete Firman, two more acts ...

Streatham

S
Celebrity Pub Quiz

The Hob's pub quiz is hosted by a different stand-up comic or actor every ...

Forest Hill

S
NewsRevue

The world's longest-running live comedy show continue – topical satire constantly update and told ...

Paddington

W
Runham and Farrelly's Ultra Culture

A work-in-progress sketch show. ...

Camden

N
Keith Farnan – No Blacks, No Jews, No Dogs, No Irish, All Welcome

Whilst working in a restaurant in America, Keith came across one of these old ...

Soho

C

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