Comedy entertainment in London
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Jongleurs
This is something like a Starbucks-size international chain that serves comedy instead of coffee. There’s eating, drinking and laughing (probably all at the same, choke-risking time). Friday and Saturday nights normally feature one big-name comedian and a couple of guys on unicycles (or thereabouts) and the shows are so popular, you usually have to book in advance. There are other venues in Battersea and Bow.
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Up the Creek
Bizarrely enough, the hecklers can be funnier than the acts at this great club. Up the Creek was established and is still living in the spirit of the legendary Malcolm Hardee. Hardee, who was the patron sinner of British comedy, famously stole Freddie Mercury’s 40th birthday cake and donated it to his local old folks home. Mischief, rowdiness and excellent comedy are the norm.
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Jongleurs Battersea
This is something like a Starbucks-size international chain that serves comedy instead of coffee. There’s eating, drinking and laughing (probably all at the same, choke-risking time). Friday and Saturday nights normally feature one big-name comedian and a couple of guys on unicycles (or thereabouts) and the shows are so popular, you usually have to book in advance.
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Jongleurs Bow
This is something like a Starbucks-size international chain that serves comedy instead of coffee. There’s eating, drinking and laughing (probably all at the same, choke-risking time). Friday and Saturday nights normally feature one big-name comedian and a couple of guys on unicycles (or thereabouts) and the shows are so popular, you usually have to book in advance.
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Salmon & Compass
It's all about music here, be it in DJ or live set form, with young and trendy Islingtonites crowding in over the weekend. There are large sofas for sitting, but it's mainly standing, drinking and dancing that take place, illuminated by fairy lights and a couple of sky lights during the day, when the bar serves Thai food. Monthly comedy nights are held here, too.
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Union Chapel
One of London’s most atmospheric and individual music venues, the Union Chapel is an old church that still holds services, and concerts – mainly acoustic – in between. It was here that Björk performed one of her most memorable concerts to a candlelit audience. The chapel hosts a monthly comedy night.
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Amused Moose Soho
One of the city’s best clubs, Soho’s Amused Moose is popular with audiences and comedians alike, perhaps helped along by the fact that heckling is ‘unacceptable’ and all of the acts are ‘first date friendly’ in that they’re unlikely to humiliate the front row.
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Lee Hurst's Backyard Comedy Club
Reputed to be the place the comedians most love to play, you can expect excellent shows and a chuckling, chortling, guffawing and shrieking atmosphere. It's established and maintained by Lee Hurst, himself a successful comedian and dedicated promoter of the venue's name.
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Headliners
The first purpose-built venue in West London, Headliners is comfortable and has a traditional shape in that the compere introduces the act then scarpers, try-outs open the night and the best is saved until last.
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Chuckle Club
The comedian’s favourite, this club has a great atmosphere thanks to comedy stalwart, resident host and all-round lovely bloke Eugene Cheese, who begins every night with the Chuckle Club warm-up song.
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