Comedy in London
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What's on today
Gianmarco Soresi: The Misery Loves Tour
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: London Palladium
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Riverside Studios
Price: £14
Plus: Samira Banks, Tom Elwes
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: The Bill Murray
Price: £17.86
Show starts: 18:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: £18
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Popband: The Ending Starts Tonight Again improv
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: The Free Association
Price: From £16.00
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: From £20
Show starts: 19:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre
Price: £26.40 (£24.20 concs)
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Trafalgar Theatre
Price: £29.25 to £185.75
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Price: £22
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Eshaan Akbar, Fern Brady, Jack Barry, Tom Rosenthal
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Rickmansworth Watersmeet Theatre
Price: £25.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Dinesh Nathan, Helen Bauer, Leroy Brito, Sean Collins, Thanyia Moore
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £13.25 to £27.25
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
The Inflatables, The Science of Living Things and Dreamweaver Quartet improv
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: The Miller
Show starts: 19:45 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
The Rat Pack Stand-Up Comedy
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Camden Comedy Club
Price: £11
Comics: Alexander Bennett, Arielle Souma, Mike Sheer, Nathan Cassidy
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Star by Hackney Downs
Price: £4
Hackney Comedy Club
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Mondo Brewery
Price: From £10.00 to £15.00
Plus: Damien Power, Anno Gomes, Emmy Fyles, Christina G, Sion James
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Chloe Petts, Ignacio Lopez, John Tothill
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: The Bedford
Price: £12 to £18
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Poodle Club
Price: £13.20
Plus: Currer Ball, Phoebe Taylor
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
David Whitney, Eleanor Tiernan
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £12.50 to £20
Plus: Sean Gorman, Matthew McAloone
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Eleanor Tiernan, David Whitney
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £12.50 to £20.00
Plus: Sean Gorman
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Headliners
Price: £24.20
Plus: Dan Rath
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: £19 to £21
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Seven Dials Club
Price: £12
Plus: Dion Owen
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
GOSS improv
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: The Free Association
Price: From £12.00
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That's Always Screaming
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: £22 to £26
Show starts: 21:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Gianmarco Soresi: The Misery Loves Tour
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: London Palladium
Show starts: 21:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Underbelly Boulevard
Show starts: 21:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Freddie Meredith: Need a Light?
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: £20
Show starts: 21:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Francesco De Carlo: Live in Europe
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Price: From £30.50
Visiting Italian comedian (performing in English)
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Young Vic
Price: £21 to £26
Plus more comedians
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre
Price: £16.25 to £21.25
Topical comedy
Show starts: 21:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: Soho Theatre
Price: £23
Show starts: 22:15 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Roast Battle UK
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026
Venue: The Bill Murray
Show starts: 23:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Picks of the day
Simon Amstell: I Love It Here
Marty Gleeson: Dog Ear
Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Book ahead
Oh, Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre
Tuesday 20th Oct from 19:30 Book now
Sindhu Vee - Swanky
London Palladium
Saturday 10th Oct from 19:30 Book now
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Leicester Square Theatre
Saturday 28th Nov from 19:00 Book now