Capital Xtra Comedy Club
Review of the station’s charity fundraiser
08/11/2025 … It may be better known for hip hop than stand-up, but this is the second year that Capital Xtra has staged a comedy night for its official charity.
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Sat 08 November 2025
Wed 05 November 2025
© Andy Hollingworth Archive Beat The Frog World Series 2025
05/11/2025 … She’s already won a raft of new act titles – including the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe – but Madeleine…
Mon 20 October 2025
Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2
20/10/2025 … Geoff Norcott came out as a right-wing comedian long before it could be a lucrative career bankrolled by GB News and amplified by Elon Musk’s X.
Fri 17 October 2025
White Male Stand-Up, by Alan Davies
17/10/2025 … Five years ago, Alan Davies revealed in his powerful and sometimes distressing memoir Just Ignore Him that he had been sexually abused by his father as a child.
Thu 16 October 2025
© Rosie Powell Bog Witch
Review of Briony Kimmings new comedy-theatre piece at Soho Theatre Walthamstowe
16/10/2025 … In the first show to debut at Soho Theatre’s new Walthamstow outpost – and with a sizeable two-and-a-half week run in the beautiful 960-seat venue…
Sat 11 October 2025
© Young Media Stuart Mitchell: Tips Not Included
11/10/2025 … Stuart Mitchell lost his fingertips in a childhood accident – hence the title of this show – although on the scale of horrible things that have…
Fri 10 October 2025
Gutter Royale
Review of the opening gala of the world’s first bouffon festival
10/10/2025 … Over the past year, The Pen Theatre in South Bermondsey has become a hub for London’s bouffons – practitioners of the French clowning form that emphasises…
Thu 09 October 2025
Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent
Review of visiting American comedian and storyteller
09/10/2025 … Many a stand-up and armchair psychologist has reflected on comedians’ need for the approval of strangers – perhaps as compensation for a lack of childhood…