Date: Thu 14 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £7.50 to £10
Plus: Kelly Ford, Patrick Carmody, Carwyn Blayney
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Comedy in England - London - East
Stand-up comedy listings. These line-ups are as accurate as we can make them, but things change, and it may be worth checking before you travel.
What's on
Josh Widdicombe: Not My Cup of Tea
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Price: £31.00
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Andrew Mensah, Kathryn Mather, Steve Williams
Date: Fri 15 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £12.50 to £20
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Josh Widdicombe: Not My Cup of Tea
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 16 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £16 to £24
Plus: Maddie Coombe, Keefy Jewell
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Guo Degang & Yu Qian: Cross-Talk World Tour
Date: Sun 17 May 2026
Venue: Troxy
So You Think You're Funny?
Date: Sun 17 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £5 to £10
Competition heat
Show starts: 16:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Leo Kearse: Kearse On Humanity
Date: Sun 17 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £16 to £28
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Mon 18 May 2026
Venue: The Betsey Trotwood
Price: £3 minimum donation
Jester Jesters. Plus: Chris Timoney, Daniel Tizon, Alex Groves, Rachel Carmichael, Maggie, Trent H Baumann, Peri Whyte, Alex Larn, Gabrielle Macpherson
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Wed 20 May 2026
Venue: Moth Club
Price: £17.10
Plus: Crizards, Ele McKenzie
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
B*ll*cks to Cancer
Date: Wed 20 May 2026
Venue: Rich Mix Studios
Price: £25
Comics: Abandoman, Richard Herring
Fundraising gig. Plus: Miles Blumson, Mags McHugh, Jonathan Stadlen
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Alex McAleer - Mind Reader
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Wilton's Music Hall
Price: From £12.50 to £23
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Girlfriend Club Comedy Night
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: The Castle Whitechapel
Price: £8.50
Comics: Paul Foot, Sam Nicoresti, Toussaint Douglass
Plus: Jen Nolan, Lianna Holston, Jess Carrivick, Louis Beer
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Big Penny Social
Price: £15
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
So You Think You're Funny?
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £7.50 to £10
Competition heat
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 21 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £7.50 to £10
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
John Tothill: This Must Be Heaven
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Wilton's Music Hall
Price: £11
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 22 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £12.50 to £20
Plus: Matthew McAloone, Ravi Sani, Ludwig Benecke
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
So You Think You're Funny?
Date: Sat 23 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £5 to £10
Competition heat
Show starts: 16:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Ben Van Der Velde, Blank Peng, Markus Birdman
Date: Sat 23 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £16 to £24
Plus: Matthew McAloone, Gabriel Madden
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Ben Pope, Dan Tiernan, Ray Badran, Sharon Wanjohi
Date: Wed 27 May 2026
Venue: Moth Club
Price: £17.10
Plus: Lachlan Werner
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 28 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £7.50 to £10
Plus: Martin Dixon, Rick Kieswetter, Estefania Hageman
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters
Date: Thu 28 May 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jimmy McGhie, Robyn Perkins, Scott Capurro
Date: Fri 29 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £12.50 to £20
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters
Date: Fri 29 May 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Price: £25.55
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters
Date: Sat 30 May 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
Show starts: 16:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jimmy McGhie, Nick Everritt, Robyn Perkins, Scott Capurro
Date: Sat 30 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: From £16 to £24
Plus: Hamish Shepherd
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Andrew Lawrence: So Right It's Wrong
Date: Sun 31 May 2026
Venue: Backyard Comedy Club
Price: £23
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Jester Jesters
Date: Mon 1 Jun 2026
Venue: The Betsey Trotwood
Price: £3 minimum donation
Comics: Meryl O'Rourke, Jonathan Hearn
Plus: Toxic Shame Squadron, Chris Timoney, Jay Clements, Alex Larn, Haydn Hades, Tom Hobbes, Marigold Lately, Aliza Bartfield, Ana Basu, Fiona Niven
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Fortune Feimster
Date: Wed 3 Jun 2026
Venue: Hackney Empire
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