Comedy
Your guide to London comedy clubs, plus exclusive interviews and features
Udderbelly Festival
Holy cow! The annual festival of comedy, cabaret and circus is about to return
London’s top 20 comedy clubs
We count down the go-to clubs, nights and venues for London laughs
The best stand-up comedy on Netflix
Already finished ‘Master of None’? Delve into Netflix’s huge live comedy library
In pictures: Matt Crockett’s ‘50 Comics’ project
Flick through some stunning black and white comedy portraits by acclaimed photographer Matt Crockett
Comedy shows in London…
Critic's choice comedy shows
Whose Line Is It Anyway?… Live
After a triumphant live debut in 2015, the legendary TV improv show returns to the capital
Sean Hughes – Mumbo Jumbo
Common sense and mumbo jumbo duke it out in the head of this sharp Irish comic
Bush Hall presents...
Every so often the Show and Tell team take over this beautiful music venue in Shepherd’s Bush with intelligent, all-headline bills featuring some of...
Nina Conti – In Your Face
In tandem with cheeky partner-in-crime Monkey, London stand-up Nina Conti has helped resurrect a dying comic art with her jaw-dropping ventriloquism skills....
Eastend Cabaret: Perverts
Cabaret circuit stalwarts Eastend Cabaret are back in London with show 'Perverts'. The musical comedy cabaret mash-up has Bernie and Victy providing a risque...
Austentatious – An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Austenatious is one of the smartest and funniest improv shows out there
London's best comedy
The best free comedy clubs
On a budget? Try one of these pay-what-you-want comedy gigs
A guide to the Comedy Store
All you need to know about the daddy of all comedy clubs
Most popular comedy shows
99 Club Leicester Square
This long-running West End club – the 99 Club team's biggest and most famous venue – regularly hosts good quality circuit stand-up line-ups, five...
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho
This lady IS for turning… into a cabaret sensation!
Austentatious – An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Austenatious is one of the smartest and funniest improv shows out there
Latest comedy interviews
Dawn French
The ‘Vicar of Dibley’ star on her first solo show, kissing cats’ bums and why she didn’t talk to Time Out for years
Richard Gadd
As ‘Waiting for Gaddot’ heads to London, Richard Gadd speaks to Time Out… nearly
Dara O Briain
As part of the Time Out takeover, the comedy egghead invited reader Zahid Fayyaz into his ‘Mock the Week’ dressing room for a wide-ranging chat
Sam Simmons
All hail the 2015 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner! We speak to the Aussie loon
Marc Maron
We get the grouchy LA stand-up's tips on how to become a podcasting king
Limmy
In Scotland he’s a national hero up there with Andy Murray. We speak to the man behind the comedy book of the year