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Your guide to London comedy clubs, plus exclusive interviews and features

  1. Comedy this weekend
  2. On the offensive
  3. A-Z of Edinburgh Fringe comedy
  4. Book now: Stewart Lee
  5. August’s top ten comedy shows
  1. Comedy this weekend

    Comedy this weekend

    Get giggling this weekend with our Friday, Saturday and Sunday stand-up picks
  2. On the offensive

    On the offensive

    The biggest controversies from dark, shocking stand-ups Anthony Jeselnik and Jim Jefferies
  3. A-Z of Edinburgh Fringe comedy

    A-Z of Edinburgh Fringe comedy

    Time Out’s 2014 Edinburgh Fringe comedy highlights and recommendations in a neat A to Z
  4. Book now: Stewart Lee

    Book now: Stewart Lee

    The iconoclast comedian's month-long London run is on sale now
  5. August’s top ten comedy shows

    August’s top ten comedy shows

    The Phoenix Fringe, Neil Hamburger, Simon Evans and more comedy picks this month

Critic's choice comedy

The best comedy in London

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Comedy shows in London

This week

Booking ahead

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Comedy features

A-Z of Edinburgh Fringe comedy 2014

Time Out’s 2014 Edinburgh Fringe comedy highlights and recommendations in a neat A to Z

Anthony Jeselnik and Jim Jefferies: on the offensive

The biggest controversies from dark, shocking stand-ups Anthony Jeselnik and Jim Jefferies

Milton Jones’s top ten stand-ups

The loud shirt-wearing joke-machine reveals his favourite comics

‘The Bird’: five things you didn’t know about starlings

Ben Target, co-director of new short film ‘The Bird’, opens up his Filofax of fowl facts

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Comedy interviews

Brian Gittins

The reclusive oddball Brian Gittins in conversation with his robot creation, Charles Petrescu

Chelsea Handler

We get the irreverent US talkshow host's thoughts on us Brits

Monty Python in 2013

Monty Python

We speak to the five surviving Pythons and find a bickering comedy ‘family’ who aren’t going to go quietly

John Cleese

The oldest Python on ‘Meaning of Life’ disagreements and why the current BBC makes him sad

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Comedy by genre

Stand-up

You can't beat a bit of good old-fashioned classic stand-up

Sketch

Want an alternative to stand-up? Get your fix of sketch comedy

Improv

Like your comedy a bit more off-the-cuff? Try an improvised show

Tim Minchin

Musical comedy

Like to merge the genres? Try a musical comedy show

See the best comedy shows in London this week

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Most popular comedy shows

  1. Angel Comedy
  2. The Phoenix Fringe
  3. Stewart Lee – A Room With a Stew
  4. Comedy Store
  5. Found Footage Festival
  6. Anthony Jeselnik
  7. Bill Bailey Unplugged
  8. Piccadilly Comedy Club
  9. The Comedy Store Players
  10. The Good Ship Comedy Club
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