stand-up comedy

SATURDAY NIGHT COMEDY!

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Saturday 28th November. Time: 8:30pm (Doors open 8:00pm) Tickets: £10.00/£8.50 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/335443

This Time Out Recommended, sell out Saturday night show has been going for 20 years (formerly known as Hampstead Comedy Club and now resident at Camden Comedy Club!). It is hosted by the incomparable Ivor Dembina and accompanied by the live orchestra of Andy Zapp.

IVOR DEMBINA
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ The Mirror
★★★★ Guardian
★★★★ Wow247
★★★★ Three Weeks
‘genuine comic genius’ The Skinny
‘funny and thought provoking’ Three Weeks
‘terrific gags…delivered perfectly’ Broadway Baby

Line Up:
Marlon Davis, Suzy Bennett, Geoff Aldeman, Christian Reilly with Ivor Dembina as compere.

DOUBLE BILL!

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DOUBLE BILL: STAND UP & SLAM! + MUSICAL CID

Thursday 19th November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: £5 – £9 https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/19-nov-15-double-bill-stand-up–slam–musical-cid-camden-head/

Every now and again a show comes along which is so much fun and is different every time you watch it. So we just have to programme it. Sometimes two of those shows come along – so we have to make it a double bill! Stand Up & Slam! and Musical CID are two exciting, new format comedy shows with fantastic guests and incredible hosts. You can book for just one show or you can purchase tickets at ‘BOGOF’ rates if you come to both!

STAND UP & SLAM!
Stand-up comedy: poetry’s idiot relation, right? Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, yes? Let’s find out.

Six phenomenal acts go head to head for your approval as poetry and comedy collide with unexpected and hilarious results! Our resident team captains are joined by the most exciting comedy and poetry acts from around the UK. We’re mashing up the two art forms in an epic battle of spoken word. Who wins? You decide…

★★★★★ The Public Reviews
★★★★ Three Weeks Magazine
★★★★ Ed Fest Mag
Highly Recommended Show – Fringe Review
‘It was witty, fast paced, and most importantly funny.’

– Fringe Review
‘This is a great show, showcasing some real talent.’ – Three Weeks
‘The crowd were in stitches, their roars delivered a 1-0 victory for poetry over stand-up and my preconceptions were suitably challenged.’ – Mashable UK
‘The result – well, it was decided by audience participation. But it didn’t really matter – the audience were the winners.’
– The Public Reviews

MUSICAL CID
One Comedian. One Life. Twenty Questions. Press PLAY…
ABI ROBERTS’ MUSICAL CID is the cult comedy confessional show that asks, “Which comedian has a music collection like this?! Do they have an inner yearning to be rock ‘n’ roll icons and who listens to Michael Buble, Robbie Williams or Nirvana on the way to a gig?”

Musical CID is the show that delves into what top comedians have on their iPods, vinyl, cassettes and CDs and it’s coming to Camden Comedy Club with a different Special Guest Comedian every day!

Hosted by stand-up comedian ABI ROBERTS, it’s a forensic examination of the musical tastes, memories, hopes and dreams of well-known comedians from stage and screen.

★★★★★ – GQ Magazine.
★★★★★ – British Airways’ Inflight Magazine.
★★★★★ – Edinburgh Reporter.

★★★★★ – OneForReview.
★★★★★ – Black Diamond FM
‘Incredibly funny…raucous’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Dangerously funny. Roberts is unstoppable and very, very funny’ – New Statesman.
“A brilliant show. True comedy genius’ – James Mullinger, GQ Magazine

FERN BRADY

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FERN BRADY: PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS

Monday 16th November. Time: 9:30 pm Tickets: Pay What You Want (Donations after the show) https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/16-nov-15-fern-brady-people-are-idiots-camden-head/

Lots of people are surprised when other people turn out to be idiots. Fern isn’t and will teach you to lower your expectations for true happiness. Join award-nominated Fern (8 out of 10 Cats, Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience, Seann Walsh’s Late Night Spectacular, writer of new BBC3 show Radges) in her barely anticipated debut hour.

★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ One4Review
★★★★ EdFest Mag
★★★★ The List
★★★★ The Herald
★★★★ TV Bomb

‘brilliantly on point’ The List
‘dry charisma’ The Guardian
‘crude, rude and utterly brilliant’ Ed Fest Mag
‘natural, forthright comic ability’ TV Bomb
‘an erudite performer and compelling to watch’ One4Review
‘The stand-up stage is her natural habitat and the laughs flow from beginning to end’ The Herald

 

PETE JOHANSSON: DVD WARM UP

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Monday 16th November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: £6.00 https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/16-nov-15-pete-johansson-dvd-warm-up-camden-head/

Pete Johansson doing a test show comprising of the best most provocative thought worthy pieces from the last three years in preparation for his DVD taping the following week. A rare opportunity to see him do long form comedy in London before he moves back to Canada.

TRIPLE BILL!

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TRIPLE BILL: TAMAR BROADBENT & TEZ ILYAS/HARRIETT KEMSLEY

Sunday 15th November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: FREE (Donation after the show) https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/15-nov-15-double-bill-tamar-broadbent–tez-ilyasharriett-kemsley-camden-head/

Three superb comedians present their new works-in-progress. In the first section we have the wonderful musical comedy talents of Tamar Broadbent (★★★★★ Broadway Baby) followed in the second half by Tez Ilyas and Harriet Kemsley.

TAMAR BROADBENT
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ Rip It Up Australia
★★★★ Musical Theatre Review
★★★★ A Younger Theater
★★★★ Female Arts
‘something really special’ – Female Arts
‘I predict a great future’ – Michael Palin
‘Effervescent energy and easy charm’ – Rip It Up Oz
‘If we are all superheroes, then she is the leader of the pack’ – A Younger Theatre
‘Lightning-fast comedic strokes, side-splitting timing, and an impressive set of pipes’ – Broadway Baby

TEZ ILYAS
As seen and heard on BBC’s The Now Show, Asian Network’s Big Comedy Night, Comedy Shorts and London Live’s Not the One Show)
FINALIST: Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2013
TOP JOKES: Edinburgh Festival 2015 – The Mirror
★★★★ Fringe Guru
★★★★ One4Review
★★★★ Broadway Baby
‘Sartorially stylish and winningly cheeky’ – Chortle
‘original, witty and incredibly clever’ – Arts Award Voice
‘A comic voice to listen out for in future’ – The Independent

HARRIET KEMSLEY
(As seen and heard on BBC3’s Comedy Marathon, London Live’s Funny Rotten Scoundrels and Radio 1’s Comedy Lounge)
NOMINEE: Leicester Mercury Award 2014
‘Top Five Up and Coming Funny Females’ – The Sun

‘Excellent writing’ – Chortle
‘Funny bones’ – Bruce Dessau
‘A hilarious combination of bashful and weird’ – Three Weeks
‘A quirky, very funny new stand up..her style is refreshingly original and she’s a seriously good writer’ – Time Out

TOM WARD & RICHARD TODD

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CKP & PBJ Present: 

An evening of stand up comedy with Tom Ward and Richard Todd…

Wednesday 11th November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: Pay What You Want (Donations after the show) https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/11-nov-15-tom-ward–richard-todd—work-in-progress-camden-head/

‘Bridge Over Toddled Warder 2015’

Join us at Camden Comedy Club for a multi-coloured, off-beat evening of
stand up comedy as two men combine the carefully crafted with the here
and now. The show introduces us to the benefit of loving a woman who
values kettles over romance, hard working monsters in the local cafe,
the housing crisis facing slugs, why wig wearers don’t doff…and
more!

Richard Todd:

Amused Moose Laugh-off Winner 2012

“A smart surrealist” (The Independent)
“An inventive comic thinker” (Chortle)

Tom Ward:

Tom Ward – BBC Radio New Comedy Award Finalist 2014
“Equal parts hilarious and bizarre” (Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard)

“Very funny” (The Stage)

DOUBLE BILL!

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DOUBLE BILL: EXPECT THE UNEXPORCUPINE & FOXDOG STUDIOS!

Thursday 5th November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: Pay What You Want! (Donations after the show)

Two superb shows, two glorious double acts that we saw lots up at the Edinburgh Fringe. Comedians from both also performed at Camden Comedy Club’s *Lunchtime Laughs* so they’ve got our stamp of approval!

FOXDOG STUDIOS LTD
One of our favourite shows from the Edinburgh Fringe – we saw it five times! Digital, geeky, funny – basically a bit of everything! They had an outstanding Edinburgh Fringe this year and now they’re in Camden!

Seven facts that’ll change how you think about IT rock’n’roll… It is music and computer programming. It is by a real IT consultancy, who recently had a large corporation tax bill. They are recouping losses with this lecture series on PAT testing. Audiences connect their phones via our on stage wifi. Play our games, music, animatronic dogs. Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 compliant.

★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ Time Out
‘If Flight of the Conchords met Moss from the IT Crowd, and they had two illegitimate love children that they then left them in a room unsupervised – this would be the result’ – Broadway Baby
‘Ridiculously good fun and mightily impressive. It’s funny, too…if you don’t enjoy their brand of techy musical comedy, there must be something wrong with your hardware’ – Time Out

EXPECT THE UNEXPORCUPINE
2015 New Act of the Year Michael Stranney and Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Runner Up Olaf Falafel bring you an hour of fun-filled silly comedy. With a mixture of off-beat characters, one-liners, outlandish tales and an irrelevant spinning wheel, they invite you into their wholly unique worlds.
★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ EdFest Mag
‘A delight’ – Chortle
‘both ambitious and very smart’ – EdFest Mag
‘Original & entertaining’ – The Girl with the Edinburgh Tattoo
‘This is a satisfying, slick and silly way to spend an hour. – ThreeWeeks

MAE MARTIN!

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MAE MARTIN’S FRESH!

Wednesday 4th November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: FREE https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/4-nov-15-mae-martins-fresh-camden-head/

There’s a chill in the air. Lets warm our merry hearts once more at Camden Comedy Club and have a decent time.

Mae Martin presents some of her favourite acts on the circuit as they all will be doing BRAND NEW material for your eyes and ears to enjoy. Doing it for the first time in front of an audience. She’s even encouraged them to do weird things they’ve never done before like songs, plays, dramatic monologues etc. The whole thing may end in disaster.

She’ll be there hosting and giving uncomfortably sincere and personal introductions as always.

FEATURING:
Mae Martin

Tom Allen
Brett Goldstein
Birthday Girls
Jack BArry & Annie McGrath
Mark Smith
Phillip Dunning
Finlay Taylor
Lolly Adefope

With special surprises.

BEN VAN DER VELDE’S BLUE PLAQUE LAUGHS

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Tuesday 3rd November. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: Free (Donation after the show)

The history of London is built on the brave, fantastical and often very funny endeavour of it’s unique citizens. Boxers, boozers, poets and campaigners are all commemorated with blue plaques around the capital. Join Ben Van der Velde and friends as they tell tales of London’s finest residents and suggest a few more who should get their own memorial.

 

ANYTHING CAN BE A PODCAST!

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JOHN HASTINGS: ANYTHING CAN BE A PODCAST PODCAST!!!

Sunday 1st November. 8pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: FREE! https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/1-nov-15-john-hastings-anything-can-be-a-podcast-podcast-camden-head/

John Hastings presents the live recordings of his hit podcast ‘Anything Can Be a Podcast’, a totally improvised show right off the top of his head! Every show will be completely different.

The show will be inspired by the suggestions from the audience , the news of the day and John’s experiences. As well as being an improvised stand up performance each episode will be recorded and released as a podcast!