In his latest dizzyingly high concept show, avant comedy legend Stewart Lee bemoans his irrelevance – something he’s been been bemoaning for decades, often with zeitgeisty results – in a new show in which he promises to unleash a new, callously offensive stage persona to compete with the likes of Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle. The Man-Wulf is, apparently, ‘a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of the subconscious who hates humanity’. Expect nuclear levels of irony.
There are far, far too many one-off, multi-performer comedy nights in London for us to compile a single coherent page with our favouites on, which is entirely to London’s credit. So do check individual bills of comedy clubs online for that sort of thing. But if you’re looking for an individual comedian with a full headline show then this page is here to compile the Time Out editorial team’s top choices, often with our reviews from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
December is a great time of year for comedy in London – although none of our recommendations are Christmassy per se, there is a huge audience looking for ‘a good night out’ and there’s a lot to satisfy them, from lengthy stints from comedy legends like Stewart Lee and Bill Bailey, to more whimsical avant garde work like Adam Riches and John Kearns’s bizarre tribute to Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.
