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The Comedy Store is the spiritual home of stand-up in the UK. Despite being the best large comedy venue in the country, the Store still succeeds in creating an intimacy between comic and audience. Best of all, its central London location gives it a wonderfully mixed crowd. The country's first full-time comedy club, the venue still claims to hold this title. It can also be credited with discovering a host of alternative comedians throughout the 80s, all of these are now household names. Paul Merton, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmonson, Eddie Izzard, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith Allen, Clive Anderson and Ben Elton all started out in this small West End joint. The club's growing prestige even attracted US attention - Robin Williams was known to drop in when he felt like a live comedy fix and perform, unscheduled, for over an hour. The place hardly ever closes so whenever you're in London there's bound to be some comic extravaganza taking place here. Weekends are always busy so try and book tickets as far in advance as possible. The world-famous Comedy Store Players take to the stage every Sunday and Wednesday with their one-off displays of improvisation at its best, Tuesdays offer topical comedy from The Cutting Edge crew, while Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays promise The Best in Stand-Up, and by this they mean exactly what they say: a superbly programmed night. You're having a laugh if you don't pop in.
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| London Event |
| Christmas Comedy Night: Beating Bowel Cancer |
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1a Oxendon Street, ,
Westminster,
London,
SW1Y
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0 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| An exciting line-up of top comics take to the stage for Beating Bowel Cancer's annual Christmas Comedy Night at the Comedy Store. Headlining is Mock ...More...
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| London Hotels |
| Thistle Piccadilly |
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Coventry Street,
London,
W1D6BZ
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1 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| The main attraction of this traditional Victorian hotel is that it has many of London's famous landmarks, including Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, within minutes’ ...More...
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| London Hotels |
| The Royal Trafalgar |
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Whitcomb Street,
Trafalgar Square,
WC2H7HG
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3 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Set in between Trafalgar and Leicester Squares and right next to the National Portrait Gallery, the Thistle Trafalgar Square is a modern hotel set in ...More...
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| London Event |
| Christmas Comedy Night: Beating Bowel Cancer |
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Comedy Store,
1a
Oxendon Street,
SW1Y
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0 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| An exciting line-up of top comics take to the stage for Beating Bowel Cancer's annual Christmas Comedy Night at the Comedy Store. Headlining is Mock ...More...
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| London Event |
| The 39 Steps |
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Criterion Theatre,
218-223
Piccadilly,
Piccadilly Circus,
SW1Y
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1 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Hitchcock's 1935 movie is a masterpiece of sustained adventure, as the hero - framed for murder - becomes both pursuer and prey for a shadowy ...More...
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| London Information Centre |
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Leicester Square,
Soho,
London,
WC2H
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2 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| The sight of lost and lonely tourists wandering around Leicester Square is already a distant memory. LondonTown.com's London Information Centre, Leicester Square, is situated directly ...More...
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| Leicester Square |
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Leicester Square,
Soho,
London,
WC2H
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3 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| With Trafalgar Square to the south, Piccadilly Circus to the west, China Town to the north and Covent Garden to the east, Leicester Square is ...More...
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| London Shopping |
| Godiva |
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Haymarket,
Soho,
London,
SW1Y
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0 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Belgium's finest export, the first Godiva was opened in Brussels approximately 75 years ago by master chocolatier Joseph Draps and named after the legendary Lady ...More...
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| London Shopping |
| Zavvi (formerly Virgin Megastore) |
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Piccadilly Circus,
Soho,
London,
W1J
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2 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| As music and video giants go, Virgin's Megastore in Piccadilly (formerly Tower Records) is perhaps the most accommodating and rewarding choice. The gigantic store ...More...
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| London Dining |
| Strada - West End |
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Panton House,
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Panton Street,
Soho,
London,
SW1Y
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1 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Strada has started something of a pizza revolution and knocked Pizza Express off its perch (as well as, more regrettably, being the final nail in ...More...
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| London Dining |
| Tarboush I |
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11
Wardour Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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1 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Tarboush is now Tarboush I and has a sister restaurant on the Edgware Road. Tarboush caters for a young and trendy crowd; you’ll see tables ...More...
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| London Education |
| English [Out There!] |
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10
Coptic Street,
Bloomsbury,
London,
WC1A
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13 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| English [Out There!] takes a very hands-on approach to learning English. The course places an emphasis on using what you have learned. Students are taken ...More...
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| London Education |
| Lamai Cookery School |
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Venues across London,
Soho,
London,
WC2H
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3 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Thai food is the cuisine of the moment - green curries, red curries, satays, are everywhere. To the uninitiated,it's very difficult to recreate at home. ...More...
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| London Leisure |
| Urban Golf Soho |
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33
Great Pulteney Street,
Soho,
London,
W1F
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5 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| OK, so you may not be able to soak up the rays on this indoor course but it's a brilliant idea that has been stylishly ...More...
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| London Leisure |
| Phoenix Garden |
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21
Stacey Street,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2H
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8 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| In the shadow of both Centrepoint and St Giles-in-the-Fields Church, hidden from most tourists and residents alike, lies this beautiful West End garden. Originally a ...More...
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| London Pubs |
| Waxy O'Connors |
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14-16
Rupert Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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2 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| Located where it is, Waxy’s is fairly predictable. It’s expensive, it’s busy and it’s got a fair smattering of tourists, but it also has that ...More...
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| London Pubs |
| Waxy's Little Sister |
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20
Wardour Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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2 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| If you're not up for the hectic atmosphere of Waxy O'Connors it might be worth slipping across the street to her infinitely more tranquil Little ...More...
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| London Nightlife |
| Madame Jojo's |
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8-10
Brewer Street,
Soho,
London,
W1F
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4 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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was once a sleazy Soho strip club, as the name suggests, and it really
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| London Nightlife |
| Mahiki |
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Dover Street,
Mayfair,
London,
W1S
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10 minutes distance from Comedy Store
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| A favourite with young royals - Princes Harry and William, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been spotted here... all at the same time. And where ...More...
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| London Business |
| Prince of Wales Theatre |
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Coventry Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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| London Business |
| Cafe de Paris |
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Coventry Street,
Piccadilly,
Soho,
London,
W1D
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