Held in Fleet Street's old school pub The Punch Tavern, this club gets some of the best up-and-coming acts and established stand-ups on the circuit behind the microphone.
Tonight is an Edinburgh preview special with smart stand-up Robin Ince performing his new show Robin Ince versus The Moral Majority full of angry tirades and quiet musings (but mostly tirades); plus multi-award winning troupe Pappy's Fun Club will be providing sketch mayhem with their world record attempt to perform 200 sketches in one hour. A quality preview line-up at the Tavern tonight.
The Banana Cabaret, held every Friday and Saturday, has a solid reputation on the circuit with top quality comedians lining up for a spot and a chance for up-and coming artists to shine too. Tonight's...
A musical about money, Europe and the joys of single currency. EuroCrash! sees a host of eccentric characters discover Europe and all its failings with the musical swagger of Gilbert & Sullivan and the...
Just a stone's throw from St Paul's Cathedral, the Funny Side's new venue downstairs at The Spectator offers the same upmarket, yet friendly, comedy experience as their Covent Garden venue. Food is available...
As the title suggests, Dickens and London is a major exhibition exploring the relationship between the great novelist Charles Dickens and the city he lived in. Taking place, appropriately enough, at the...
Five rooms at the Tate will house photographic works by five contemporary photographers exploring the power of the camera as a documentary medium. Themes range from conflicts in Iraq, elections in Congo...
After Ai Weiwei's damp squib of an installation back in 2010, 2011 sees British Berlin-based contemporary artist Tacita Dean take up the challenge of doing something interesting in the Turbine Hall at...
Another coup for Victoria Miro as gallery artist Yayoi Kusama gets a major solo show at Tate Modern. The artist - 83 in March - works across a huge range of media and is one of Japan's most prominent cultural...
Taking its cue from the
infinitely adaptable Punch and Judy shows, Improbable's The Devil and
Mister Punch explores creativity itself and touches on the taut
relationship between puppet and pupp...
The tenth of the Courtauld's biannual student-run exhibitions is currently taking over the institution's East Wing. On display are works by brilliant photographer Tom Hunter, oddball sculptors Heringa...
2012 sees the Arts Gallery offering you the chance to go behind the scenes of Sarah Greenwood's recent production of Sherlock Holmes - yes, the one with Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. On display are a...