Every Friday, our editors bring you their personal highlights of the week ahead. Emma McAlpine selects her top three gigs.
Wednesday 5th October-Sunday 16th October
Eugene Mirman and Pretty Good Friends @ Soho Theatre
One of the tastiest comedy treats in town this autumn, absurdist stand-up and Flight of the Conchords star Eugene Mirman brings his popular alternative comedy night to Soho. Dubbed 'New York's Best Indie Comedy Night' by New York magazine, Pretty Good Friends is a delightful mix of inventive and leftfield stand-up, storytelling, sketches, music and short films. Previous special guests have included David Cross, Kristen Schaal and Sarah Silverman, and you can expect some equally exciting special guests for Mirman's Soho Theatre run (Stewart Lee and Kurt Braunohler have already been announced).
Thursday 6th October
The Voices in Your Head @ Basement, Leicester Square Theatre
This week sees the first ever London Storytelling Festival take place at Leicester Square Theatre with loads of wicked storytelling events with feature length shows, workshops and showcases from stars of the comedy, music and art world. This improvised storytelling show looks really fun, with some of the best sketch acts on the circuit taking part including Pappy's Tom Parry and Matt Crosby, plus The Penny Dreadfuls' Thom Tuck, Campus star Sara Pascoe and the Spontaneity Shop's Tom Salinsky.
Saturday 8th October
The Horne Section @ Criterion Theatre
Alex Horne's comedy jazz jamboree returns to the capital this month, this time at the Criterion Theatre. A part-improvised, part-honed late-night gig featuring some of the weird and wonderful acts from the Edinburgh Festival alongside some of the UK's best jazz musicians, we're glad to see this musical circus back in town. Saturday's gig features special guest performances from BAFTA-winning comic and Twitter favourite Peter Serafinowicz, and poet savant Tim Key.
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