Our Angel Comedy Writing Gym is a free space for comedy writers and performers to sharpen their pencils and stretch their typing fingers through a series of exercises led by and experienced tutor. 
These are for anyone in comedy writing - whatever level* - to get you out of the house, motivated, and writing, and also to learn new comedy writing techniques from an experienced comedy professional. 
It's also a chance to write with other people if, if you wish, and to meet with other performers and writers (meeting other writing people is often the hardest part of the job!). There will be a break during the workshop, and opportunity for a social afterwards.
The workshops, like much of what we do at Angel Comedy, are free at the point of service but there will be an opportunity to donate at the end of the session.

*If you are new to comedy writing, we recommend you have a look at our Stand Up for Beginners Course and Showcase. The writing gyms, while open to anyone, will be designed with experienced performers in mind so might not cover the basics in such a thorough way.

LATECOMERS NOT ADMITTED (You can be no later than 10 minutes late for this class)

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Angel Comedy

Writing Gym

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Workshop

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The Bill Murray

Political scandal never stops but what happens when you're the centre of it? Sarah's gripping storytelling takes you from being on front pages & the lead story on the Ten O'Clock News to what happens next but takes a twist and turn through the many political scandals of recent times. 
"Whatever your political persuasion, do catch this humorous and insightful performance" ★★★★ Three Weeks
"Not objectionable" The Guardian

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Sarah Southern: WIP

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Comedy

Alexandra Haddow isn't quite sure what she wants yet, but that's ok, because she's only 18. In her head. Join her as she talks you through her (expert, really) decisions in life, love, sex, friendships, babies, family, (lack of proper) work, class, and why she still has no idea what Nectar points are despite being legally classed as 'in her 30s'.


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Alexandra Haddow: WIP - Woman In Progress

Gigless, the award-winning online stand-up gig hosted by Catherine Bohart (Mock The Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, The Mash Report) and Helen Bauer (The Stand Up Sketch Show, Daddy Look At Me), is going LIVE! 

Expect performances from some of the very best names on the circuit, surprise guests, and Gigless favourites (including stalwart Andrew White), all expertly hosted/bickered through by Catherine and Helen. 

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Gigless LIVE!

Andrew White

Ania Magliano

Catherine Bohart

Felicity Ward

Helen Bauer

Isy Suttie and Chris Neill perform a mix of work-in-progress stand up and stories.
Isy has been performing stand up for nearly twenty years, with three sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs under her belt. Her show Pearl and Dave became a Radio 4 series, Isy Suttie's Love Letters, which won a Gold Sony Award.

Her TV appearances include QI, Would I Lie To You and 8 Out of 10 Cats, along with acting roles including Dobby in Peep Show and Ali in Man Down. Her debut novel, Jane Is Trying, was published this summer.

Tonight she will probably be talking about ouija boards and Shredded Wheat, amongst other topics.

"Quirkily endearing" - The Scotsman

Chris Neill is a writer and comedian of whom The Observer said, "He is like a rapid-fire English David Sedaris.  Every word is perfectly chosen and perfectly used; actually, he has something of Alan Bennett, too."  Tonight he'll be trying out new material for his forthcoming BBC Radio 4 series, Raging Enigma.

"Neill may be first and foremost a comedian, but his observations are as acute as any novelist’s. Sweet, sharp and very funny." - The Times

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Isy Suttie and Chris Neill: Work in Progress

Isy Suttie

Helen enjoys a drama. She's her mother's daughter, taking a small situation, blowing it up, then getting upset that it's out of her control. 
Just like all the best reality TV. At the same time, she dreams of being a sweet angel handling any drama with grace. Who doesn’t overthink everything and plan for how she will have all eyes on her at the right moment.
‘SLICK, SASSY AND SUPER SATISFYING.’
★★★★ Broadway Baby
As seen and heard on ITV2, BBC Two, BBC Three, CBBC, Comedy Central, BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4. Basically all the channels.
NOMINEE: Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019 – Best Newcomer
'6ft1 with a personality that could fill a stadium. Mark my words, this girl will not be performing in small venues for much longer.'

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Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face

"Thanks for coming to audition. Now, I want you to pretend you're a tangerine. You're a lonely, sad tangerine - your dad's left you and your mum's a pear. Ok? Go for it."

After its original sold-out London run, 'gosh!' returns before a full-run at Edinburgh 2022.

A comedy about a comedian. Blending sketches, stand-up, theatre, clown, audiovisuals, and everything else, 'gosh!' is a fast-paced, slick whirlwind of an hour.

From the company behind the award-nominated 'Badgers Can't Be Friends' ★★★★★ (LondonPubTheatres.com) and from the writer/performer of award-winning comedy short film 'The Audition' (2019).

And it's in a pub. We love pubs.

"Was Joe Hayward about to become but another white man with a mic? Joking about dates, apps and dating apps? No. He was setting out to be a genre-defying, genre-denying, stand-up-cum-comedian-cum-poet-cum-comedian. A cum comedian - taking the comedy world by storm."

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gosh!

Perrier award nominee Glenn Moore works up a new hour of ‘brilliantly original’ (Chortle), ‘blissfully silly’ (Guardian) jokes. As seen on Mock The Week, Stand Up Central, The Stand Up Sketch Show and as heard on Absolute Radio, The News Quiz and The Now Show.
**** Guardian, Chortle, Evening Standard, The List
“A comedy masterclass” The Sunday Times
“The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe” The Guardian
“One of the best joke-writers on TV” The Scotsman

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Glenn Moore: Work In Progress

Glenn Moore

Stand up comedian Mike Rice is a massive ejit stumbling his way through adult life, in this show he talks about chatting with a stone, getting into a relationship with a Scottish chip shop, and an Australian child he considers his biggest nemesis.

"One of the best new comics I've seen in years" - Karl Spain

"Rapid-fire edgey storytelling" - Fringe Feed

Mike has performed stand-up comedy twice on Irish National television (RTE) as Part of 'The Ray Darcy Show' (Dec 2019) and 'Laughter in the Eyre' (Feb 2020), and has featured several times on RTE Radio 1's Ray Darcy Show. Mike brought two separate solo shows to the Edinburgh fringe festival in 2018, and 2019, and the Perth Fringe Festival in 2019, and 2020. He regularly plays major clubs across the UK including Top Secret, and Glee comedy clubs.

He has a successful podcast called "The Mike Rice Show" which has been existence since November 2019, and is regularly ranked on the Irish and UK podcast charts.

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Mike Rice: An Irish Disgrace (Work in Progress)

Michael Rice

Last admittance 5 minutes after start time.

The Angel Comedy Social Club this week:

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Angel Comedy Social Club

Arthur Smith

Isabelle Farah

Jack Harris

Lou Taylor

Mat Ewins

Matt Rife is one of the hottest up-and-coming comedians in the industry. His style is refreshingly genuine and quick witted. Performing since the age of 15 in Columbus, OH, he started his career opening for comedians such as Dane Cook, Ralphie May, and DeRay Davis. 
Matt made his television debut when he became the youngest cast member in history on MTV’s “Wild N Out”. He performed on the show for 4 seasons before moving on to hosting MTV’s reboot of “TRL”. Matt also appeared on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, “Fresh Off The Boat”, MTV’s “The Challenge”, and BET’s “North Of The 10”. Rife recently finished competing in NBC’s new comedy competition show “Bring The Funny” and self produced his very first 1- Hour Comedy Special “Only Fans”. 
Matt is now based in Los Angeles and headlining his own tour across the country. Don’t miss his charmingly naive performance!

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Matt Rife

Angel Comedy Club is 'a comedy institution' (Time Out) that puts on affordable, world-class shows every night of the week.

(What? Affordable and Quality, in London? Yep. Really)

We showcase the best talent in the UK and beyond. Lots of our regulars have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, on panel shows like Mock The Week or have their own specials on Netflix. We're a friendly place where you get to see tomorrow's stars just before they break big.

Come find out why we've been voted the best venue in London for four years.

Last admittance 5 minutes after start time.

Lineup is subject to change, but will probably include some of these legends:

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Red Richardson has survived a terrorist attack and is trying now unsuccessfully trying to quit ice cream, cigarettes, alcohol and his phone. He is also very good at stand up comedy so come and watch this brand new hour of stand up about all of these topics with some other extra funny stuff thrown in. 

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Red Richardson: Shots Fired

Angel Comedy Club is 'a comedy institution' (Time Out) that puts on affordable, world-class shows every night of the week.

(What? Affordable and Quality, in London? Yep. Really)

We showcase the best talent in the UK and beyond. Lots of our regulars have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, on panel shows like Mock The Week or have their own specials on Netflix. We're a friendly place where you get to see tomorrow's stars just before they break big.

Come find out why we've been voted the best venue in London for four years.

Note: Parties larger than 4 can not attend Friday or Saturday night shows. Our space is intimate and cozy. We have found that larger parties disrupt the atmosphere even without meaning to. If you want a night out with a larger group, please e-mail us at  info@angelcomedy.co.uk

We cannot guarantee that people will be sat together, particularly in larger groups.

Last admittance 5 minutes after start time.

Lineup is subject to change, but will probably include some of these legends:

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The show that pairs comedians to battle using ferocious jokes where no topic is off-limits!
'Undeniably, Roast Battle doesn’t fail to live up to its expectations, serving to showcase a no-holds-barred contest of comedic athleticism, brazen putdowns and lightning-fast comebacks." ★★★★★ Broadway Baby

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Roast Battle UK 

Hostile Takeover is a live comedy experience forged in the glonked bonces behind Mandatory Redistribution Party, a podcast of left-wing lore and repartee that looks at the big ideas influencing the past and future of radical politics. Previous topics include Marx's theory of alienation, King Kong's actual size and if the society depicted in Pokémon is capitalist or communist.

Join knockabout radicals and gangly darlings of the northwave comedy scene Sean Morley and Jack Lewis Evans as they ask: can a comedy show be collective action? 

"A hilarious rallying cry for the many that feel left behind by capitalism and neo-liberalism, Mando Party is hilarious, subversive and enlightening in equal measures." - Manchester Wire

"As a regular listener of Mandatory Redistribution Party, what I enjoy most about it is its refusal to be kept in one box." - Now Then Magazine

"Absolutely the best Noam Chomsky material ever" Scotsman

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Mandatory Redistribution Party: Hostile Takeover

Jack Evans

Sean Morley

Angel Comedy - Early Bird

Angel Comedy Club is 'a comedy institution' (Time Out) that puts on affordable, world-class shows every night of the week.

(What? Affordable and Quality, in London? Yep. Really)

We showcase the best talent in the UK and beyond. Lots of our regulars have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, on panel shows like Mock The Week or have their own specials on Netflix. We're a friendly place where you get to see tomorrow's stars just before they break big.

Come find out why we've been voted the best venue in London for four years.

Note: Parties larger than 4 can not attend Friday or Saturday night shows. Our space is intimate and cozy. We have found that larger parties disrupt the atmosphere even without meaning to. If you want a night out with a larger group, please e-mail us at  info@angelcomedy.co.uk

We cannot guarantee that people will be sat together, particularly in larger groups.

Last admittance 5 minutes after show time.

Lineup is subject to change, but will probably include some of these legends:

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Angel Comedy Club is 'a comedy institution' (Time Out) that puts on affordable, world-class shows every night of the week.

(What? Affordable and Quality, in London? Yep. Really)

We showcase the best talent in the UK and beyond. Lots of our regulars have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, on panel shows like Mock The Week or have their own specials on Netflix. We're a friendly place where you get to see tomorrow's stars just before they break big.

Come find out why we've been voted the best venue in London for four years.


Note: Parties larger than 4 can not attend Friday or Saturday night shows. Our space is intimate and cozy. We have found that larger parties disrupt the atmosphere even without meaning to. If you want a night out with a larger group, please e-mail us at  info@angelcomedy.co.uk

We cannot guarantee that people will be sat together, particularly in larger groups.

Last admittance 5 minutes after show time.

Lineup is subject to change, but will probably include some of these legends:

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Angel Comedy - Late Bird

Singer-storytellers Gecko and Gavin Osborn are on a short UK tour, supporting their latest albums. 

Gecko is a London based artist, his playful lyrics cover the big things in life; think iPhones, Libraries & Guanabana fruit juice to name but a few. He has previously appeared at Glastonbury, Bestival, BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, BBC Scotland, BBC London & the Edinburgh Fringe. He has shared stages with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Loyle Carner, Tim Minchin & Billy Bragg.

Gavin's done shows with the likes of Daniel Kitson, Isy Suttie and his band The Comment Section. "Simultaneously hilarious and heart-rending songs" - The Independent
 
"Poignant, warm, storytelling that’s not afraid to be both very funny and very sad, and is at its best when it’s both" – Drowned In Sound

Twitter: @gavin_osborn @geckoofficial

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Gecko and Gavin Osborn

Gavin Osborn

Join Sami Abu Wardeh (Best of Brighton Fringe 2021, Siblings and Sami) for an hour of sweat, hair and chest in his debut character comedy hour. One of Chortle's "Ones to Watch 2022", Sami pours a hefty bucket of stupidity onto the flames of identity, language and flamenco guitar. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be an infant in a martial arts class, an adult in a choreographed sauna ceremony (audience stay clothed throughout) or a guest at a mad funeral, you need to see this show.

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Sami Abu Wardeh: Bedu (Work In Progress)

Sami Abu Wardeh

A.J. Holmes (Book of Mormon, South Park, StarKid) and Caitlin Cook (Comedy Cellar, Sirius XM, All Things Comedy) invite you to celebrate Fake Birthday: an evening of music, comedy, and musical comedy (but it's actually good).

LINEUP: Ivo Graham, Tiff Stevenson, Kwame Asante and Jazz Emu

A.J. Holmes is best known for playing Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon in the Broadway, Chicago, 1st US National Tour, West End, and Australian companies. A founding member of Team StarKid, A.J. co-wrote A Very Potter Musical with Darren Criss and composed Twisted. His solo show Yeah, But Not Right Now sold out the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, the Adelaide Fringe in 2020, and the Soho Playhouse in 2021.
Caitlin Cook is a LA-born, NYC-based comedian. She has taken the stage at top-tier theaters (Dolby Theatre in LA, Webster Hall in NYC, and Thalia Hall in Chicago), comedy clubs (Comedy Cellar in NYC, ACME in Minneapolis, and Comedy Works in Denver), festivals (NYCF, HBO’s WICF, and High Plains), dimly lit bar basements, and even a houseboat once.

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Fake Birthday

I Stole a Bus

A.J. Holmes

Caitlin Cook

Ivo Graham

Kwame Asante

Tiff Stevenson

Faye Treacy presents,

Where's Your Head At?

Faye Treacy doesn't mean to blow her own trumpet, but she managed to overcome every expectation of her to become the coolest international musician in world history. Unfortunately, she's been running away from demons on the road instead of kicking their butts. She's just about to finish battling them; come find out if she wins or loses. "Simultaneously childish, genius and inescapably memorable." Expect storytelling, stand-up and music whilst Faye shares things she really shouldn't say.

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Faye Treacy: Where’s Your Head At? W.i.p

Faye Treacy

Come to the Bill Murray for the first ever live edition of the hit podcast 'Boys Gone Wild'. Joined by some of our favourite comedian friends, it's guaranteed to be the best show in town. It's Monday for gods sake what else are you doing?

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Boys Gone Wild (Live at The Bill Murray)

After a spicy couple of years I'm coming back with a new show. We've all been trapped in our houses, so it's mostly observational stuff about my flat. I'll also talk about cats and mental health. It'll be fun, I promise. I play a character called Jack Barry in Feel Good on Netflix and have popped up in Starstruck, Cuckoo and the Russell Howard Hour. I've also supported your favourites on tour, like James Acaster, Mae Martin, Joe Lycett and Marc Maron and written for Mock the Week. EdFest Magazine once said I was "effortlessly endearing." Hope that's enough to make you buy a ticket.  

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Jack Barry: WIP

Jack Barry

Helen Bauer is basic, well basic-plus because she is self-aware with it. Fresh from Live at The Apollo, last year’s Best Newcomer nominee returns with an hour about self-confidence, self-esteem and self-care. It’s the year of ‘self’. Taking care of yourself has never been more ‘in’. Inspirational quotes and facemasks are a big industry and, like all her friends, Helen is trying to ‘be the change she wants to see’. From ITV2, BBC Three, Comedy Central and Radio 4. “A personality that will fill a stadium… This girl will not be performing in small venues for much longer” \*\*\*\*\* Sunday Express

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