Tuesday Night Comedy Show

Big Belly Comedy is on at Big Belly Bar & Comedy Club London on Tuesday 27 October, running from 8:00pm to 10:00pm with doors opening at 7:00pm. The line-up so far features Ross Smith, Maple Zuo and Thor Stenhaug, with more acts to be announced.

It's a mid-week night, and the format is built around fresh material. The club bills it as an unfiltered, no-holds-barred show, usually running between 90 minutes and two hours with an interval or two. The draw here is seeing established names road-test new bits alongside newer acts perfecting their sets, so you're getting the rough-and-ready side of stand-up rather than a polished best-of. It's the kind of night where the jokes are still being worked out in front of you.

The club itself is run by comedians and has a deep history in the city. It's the successor to a whole string of London comedy nights and venues, including Vauxhall Comedy Club, Regression Sessions, GSOH Comedy, Comedy Knights, Comedy Cafe Theatre, Vauxhall Podcast Studios and The Ding Dong Gong Show. Its comics regularly appear on Taskmaster, Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Netflix, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Russell Howard's Good News. The Southbank home sits on the river with a 40ft bar, a comedy podcast studio, London's largest beer garden and street-food vendors.

Tickets are £7.50, which includes entry and a free drink. The show runs from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, with doors open from 7:00pm, at Big Belly Bar & Comedy Club London, Unit 6 & 7, 30 Stamford St, London SE1 9LQ.