As we mark our 45th anniversary we celebrate ourselves, and our founder Don Ward, without whom the comedy scene in the UK would be very different - in fact, it might not even exist at all.
From 1979 to the present day, The Comedy Store continues to be a hotbed of comic talent

Also Sunday is 45 years to the day that the Comedy Store first opened so we'll be giving it the bumps! See you there.

AD: The great and even greater of comedy celebrate the life of legendary Comedy Store Player Andy Smart. Featuring Omid Djalili Milton Jones Shaparak Khorsandi شاپرک خرسندی Hal Cruttenden simon munnery @RufusHound.wtf on bluesky Charlie Baker 💛 Neil Mullarkey😉 and many more! Tickets nimaxtheatres.com/shows/andy-sma…

Red alert: aurora likely. Issued 2024-05-17 18:06 UTC (19:06 BST) by AuroraWatch UK. #aurora

Club Life is nominated again; this time it's the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best Music and Sound. Yay!

We return to Edinburgh August 2-10th @thespaceuk
8 shows only! Tickets here: thespaceuk.com/shows/2024/clu…

And our London premiere is in November - hold tight!

The next general election will be the first across the UK to require people to show photo ID in order to vote at a polling station.

We’ve compiled everything you need to know about the new requirements so you don’t get caught out on election day 👇
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It's all kicking off in Have a Sausage magazine! Which story are you reading first?!

Come see Heather Urquhart make her #comedystoreplayers debut this Sunday. I'm prepared to bet that her Ruth Bratt and Niall Ashdown will sing up a frikkin' storm. (me and Richard Vranch will watch on admiringly)

This Sunday The Comedy Store, UK there's live improvised comedy from Niall Ashdown Lee Simpson Heather Urquhart Ruth Bratt Richard Vranch and Steven Edis on piano. Doors 6.30, great bar and food. Tickets via comedystoreplayers.com

Sound Heap is so much work for so stupid a thing that sometimes it feels like a prank Ed Morrish and I are playing on ourselves. For godssake, listen. Even better, set up a hugely successful business and then buy advertising.

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I've been a fan of SoundHeapInc from the start so it's very pleasing to be a small part of it. Have a listen. It's really good.

BREAKING
Should 4 Tories be reported to police?

Four Tory MPs made £5 MILLION selling taxpayer-funded homes but won't say if they paid capital gains tax The Mirror

🔹One Tory MP sold his property in London making an ­estimated profit of £2m.
🔹 BUT from 2004 to 2009 he

Should you require any further evidence of how the UK media works, they’ve been silent on this issue for the FOUR YEARS that Elphicke was a Conservative MP, she defects to Labour and within FOUR DAYS it’s front page news.

Israel’s evacuation orders in #Rafah , have sown fear and confusion among people.

So-called “humanitarian zones” are already overcrowded, without resources to sustain people, and “safe zones” have repeatedly been attacked.

Take action now: map.org.uk/campaigns/prev…

With plenty of clear skies in the forecast, there is a good chance of seeing the Aurora across the northern half of the UK, and perhaps further south with long exposure photography 📷

However, as the nights are shorter, the duration of any sightings may be limited ✨

Not enough people appreciate Swear Clock - you're all philistines - I hate you for not loving it, you weak-minded fools.

Second half will be improv comedy with me Josie Lawrence Ruth Bratt Stephen Frost Steve Steen and many more. See you there!

Gratuitous product placement by us on Netflix Baby Reindeer.

Sorry not sorry.

Snet from IPhone.

Don’t miss Sophie Duker #comedystoreplayers #sunday

Sacked twice within 14 months by two different prime ministers, Braverman invited on to BBC headline politics show. Media is everything to do with why we’re in this mess.