COMEDY

Since the 7th January 2008 The Good Ship Comedy Club (previously The Porthole Comedy Club) has been bringing the best in stand up to Kilburn every single Monday. Having become something of a local phenomenon, this award winning comedy club consistently sells out. Due to popular demand please email comedy@thegoodship.co.uk, to be put on the reserve list and guarantee entry. Tickets are just Ł5 each on the door, Ł4 in advance. We also advise people to arrive by 8 o'clock to avoid standing room only. Doors from 6pm and happy hour at the bar until 7pm. Acts start at 830pm sharp.

On 24th February 2009 The Porthole at The Good Ship was voted the best small comedy club in London, congratulations to James and all for quite an achievement. Chortle Awards 2009

Monday 9th January 2012
Andy Zaltzman
The best political comedian in the business, Zaltzman is breathtakingly good’ Time Out ‘Devilishly clever, perfectly timed and often bitingly satirical...a master craftsman’ Comedy.co.uk ‘Comedy that takes the real and the satirical and sends it spiralling away into the surreal and a bundle of barrelling similies’ Three Weeks
with support from...
Paul McCaffery
‘Likeable, animated and fluid with a first-rate sense of timing, his assured delivery and beautifully observed material lead to bizarre flights into silliness and darkly gleeful rants.’ Chortle
Eric Lampaert
T4’s Rising Star of 2012
Grainne Maguire
‘an engaging and natural performer with deep reserves of excitable energy… enjoyably bizarre’ Chortle
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 16th January 2012
Simon Munnery
‘One of the most original and talented comics in the country’ The Observer ‘Simon Munnery has made a career out of his own brand of slightly awkward, uneasy humour that edges on the surreal... a comic who can transform from a confident, showy performer to a man that looks on the edge of a nervous breakdown from one line to the next.’ Chortle ‘Outrageously funny absurdity... wonderfully odd observations’ STV
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Gareth Morinan
‘Clever, funny and original, Gareth Morinan is going places - see him now.’ The Skinny ‘An extremely enjoyable and original piece of comedy’ Three Weeks
Barnaby Slater
‘Has a mind like a Narnia of horrors’ Mark Olver ‘Great, well-written gags, has the makings of an excellent comic’ Noel Faulkner (owner of the Comedy Cafe)
Stuart Laws
‘The Energiser Bunny... warm and daft... perversely endearing’ The Londonist ‘Very funny’ New York Post
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 23rd January 2012
Loretta Maine
‘Flawless, perfectly-timed performance’ Chortle ‘Wicked musical comedy in every conceivable way’ List ‘With Loretta Maine, Pippa Evans has unleashed a brilliant creation upon a should be- very, very scared world. Her comic timing alone makes her an outstanding performer and her confidence oozes from the stage.’ All The Festivals
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Lloyd Griffiths
‘Inherently funny: voice of an angel, body of a trucker’ Chortle ‘He’s amazing, absolutely amazing’ Graham Stuart, SO Television ‘The next big thing’ FHM
John-Luke Roberts
‘A certain touch of theatricality and conceptual thinking... fantastically ornate but deeply silly brand of comedy, dripping with absurd puns and utterly unexpected left turns’ The Guardian ‘Constantly inventive and playfully mischievous... a unique, highly accomplished debut hour from a talent to watch’ Time Out
Ben Van Der Velde
‘Whipsharp... creates a buzz of excitement in the room’ Chortle ‘Exquisite comic timing... wonderfully clownish physical comedy’ British Theatre Guide
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 30th January 2012
Milton Jones
‘‘King of the surreal one-liners’ The Times ‘Lovers of top-quality comedy should be queuing round the block’ Chortle ‘Jones unleashes a battery of zingers – inducing that giddy brand of imaginative overstimulation that distinguishes the best one-liner comedy’ Guardian
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Tobias Persson
‘Thoughtful and silly, he make some sophisticated parallels alongside some surreal little islands of the bizarre and profane’ The Skinny ‘Quirky, sharp observations and lightening wit’ Arts Leicestershire Magazine
Bec Hill
‘Her side-splittingly funny routines are a joy to behold’ Three Weeks ‘Bec Hill is superb.. leaves one feeling warm and hopeful for hours afterwards. A must see’ Edinburgh Guide
Juliet Meyers
‘Devilishly quick and capable of milking any situation for hilarity’ Edinburgh Evening News ‘Laugh out loud funny, wonderfully bizarre ideas’ Chortle ‘Stand up as it should be’ Three Weeks
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 6th February 2012
Doc Brown
‘Looks as if he was born on stage’ Chortle ‘So personable and cheeky and utterly charismatic, jokes just rolled off the tongue, keeping the audience roaring with laughter’ Comedy Blog
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Jonny Awsum
‘Aw’s awesome!’ Time Out ‘Delirious and hilarious’ Notion Magazine
Celia Pacquola
‘Irresistably charming, inspiring, hilarious’ Chortle ‘Jaw achingly funny. Her delivery is sharp and her timing just right’ The Age
Yianni Agisilou
‘Skilfully crafted, wonderfully funny told with charm and passion’ Time Out ‘We are witnessing a phenomenon’ Beat Magazine
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 13th February 2012
Nick Doody
‘All hail Nick Doody... true comedy gold’ Metro ‘Intelligence, originality and some cracking gags to boot’ The Metro ‘You will see many shows before you see another comic hit so hard with such grace…quite brilliant.’ The Scotsman
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Matthew Osborn
‘English Comedian of the year 2009 - Winner So You Think You’re Funny - Winner
Chris Dangerfield
‘Wild, refreshing and unconventionally brilliant’ Scott Capurro ‘Original, surreal, filthy, confrontational and really, really funny’ Alex Zane ‘Goes where other comics fear to tread’ Julian Clary
Paul Sweeney
‘Intriguing and memorable’ Chortle ‘Brilliant.. bursting with talent’ Free Fringe ‘Swishes about the stage liberally tickling our funny bones with his marvellous, unusual, quercine humours’ Paul Foot
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 20th February 2012
Adam Bloom
‘Bloom is perhaps the perfect comedian’ The List ‘One of the cleverest and most inventive comics I have ever seen’ Jerry Sadowitz ‘In the Premier League of comedy’ The Independent
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Cariad Lloyd
‘Dynamo of a comic... a winning charm, performance is priceless’ Guardian ‘Lloyd’s characters are original brilliantly drawn and hilarious’ Three Weeks
Thom Tuck
‘From award scooping sketch group The Penny Dreadfuls ‘A stand out show I can barely recommend highly enough’ Fringe Guru ‘Quick witted, sharply observant and charmingly normal’ British Theatre Guide
Paul T Eyres
‘Slick, confident delivery… skilful timing and sheer professionalism’ Chortle ‘Fantastic, I was laughing every 15 seconds’ Sol Bernstein ‘I wish I’d written that joke’ Reg D Hunter
Juliet Stephens MC

Monday 27th February 2012
Edward Aczel
‘Catch him if you can. This a shambling ungainly self sabotaging genius could just be the heir to Tommy Cooper…. ‘ Evening Standard. ‘Edward Aczel is perhaps Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian’ Guardian
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Matthew Crosby
‘‘Devastatingly caustic and humorous’ The List ‘Winsome and charming’ The Independent
Peter Buckley Hill
‘A titan’ The Scotsman Winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality in 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize 2009
Wouter Meijs
‘‘Wonderfully twisted’ Spoonfed ‘Side-spittingly funny, excellent entertainment’ Canarian weekly
Juliet Stephens MC