New newsletter just sent. Includes FIVE tour previews with super Henry Paker - El Maestro has just announced new tour "Pencil Case". Please check your junk (oh, and Hotmail folk - please do be sure to read) 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent. It's a fine line between being excited about Jack Shep coming to both ABC Kennington and Chelsea, and Jack's representatives asking that we don't go within 20 yards of Jack. The poster is, on reflection, psychotic. Anyway, please check your junk! 🩷💛

Friday 29 May. A work in progress show with the great Rob Newman. 8pm start. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield, Kennington. Tickets just £10.50: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent! Includes: Milton Jones, Ivo Graham, Fern Brady, Phil Ellis, Mystery Guests, Rachel Galvo and a whole lot more... 🩷💛 Please check your junk 👍

Super Laura Smyth is previewing upcoming tour show "Born Aggy" at Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield in Kennington on Wednesday 29 April. 8pm start. Ticket link in bio 🩷💛

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This Monday! The superb Josh Pugh is previewing upcoming tour "Ha Ha, Yeah Sound". 8pm start. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield in Kennington 🩷💛 Ticket link in bio ⚡

New newsletter just sent - includes THREE Fin Taylor & Friends shows (and a whole lot more). Please check your junk! 🩷💛

Our run of Maisie WIPs continue tomorrow (sold out). And then back again Tuesday 9 June. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield in Kennington 🩷💛 This is super Maisie Adam running through gear ahead of her upcoming Whatsherface tour. Ticket link in bio, beebee! ⚡

New newsletter sent. Includes the most-emotional comeback since Palace beat Sunderland in the 2004 play-off final: the maestro Matt Forde 🩷💛 Please check your junk ⚡

Romesh Ranganathan. An Always Be Comedy OG. He's even on the Tommyfield chalkboard (the pinnacle of his achievements, we can all agree). Popping in for a cheeky little bonus for the Always Be Comedy newsletter 🩷💛 Huge thanks to a terrific crowd. Special thanks to Tim Lewis too.

New newsletter just sent. Includes a run of shows with a firm ABC fave in Ayoade Bamgboye (we'll be cheering her on tonight on SNL UK! Sky One; 10pm). This and a whole lot more (including a textbook secret newsletter show). alwaysbecomedy.com 🩷💛

Finally made it to the OG @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social, having been to Chelsea. The surprise edition of Kevin Bridges to the already phenomenal lineup of Nish Kumar, Cecily Hitchcock and Elis James made for a laughter-filled evening. What a great set of venues and really lovely gigs.

New newsletter just sent! We've been busy little bees (niche Gladiator reference) adding lots of new shows - including this beauty on Friday 15 May. Please check your junk! 🩷💛

We won Best Pro Comedy Night at the Chortle Awards 2026 (third time, to boot)! Big thanks to everyone who voted, our audiences, the comedians, Adam Benjamin, Iwona, Tom Peake and all at Three Cheers, Laura Tait, Jefferson Lerma, the kitchen staff and - above all - Tim Lewis 🩷💛

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Joe Lycett back at The Mummyship last night 🩷💛

We're back in Chelsea this Thursday. And it's another banger: Glenn Moore, Fin Taylor, Shalaka Kurup. Always Be Comedy at The Trafalgar on the King's Road. 8pm start. Tickets: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

People of Balham. Before we go full-time at The Bedford (every Friday and Saturday from 4 September), we're putting on some summer shows. Including this on Friday 24 July. Super Elis James, more TBC. Always Be Comedy at The Bedford. 8pm. Tickets: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent. Includes the return of super Sophie Duker, and a whole host more... 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent! Includes: John Kearns, Phil Wang, Michelle de Swarte, multiple "Mystery Guests" (ooooh!), Fin Taylor, Maisie Adam and this new show on Friday 24 April: Harriet Kemsley, Joe Thomas, Sunil Patel. Please check your junk! alwaysbecomedy.com 🩷💛

Voting closes tonight! Please do vote Always Be Comedy in Best Comedy Venue and Best Pro Night. Plus lots of other ABC faves in other categories: www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/02... 🩷💛

Voting closes tonight! Please do vote Always Be Comedy in Best Comedy Venue and Best Pro Night. Plus lots of other ABC faves in other categories: www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/02... 🩷💛

We are back in Chelsea this Thursday! Ivo Graham, Catherine Bohart and a Mystery Guest. Always Be Comedy at The Trafalgar in Chelsea 🩷💛 Ticket link in bio 🎫🎟️ alwaysbecomedy.com/chelsea ⚡

New newsletter just sent. Includes Josh Pugh and Fin Taylor boh doing the historic Kennington and Chelsea Double on Thursday 23 April. This and so much more (including Balham shizzle). Please check your junk! 🩷💛

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It's that magical time of year: voting in the Chortle Awards! We're trying to win two this year (greedy!). Helpful pointers / borderline begging below. Please do vote or else Tim has to be fired out of a cannon into space. "Why?" Hey, them's the rules! www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/02....

My first @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social in-person experience, seeing the fantastic lineup of Ray Badran, Ahir Shah, Alex Brooker, Elis James and Maisie Adam. Really lovely gig. First Chelsea, then next month booked in for the Tommyfield.

New newsletter just sent. It'll all make sense as you open it (having checked your junk, of course). Lots of love! 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent. Includes this banger tomorrow (and some v late returns for both shows tonight...). Please check your junk! alwaysbecomedy.com 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent. Includes the hit "Tonsil Hockey" podcast - live at Always Be Comedy. Please check your junk 🩷💛🏒

We are back TODAY! John Kearns working through his Tilting At Windmills tour. 5pm start. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield, Kennington. £12. Tickets: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

3pm. Sunday 1 February. A split work-in-progress with Nish Kumar and Amy Annette. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield, Kennington. Tickets: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent. Includes on-the-day returns for tonight's Chelsea show: Ivo Graham, Iain Stirling, Chantel Nash and "someone else"... Always Be Comedy at The Trafalgar, Chelsea. alwaysbecomedy.com 🩷💛

It was lovely to hear yous getting the (deserved) plaudits on such a big podcast. There's a reason I stay on your mailing list despite living 5,000 miles away… My visits to the Tommyfield are always highlights of my trips to that there London.

Elis James is back, beebee. And we're super grateful to Elis & John for the shout-outs. All future shows at our site - come check out "the UK's most bafflingly good gig" 🩷💛

Always Be Comedy has seen some absolute shoeings across 14-and-a-half years. That was right up there. The great Kevin Bridges on phenomenal form 🩷💛 So many more shows at our site ⚡

New newsletter just sent! Hooooboy, we've been busy. New shows galore. Including this beauty on Thursday 26 February. Please check your junk! Also, some chillingly late returns for both Kennington and Chelsea tonight... alwaysbecomedy.com 🩷💛

First corridor pic of 2026, and it's a belter: Ayoade Bamgboye, Elis James, Selam Amare (nailing Hide & Seek!), James Gill, Jack Skipper and look at smouldering Josh Widdicombe! So many more shows at our site 🩷💛 Big thanks to Super Timmy Lewis ⚡👑

The perfect way to start the New Year: an Always Be Comedy newsletter show with super Aisling Bea 🩷💛 Aisling on tour next month with new show Older Than Jesus ⚡

New newsletter just sent! We've added another New Material Fun Shack. We don't know why they have shorts on either. Plus: newsletter shows, mystery guests, Fin Taylor, Michelle de Swarte, Sara Pascoe and a whole host more. Please check your junk! 🩷💛 Merry Christmas 🎄❄️

Thursday 12 February. Catherine Bohart, Michelle de Swarte, Fin Taylor, Tom Towelling, spesh guest MC Ray Badran. Always Be Comedy at The Trafalgar in Chelsea 🩷💛 Ticket link in bio 🎫🎟️

First two previews went like hot cakes. And so we added a third: John Kearns. Tilting At Windmills tour preview. Wednesday 28 January. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield in Kennington 🩷💛 Ticket link in bio 🎫🎟️

#comedypodcastadventcalendar Day 16 @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social ABC invites guests to curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? Previous guests include James Acaster and Chloe Petts

Strong totem pole game from Aisling Bea, Ayoade Bamgboye and Rachel Galvo. An Always Be Comedy for the ages - the vibiest of crowds (Noel's House Party to the power of Live Aid) to boot 🩷💛 So many more shows at our site 👍 Big shout to Tim Lewis 🙏

Season's greetings, one and all. All future shows are at: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

New newsletter just sent! Includes a work-in-progress show with super Fatiha El-Ghorri next Wednesday. And - the greatest gift of all - the gift of laughter (e-gift, if we're being pedantic). Please check your junk! 🩷💛

Monday! (1 December) A work in progress with super TOM LAWRINSON. Tickets are just £8. Doors 7.45pm for an 8pm start. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield, Kennington. Tickets: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛

We are back to it today! A 3pm work-in-progress show with super Sofie Hagen. Always Be Comedy at The Tommyfield in Kennington. Tickets: alwaysbecomedy.com/tickets 🩷💛🖖

It's Monday! It's a new Always Be Comedy blog. In the most earnest piece ever, we share some absolute belters from the Always Be Comedy podcast (and beyond) when it comes to creativity: www.alwaysbecomedy.com/post/what-co... 🩷💛