Greenwich Comedy Festival brings Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus, Milton Jones & more to London

Greenwich Comedy Festival is this year taking to the luscious green lawns of the National Maritime Museum, where a number of special guests will be appearing throughout five days of events at three different venues, The Big Top, The Little Top and the museum itself. The towering white building that hosts regular exhibitions, shows and gatherings as well as holding a planetarium will be alive with jokes and laughter as a selection of the worlds finest comedians will be descending upon it from the 24^th to the 27^th of September.

The guests who are contributing to this year’s Greenwich Comedy Festival are an international mix of the funniest and best in the business. With many kinds of performances spanning from musical comedy to classic stand up, there is plenty of variety to split your sides. During each day of the event there will be both an afternoon performance and an evening performance, with the exception of Saturday that will see 8 guests spread over three venues.

The inaugural event will see Englishman Stewart Lee appearing with Canadian Tony Law and the award winning Aisling Bea. Across the next four days there are further all star billings featuring the likes of the king of one liners and Mock The Week regular Milton Jones, Josh Widdicombe, international star Stephen K Amos, regular QI panel guest Rich Hall, Father Ted actor Ardal O’Hanlon, David O’Doherty, Rob Beckett, director and writer of ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’ Stewart Lee and Channel 4 comedy sketch stars Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns who’s award winning show Cardinal Burns has been shown on national television for the past 2 years.





Aside from the ones mentioned, there is a plethora of other hot talent that has sprung from popular TV panel shows like Have I Got News For You, Live At The Apollo and 8 Out Of 10 Cats amongst other shows. If you have seen any of these guys on the box then you absolutely have to sample their full performances.


Full Listings:

Wednesday 24^th September

Big Top:
Stewart Lee
Tony Law
Aisling Bea


Little Top:
Mark Thomas: 100 Acts Of Minor Dissent


Thursday 25^th September

Big Top:
David O’Doherty
Josh Widdicombe
Doc Browne
Ed Gamble

Little Top:
Phil Jupitus
Andy Smart
Steve Steen
Steve Frost


Friday 26^th September

Big Top:
Stephen K Amos
Felicity Ward
Nish Kumar
Arthur Smith

Little Top:
Milton Jones
Seann Walsh
Kerry Godliman
Carl Donnelly


Saturday 27^th September

Little Top (6:30pm):
Cardinal Burns

Little Top (8:30pm):
Terry Alderton
Rob Beckett
Elis James

National Maritime Museum:
Rich Hall
Steward Francis
Andrew Maxwell
Craig Campbell


Sunday 28th September

Big Top:
Ardal O'Hanlon
Nina Conti
Shappi Khorsandi
Dan Aktinson 




Words by Josh Plews
Image courtesy of Greenwich Comedy Festival