New Year's Eve

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Comedy
Bill Bailey's Tinselworm
It's the last performance of the year for comedy legend's wonderful 'Tinselworm' show. Expect musical brilliance, talk of wizards and enough jokes to choke a donkey.
Bill Bailey's Tinselworm, Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 482 5130). 8pm, £12.50-£47.50, Piccadilly Circus tube.

Comedy Store's New Year's Eve Stand-Up
The traditional and infamous stand-up show which drags you into the New Year laughing. With MC Rufus Hound, Jeff Innocent, Markus Birdman, Hal Cruttenden, Paul Tonkinson, The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue and Bob Mills.
Comedy Store,1a Oxendon St, SW1 (0844 847 1728/www.thecomedystore.co.uk). 8pm, £15, Piccadilly Circus tube.

Amused Moose New Year's Eve Comedy Party
Let award-winning comedians tickle your fancy including the high-energy host for the night Martin Davis, charismatic joker Ben Norris, circuit legend Hal Cruttenden and Matt Kirshen. Dress to impress.
Amused Moose Soho ,17 Greek St, W1D 4DR (0207 287 3727www.amusedmoose.com). Tottenham Court Road tube.
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Cabaret
La Clique
Start the new year in style at this cult smash hit variety show which boasts some of the world's best performers. Watch as the outrageously bendy Captain Frodo, hula hoop's finest exponent Yulia Pikhtina and the PVC-clad Miss Behave light up the stage of this historic London venue.
La Clique, London Hippodrome, Leicester Square, WC2 (www.lacliquelondon.com). 8pm, £10-£55, Leicester Square tube.

Wig Out!
Madcap jock-about-town Boogaloo Stu hosts the Royal Court Theatre drag show Wig Out!'s New Year's Eve shenanigans, with DJs, cabaret and loads of special guests, plus a free glass of bubbly when the clock strikes midnight.
Wig Out!, Royal Court Theatre,Sloane Square,SW1 (020 7565 5000/www.royalcourttheatre.com). 8.30pm-3.30am, £60, Sloane Square tube.

Madame Zingara's Theatre of Dreams
This pop-up supper and cabaret club takes place in an original speigeltent in the shadow of Battersea Power Station. Good food and crazy cabaret.
Madame Zingara , Battersea Power Station, Kirtling St, SW8 5BP (www.madamezingara.com). Battersea Park rail.
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New Year's Eve Clubs | Fireworks | Comedy & Cabaret | Gigs | During the day