The top London comedy shows to see in October

Hugely acclaimed British Indian comic Shah headed up to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with a work-in-progress show entitled ‘Ends’ – three weeks later, the show’s status had been upgraded to finished and he’d taken home the top comedy award. The by all accounts tour de force of a show considers what his grandfather – who arrived in the UK in 1965 – would make of the UK today.

It’s a testament to the almost fanatical self-belief that Redditch-raised comic Lorna Rose Treen pours into her character comedy that it looks for a while like she might actually be going to perform her entire debut Fringe show ‘Skin Pigeon’ in the persona of a nine-year-old Brownie with a weird voice…

Ania Magliano’s meteoric rise has been at least partly fuelled by the idea that she’s the #relatable Gen-Z next door…

Estwhile Time Out cover star and beloved internet comic Munya Chawawa returns with set of brand new material showcasing some of his most beloved characters including newsreader Barty Crease, TV chef Jonny Oliver and posh rapper Unknown P.

Popular comic Chowdhry – the first British Asian standup to sell out Wembley Arena – returns to the Fringe for the first time in a decade with a new show in which he plots his transition into a beloved, family-friendly national treasure.

Doctor-turned-stand-up Adam Kay scored an enormous hit with his book adaptation of the diary he kept as a junior doctor, ‘This is Going to Hurt’ – not only did it sell millions of copies but it’s been adapted into a TV series starring Ben Whishaw and his own stage show. ‘Undoctored’ is the sequel, picking up his story after he quit medicine – and now the 2022 book is followed by this new West End stage show.

There’s an elephant in the room I need to address first. ‘Body Show’… it gives Barbenheimer.

Scots misanthrope Boyle’s various controversies over the years have done little to dim his star, and this lengthy stint at Leicester Square Theatre is largely sold out already…