It’s all change – or quite a lot of change – at London’s biggest comedy festival, as the erstwhile Greenwich Comedy Festival moves two months ahead in the calendar and changs its name to the Greenwich Comedy Garden. Why? We’re not especially clear and it would probably be a mistake to overthink it, but the rebranded event is basically the same idea so long as you don’t turn up looking for it in September.
Staged across five nights and two weekend afternoons, top-tier comedians will descend on the Old Royal Naval College for London’s largest and longest-running comedy festival. Take your pick from stellar line-ups fronted by a sucession of proper comedy A-listers, heavy on the television faves. Tom Allen, Josh Widdicombe, Alan Davies, Sarah Pascoe, David O’Doherty, Jack Dee, Chris McCauseland and Ross Noble each headine a bill of four comics.
The setting is pretty spectacular, too – performances take place in an outdoor stage with the Royal Naval College as the backdrop. Get there early to take advantage of the food stalls, bars and breezy summer vibes.