Smash Up Comedy: November

Erika Ehler at Camden Comedy Club

Smash Up Comedy: November is a stand-up night built around new material. Professional comedians try out jokes they have not yet performed in front of an audience, so some routines are heard for the first time and a few may never return to the stage. Caroline Mabey hosts the evening, which blends new writing with deliberate nonsense.

The acts this month are Luke McQueen, Erika Ehler, Mustafa Yasin, Beattie Edmonson and Shannon Ong. Each performer works through their own unfinished material during the evening, so the audience hears comedy at the drafting stage rather than polished routines.

The evening takes place at Camden Comedy Club, a comedy club that hosts mainly stand-up alongside other theatre performances. The format appeals to anyone curious to see comedians test their writing before it is refined.