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London's stages and concert rooms: the West End houses and the playhouses that make their own shows, the grand halls, the churches with a musical life, the jazz basements, the comedy clubs, the clubs proper, and the rooms above pubs where things start. What is on is listed under each venue, and in What's On.

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Backyard Comedy Club

Lee Hurst's own club in Bethnal Green, purpose-built and rebuilt.

Fringe & pubsComedy club

The comedian Lee Hurst opened the Backyard in 1998, sold the building, and opened a new one on Cambridge Heath Road in 2015. It is one of the few comedy rooms in London designed as one rather than borrowed from a pub, and it holds about two hundred and fifty.

Where: 231 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 0EL
Nearest station: Bethnal Green · 3 min walk

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Regular events

Thursdays at BackyardThursday, 20:00 · £7.50 to £10
Fridays at BackyardFriday, 20:00 · £12.50 to £20
Saturdays at BackyardSaturday, 20:00 · £16 to £24
Backyard's New Act NightLast Tuesday of the month, 20:00 · Free to £5First-timers and people trying a new five minutes.
Comedy KnockoutFirst Tuesday of the month, 20:00 · £3 to £5
The Comedy HumpFirst Wednesday of the month, 20:00 · Free
Weekend at Dad'sOne Tuesday a month, 20:00 · £20
Sunday AssemblyAlternate Sundays, 11:00 · FreeNot comedy: the secular congregation that meets here on Sunday mornings, with songs and a talk.

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