What could be better than having a hard week at work and unwinding on a Friday night with a few drinks and a barrel of laughs?

This is how thousands of Londoners and visitors alike choose to spend their Friday or Saturday night as thankfully London is home to a myriad of comedy venues. In fact so numerous are venues providing top-notch comedy entertainment that the difficult part is deciding which one to head to.

To help ease the burden of having to make such an arduous decision then take a look at three top London comedy venues.

Bearcat Comedy, St Margaret’s

This unpretentious and inconspicuous comedy venue situated in the leafy London suburbs of St Margaret’s is the last place you might expect to find some of the country’s leading and best comedians.

Although despite its modest and humble appearance, many of the biggest names in comedy flock to Bearcat Comedy regularly, fervent to entertain the eagerly awaiting audience.

Every member of the audience is given a life long membership that entitles them to discounts to watch the hottest names in comedy.

99 Club, Leicester Square

Leicester Square’s 99 Club is open every night of the week meaning that you don’t even have to wait until the weekend to get your weekly comedy fix.

Unlike many other comedy venues in London, in which acts fluctuate considerably in the ‘funny’ stakes, comedians engaging audiences at 99 Club are consistently funny and talented and as a consequence this ‘reliable’ comedy club remains one of the top venues for humour in London. 

The Comedy Tree, Putney

This cosy and atmospheric venue attracts a whole host of quality comedians, from the new and up-and-coming to the old and established.

Saturday night has a fantastic line-up of comedians and entertainers, the perfect place to forget the woes of the week and have a highly funny night out!

Although as the modern expression goes that the ‘weekend begins on Thursday’, heading down to The Comedy Tree on a Thursday night will prove to be a bargain night out, where punters can eat, drink and laugh all they want for a measly £10!