Mon 15th Jun 2026 at 8:00pm ends 10:30pm
Amersham Arms, New Cross Road, London, UK - Map
Stand-Up Comedy
Sion James presents:
Happy Mondays Comedy at The Amersham Arms New Cross : Mark Thomas Comedy Takeover A Double Bill of Edfringe Preview/ WIP shows from the legend Mark Thomas & MC Sion James
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TweetMonday 15th June 2026 Happy Mondays Comedy at The Amersham Arms New Cross :
Mark Thomas Comedy Takeover
A Double Bill of Edfringe Preview/ WIP shows from the legend Mark Thomas & MC Sion James
Legendary Happy Mondays Comedy bring you weekly live comedy, kick off your week in style , come hear brand new jokes & fresh ideas from stars of TV, Radio & comedy circuit & beyond. Don't miss Mark Thomas Comedy Takeover a double dose of storytelling and standup from the multi award winning South London Comedy legend that is Mark Thomas, the UK's finest political comedian , probably best known for the political stunts as performed on his cult Channel 4 show, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product & BBC Radio 4 Manifesto shows. “Thomas is a terrific performer and raconteur, and he has the gift of making an instant community out of a group of strangers.” – The Guardian all hosted by your cheeky compere Sion James in the friendly atmosphere of The Amersham Arms. ( Across the Road from New Cross station)
First Half of show will be Mark sharing some stories of his 40 years plus in live comedy, second half will be an Ediburgh Fringe Festival preview!
***AIR CONDITIONED VENUE***
Airy spacious venue with reasonable priced bar
Front Pub Bar is open all day for pre show drinks for early arrivals
Great Value Live Comedy in a Great Live venue
Please email happymondayscomedy@gmail.com so we can reserve you seats together if booking or groups of 3 or more.
Presented by Happy Mondays Comedy.
This is an 18+ event.
Advanced Tickets available Online
Student Discounted Tickets , Tickets with Donations to Lewisham Foodbank
Advanced Booking £8
General Admission + Additional Lewisham Foodbank Donation £12.50
Student Discount Ticket £5
Doors 7.30pm Show 8.00pm to approx 10.30pm, Including Interval(s)
The Amersham Arms 388 New Cross Rd, New Cross, London SE14 6TY
Nearest Transport : New Cross Zone 2 ( 2 mins walk) or Free Street parking available nearby
Line Up :
Mark Thomas Comedy Takeover
First Half of show will be Mark sharing some stories of his 40 years plus in live comedy, second half will be and Edfringe preview!
Mark Thomas : 40 in Stand-Up Years ( Edfringe Preview / Work In Progress)
What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true; one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic.
So, here’s what he has done so far in numbers; performed comedy for 40 years, won 8 awards for performing, 4 for human rights work and 1 he invented for himself, made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product (Channel 4), written 6 books and 5 play scripts, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, made 3 Dispatches for Channel 4, sued the police (and won) 3 times, curated and authored 2 art exhibitions with artist Tracey Moberly and had 1 Guinness World Record for holding 20 protests in 24 hours.
If that’s not enough, he’s also walked 724km around the length of the Israel Wall in the West Bank, been credited with changing the law on tax avoidance, started a comedy club in Palestine with Dr Sam Beale and campaigned successfully for things like trade union recognition for cinema workers and getting multinationals to change their practices. You’re right, there’s more, but your attention is running out and we’re running out of space. So let’s just say he’s generally mucked about trying to have fun and upset the right people…which he is really, really good at.
So basically expect a taster menu of government and personal mayhem, jokes, rants and a state of the nation broadcast as he tries to turn 'what the f*ck is going on' into a cogent hour of stand-up.
MC Sion James
"Utterly charming ... Lovable giant' Time Out London
Check out https://www.instagram.com/happymondayscomedy/ for previous & current lineups
Artists listed are correct at time of going to press, in the unlikely event that an act needs to cancel we reserve the right to amend the line up without notice and no refunds will be due. We will endeavour to bring back that artist to this venue in the future.
Line Up:
Mark Thomas
Sion James
Age Restrictions:
18+
Other Information:
Doors 7.30pm Show 8.00pm to approx 10.30pm, Including Interval(s)
Airy spacious venue with Front Pub Bar is open all day for pre show drinks for early arrivals
Artists listed are correct at time of going to press, in the unlikely event that an act needs to cancel we reserve the right to amend the line up without notice and no refunds will be due. We will endeavour to bring back that artist to this venue in the future.
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Advanced Booking
Great Value new live comedy every Monday!
£7.27
Advanced Booking Includes Additonal Donation to Lewisham Foodbank
£11.36
Student Discounted Ticket
Proof of Student ID Required
£4.55
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Reviews for previous Sion James events
Enjoyed the evening. Especially enjoyed Chris Martin. Will definitely do it next week. Thank you
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Review left at 3:13pm on Tue 19th May 2020
Brilliant night, we may all be stuck at home in COVID lock down but Sion James and Co really made our night. Great fun, thank you to all of the acts 👏👏
Yes
Review left at 8:56pm on Fri 15th May 2020
Hats off to them all, they’re so used to a live atmosphere when performing but handled the digital delivery excellently, technology has a tendency to let people down occasionally but this was a great night! Thank you all
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Review left at 5:31pm on Fri 15th May 2020
We had a fabulous night well done to DRT for organising the event, we live in Yorkshire and would have been babysitting the grandchildren who are in deeside so daughter and son In law could attend the event had it gone ahead as planned so we would have missed it but we were able to attend the online event, there were a few hiccups to start with but were soon cleared up. We were muted the whole time as we're the majority but there were one or two laughing out loud which made it impossible to hear the punch line sometimes but overall it was a great night
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Review left at 5:26pm on Fri 15th May 2020
We had a fabulous night well done to DRT for organising the event, we live in Yorkshire and would have been babysitting the grandchildren who are in deeside so daughter and son In law could attend the event had it gone ahead as planned so we would have missed it but we were able to attend the online event, there were a few hiccups to start with but were soon cleared up. We were muted the whole time as we're the majority but there were one or two laughing out loud which made it impossible to hear the punch line sometimes but overall it was a great night
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Review left at 5:23pm on Fri 15th May 2020
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Review left at 4:37pm on Fri 15th May 2020