Happy Mondays Comedy at The Amersham Arms New Cross : ABANDOMAN , Glenn Wool A Double Bill of Edfringe Preview/ WIP shows & MC Sion James

Monday 20th July 2026 Happy Mondays Comedy at The Amersham Arms New Cross :  ABANDOMAN , Glenn Wool
A Double Bill of  Edfringe Preview/ WIP shows & 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. We bring you a fantastic Double Bill of Edinburgh Fringe Festival Previews / Work In Progress shows from two brilliant comedians! We are very excited to bring the unmissable amazing Abandoman with his new show Afterglow- Award-winning Irish improvised hip hop musical comedy meets the dance floor. Abandoman turns your suggestions into original bangers, live and unrepeatable every night. Razor-sharp wit, explosive crowd energy and electric atmosphere. 'Relentlessly hilarious' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (The Times) Plus a preview of new show by wonderful comedy talents of legendary Canadian Comedian Glenn Wool who has played every comedy festival, been on every TV channel and made people laugh professionally for over 30 years.“.. An hour with Wool is worth about ten hours with many other comics.” ★★★★ The Scotsman As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News, The John Bishop Show...All hosted by your cheeky compere Sion James in the friendly atmosphere of The Amersham Arms. ( Across the Road from New Cross station)

***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 :

Abandoman - Afterglow ( Edfringe Preview/ Work In Progress ) 
Ireland’s finest improvised hip hop musical comedian, Rob Broderick, a.k.a. Abandoman. Award-winning improvised musical comedy meets the dance floor. Abandoman turns your suggestions into original bangers, live and unrepeatable every night. Razor-sharp wit, explosive crowd energy and electric atmosphere. 'Clever, quick-witted and audacious' **** (Scotsman). 'Raucous, expansive, and relentlessly hilarious' **** (Times). As seen on Channel 4 as house band on Alan Carr's Happy Hour,  8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, as well as supported and toured with pop behemoth Ed Sheeran.  'A proper party. raucous, expansive and relentlessly hilarious' (The Times).

https://www.abandoman.com

Glenn Wool : Glenn Wool Is Luv (Sic) ( Edfringe Preview / Work In Progress)
In a thoughtful (yet close to the bone) stand-up tale, Fringe legend Glenn Wool as he recounts the bumps, scrapes, highs and lows of receiving the shock news of a surprise divorce two weeks before his 50th. 'The best comedian in the UK' (Doug Stanhope (ten years ago)). 'One of the most important voices in comedy' (Jim Jefferies (last year, actually)). 'The first time I saw Glenn Wool reminded me of the first time I saw Sam Kinison' (Norm Macdonald (cant remember exactly when but it was more then 5 years ago, obviously)). Glenn's has played every comedy festival, been on every TV channel and made people laugh professionally for over 30 years. His impressive array of TV credits include John Oliver’s 'New York Stand-Up Show' as well as appearances on: The Green Room with Paul Provenza, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News, The John Bishop Show  “.. An hour with Wool is worth about ten hours with many other comics.” ★★★★ The Scotsman “Seeing Glenn Wool perform should be made compulsory for the melancholy. There’s no way you won’t feel a bit better about the world afterwards. Lethally funny” ★★★★ Metro “Absolutely hilarious” ★★★★ The Independent  , “Effortlessly funny”  ★★★★ The Guardian “.. Edgy, imaginative, funny and original, Canadian born Wool sets the standards at the fringe!” ★★★★ Daily Telegraph

http://www.glennwool.com/

MC Sion James
"Utterly charming ... Lovable giant' Time Out London

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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.