Happy Mondays Comedy at The Amersham Arms New Cross : Desiree Burch , Ian Smith (Double Bill of EdFringe Festival Previews/WIPs) & MC Sion James

Monday 14th July  2025 8pm ( Doors 7.30pm)

 Happy Mondays Comedy at The Amersham Arms New Cross :  Desiree Burch , Ian Smith (Double Bill of EdFringe Festival Previews/WIPs) & MC Sion James

Legendary Happy Mondays Comedy  bring you a fantastic double bill of Edinburgh Fringe Festival Previews and Work In Progress shows from two hilarious comedians! Don't miss the magnificent & hilarious DESIREE BURCH warms up her new show -'Near-perfect' (Evening Standard) Star of Taskmaster, BBC's Live At The Apollo , Netflix’s smash reality hit, ‘Too Hot Too Handle’ Have I Got News For You’ ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’  ‘Mock The Week’ Plus brilliant & very funny IAN SMITH As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch Show - and heard on The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute and his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed. “There are few fringe shows as purely funny as this” ★★★★ Guardian “An outstanding and stressed-out hour of stand-up” ★★★★ Fest all hosted by your cheeky compere Sion James. Kick off your week in style , come hear brand new jokes & fresh ideas from stars of TV, Radio & comedy circuit in a friendly atmosphere of The Amersham Arms. ( Across the Road from New Cross station)

Spacious airy venue with AIRCON plus a selection of reasonable priced pub drinks including drinks deals

Front Pub Bar is open all day for pre show drinks for early arrivals

Student Discounted Tickets , Tickets with Donations to Lewisham Foodbank

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 

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.

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 :

Desiree Burch : The Golden Wrath (Edfringe Preview / Work in Progress)
The Taskmaster treasure, Live at the Apollo star and voice of Netflix's Too Hot to Handle presents a new hour about our bodies corporeal and politic, and what remains through ascension and destruction. As a woman who has narrowly escaped making life and experiencing death, Desiree explores death, menopause, spirituality and nationality, staking her claim as the right voice for these very wrong times, while offering insights into middle age, identity, social demise and other apocalypses.
Also seen on Have I Got News For You’ ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’  ‘Mock The Week & more...’'Near-perfect' (Evening Standard).

Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty (Edfringe Preview / Work in Progress )
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) returns with a new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch Show - and heard on The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute and his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed.

“There are few fringe shows as purely funny as this” ★★★★ Guardian “Effortlessly brilliant” ★★★★ Scotsman
“An outstanding and stressed-out hour of stand-up” ★★★★ Fest

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.