East Dulwich Comedy is a comedy club now located in the The Hobgoblin pub, Forest Hill, London, England. The club started in November 1988. As the name suggests, it was originally a few miles north in East Dulwich, above the East Dulwich Tavern. It has also been located at the Magdala Tavern, 211 Lordship Lane, Southwark.
Over the years, the club has played host to many well known comedians including Stephen Frost, Eddie Izzard, Jo Brand, Mark Lamarr, Bill Bailey, Mark Thomas, Jenny Eclair, Alan Davies, Harry Hill, Andy Parsons, Graham Norton and Norman Lovett.
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“Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.”
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