The Comedy Store, London
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Soho London, SW1 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′36″N 0°7′56″W / 51.51000°N 0.13222°WCoordinates: 51°30′36″N 0°7′56″W / 51.51000°N 0.13222°W |
| Owner | Don Ward and Peter Rosengard |
| Type | Comedy club |
| Opened | 1979 |
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The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England, opened in 1979 by Don Ward and Peter Rosengard.
It was named after The Comedy Store club in the United States, which Rosengard had visited the previous year. Starting out above a strip club, in 1982 they moved to Leicester Square at a premises they were able to take over formally in 1985.
The club was the focus of the "alternative comedy" boom in the early 1980s and helped start the careers of many comedians, including Paul Merton,French & Saunders, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Ben Elton, Jo Brand, Mark Thomas, Andrew Bailey, Pat Condell and John Sparkes.
In October 1985, an improvisational group called The Comedy Store Players was formed, consisting of Mike Myers, Neil Mullarkey, Kit Hollerbach, Dave Cohen and Paul Merton. The group has had several lineup changes over the years, and now features a rotating team of Neil Mullarkey, Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson and Andy Smart, together with frequent guest appearances. Several of The Comedy Store Players appeared on the BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4 comedy game show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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