Event Madeleine Brettingham: Work In Progress

Name: Madeleine Brettingham: Work In Progress
Start: 2025-11-10T18:00:00+00:00
Location: The Top Secret Comedy Club

November 10, 6:00 pm 170 Drury Lane (ground floor) Doors: 5:30 pm
£1Concessions: £1
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- Madeleine Brettingham
Madeleine Brettingham is a writer-turned-performer who’s quickly become one to watch on the stand-up circuit, scooping a string of competition wins including winning the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny 2025 and taking silver in Funny Women in the same year, a unique double. She’s been praised for her “distinctive worldview” (Chortle), “tight and gag-packed” writing (Bruce Dessau), and “knack for blending offbeat observations with pacey, unexpected punchlines” (The List). Behind the scenes, she’s written for Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News For You, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Horrible Histories, and more. Come and see her build her first punchy, deadpan and surprising one-hour show.

What’s a Work In Progress/Preview show?

Work In Progress and Preview shows gives established acts a chance to test new material and develop their longer form solo shows for TV appearances, tours and festivals. As an audience member you'll be helping them shape their shows and find out what works and what doesn’t as they will be often be trying fresh new material and ideas alongside their best jokes!

Shows are normally free or low cost but you can make a voluntary donation at the end of show if you enjoyed it and wish to contribute to the comics and the venue to support us and live comedy.

Please Note:
Latecomers may not be permitted. Please arrive before the show start time.

This show is organised by the performer and/or individual promoters. The performers and content of this show is independent from the Top Secret Comedy mixed bill shows at 8pm on weekdays and our Afternoon, Early, Late and Late Late Shows on weekends.

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Main shows

Our main shows on Monday to Thursday run from 8pm until around 10.30pm at Drury Lane and from 7.30pm until around 10pm at 23 Kingsway (schedule permitting). We also host special one-off previews/tour warm up shows throughout the year featuring the biggest names in comedy at both venues.

All our main shows from Monday to Thursday have two intervals.

Mondays is New Material night, with 6 professional comedians trying out some freshly baked gags.

Tuesdays have Nico Yearwood and Dave Chawner hosting 3 sections of the best comedians on the circuit.

Wednesdays is a fresh new material night (like Monday).

Thursdays is business as usual, with stand-up shows featuring the best of London’s Stand up Comedy Scene.

On Fridays we have two shows at Drury Lane: 7pm until around 8.30pm and 9pm to 11.15pm, and two shows at 23 Kingsway: 8pm until around 9.30pm and 10pm until around 11.30pm.

On Saturdays at Drury Lane our shows are: the Afternoon Show at 3:30pm, the Early Show at 6pm until around 7:30pm, the Late Show from 8pm until 10:15/10:30pm and the Late Late Show at 10:45pm.

On Saturdays at Kingsway our shows are: 7pm until around 8.30pm and 9pm until around 11.15pm. Due to demand we may also have an extra afternoon show show at 4.30pm – 6pm.

Sunday ends the week with Nico Yearwood and Dave Chawner back hosting shows at 5pm and 7:30pm. We also have special one-off shows on certain Sundays throughout the year at both our venues.

And we get some amazing Top Secret Guests dropping by for secret, unannounced sets such as Jack Whitehall, Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan, Seann Walsh, Judi Love, Paul Chowdhry and may more besides!

Our Bar offers Pints from £4, (£14 for 4 pint jug) Wine from £4.50 and spirits + mixer from £5.00. We don’t sell food but there are many Restaurants in the area as well, please feel free to grab any take away and bring it down to the club where you can enjoy before or during the show.

Worth noting

Line ups are subject to last minute changes, best rest assured that all of our line ups (no matter how changed) will always be of a top class quality.

A lot of our shows sell out, and we do not reserve seating. Please get to the venue early to ensure seats together.

Tickets are sent via email and will be scanned from your phone on entry. If you do not receive your ticket don’t worry; you can also gain entry by using the reference that is given on screen on purchase or we can swipe the card you used for purchase and find your tickets on the front desk that way.

We do allow people under the age of 18 in to the club, as long as they are accompanied by a parent, but prepare for some explicit language and humour. Children under 15 are not advised to attend the shows.

On our Sunday to Wednesday shows (and Thursdays at 23 Kingsway) we ask that the audience give what the show is worth after the show and the money is shared with the comics so please contribute generously!
: Before our main shows between 6:00pm and 7.15pm Monday to Thursday, Saturday at 2:00pm and 3:00pm on Sunday, we let acts use the venue to work on their solo shows that will be going on tour, to the Edinburgh Festival, the Adelaide Comedy Festival and other majors comedy festivals around the world. You can see these shows in development and help shape the shows. Most shows are free or low cost with the option to donation after the show.

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Event Madeleine Brettingham: Work In Progress

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