WANSTEAD: Top comedy served up with pie and mash (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

A popular Wanstead bar is putting on an evening of comedy with pie and mash for all members of the audience

11:17am Monday 8th February 2010 in News By James Ranger

SOME of London's best up-and-coming comedy acts will take to the stage next week (Thursday February 18).

Russells Bar in Wanstead High Street will play host to an evening of laughs with a packed bill of new and established acts.

Headline act Rob Broderick and Abandoman were voted the Hackney Empire new act of the year at the end of January, with Time Out describing the act as “very funny, fresh and endlessly creative... A star of the future.”

Further down the bill are crowd-pleasers Jonny Armstrong, Alex Marion, Jay Foreman and Tony Tinman What's more, the £10 price of admission includes complimentary pie and mash for all the audience.

Tickets are available on the night and doors open at 7:45pm. Audience members should be seated for an 8pm start.