Friday - The Banana Cabaret, The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham 020 8673 8904. Dave Johns, Brendon Burns, Alistair Barry, Dylan Fielding, Lennie Jackson. 7.30pm, £7-£10.

Jongleurs, 49 Lavender Gardens, Battersea, 0870 787 0707. Keith Fields, Matt King, The Raymond and Mr, Sally Holloway, Colin Murphy. 8.15pm. £14, £11.

Saturday

The Banana Cabaret, Balham (see Friday). Dave Johns, Brendon Burns, Mark Maier, Jo Jo Smith. 6.30pm, £8-£13.

Jongleurs, Battersea (see Friday). Keith Fields, Tom Rhodes, The Raymond and Mr, Sally Holloway, Colin Murphy, Meryl O'Rourke. 7.15pm and 11.15pm. £9-£12.

The Bearcat Comedy Club, Turks Head, Winchester Rd, St Margaret's, Twickenham, 020 8891 1852. Four established stand-ups every Saturday until June plus the best of the new and tryouts in The Open Spot. Jef Innocent, David Haddingham, Dierdre O'Kane, Louis Shaffer. 8pm, £7 members, £8 non members, concs less £1.

Comedy Castle, The Castle, 38 Tooting High Street, SW17, 020 8672 7018. MC Howard Read. 8.30pm, £10.

Sunday

Brixton Comedy Club, The Hobgoblin, 95 Effra Road, SW2, 0207 633 9539. MC Ivor Dembina. 7.45pm, £4-£5.50.

Howl At The Moon, The Half Moon, Lower Richmond Road, Putney 020 8780 9383. Tristen McGuire and a host of new comedians strut their stuff at one of the newest comedy clubs around. 8pm, £2.

Laughing Horse, The Black Horse, Sheen Road, Richmond, 020 8940 0424. A special show this week with Kevin McCarron presenting his new hour show Just Joking, with support from Paul Kerensa, Jimmy Razor, Jim Grant, Ramesh Bala, Bill Horrigan and Guest MC Liz Stephens. 8.30pm. £2. Half price to readers who produce a copy of South West Live.

Tuesday

Comedy @ the Cricketers, Richmond Green, Richmond, 07799 880059. Jaik Campbell, Darren Hoskins, John Durham, Nik Coppin, Jonny Morris, Stephen Carlin, Julie and Headlining Act visiting Aussie comic Paul Worrell, compere Liz Stephens. 8.30pm, £2.

Wednesday

The Hobgoblin, 95 Effra Road, SW2, 0207 633 9539. Spout improv with Dave Bourn, Jonathan Cohen, Richard Croasdale, Vicki Custerson, Michelle Owoo, Grant Westbrook and Johnny "Fingers" Reeves 8.30pm. £5 (£4 concs).

Thursday

The Crane Inn, Armoury Way, Wandsworth 020 8874 2450. Comedy @ The Crane. Seven up and coming comics get a chance to showcase their talents with host for the evening, Rufus. 9pm, free.

100 Pub, 100 Clapham Park Road, SW4 020 7720 8902. MC Nik Coppin. 8.30pm, free.

November 12, 2001 13:00