Krater Comedy Club

Krater is a top British comedy club and on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays the chances are that you’ll see a a brilliant night of comedy. Often hosted by brilliant Brighton MC Stephen Grant, you get some serious talent doing a turn.
I’ve seen Andy Parsons, Sarah Millican, Dan Atkinson, Milton Jones, Susan Murray, to name but a few, over the past few years. And if you buy your tickets online, and have a member’s card, the ticket is usually less than a tenner.
You get three acts and two intervals. But here are a few tips:
— They’ll reserve a table for groups. It makes life much easier.
— Sunday’s are good. Not so many totally rowdy and awful hen and stag nighters.
— Buy beer by the jug. You’ll save a few quid.
But also a grumble: the bar staff and security staff are arrogant, mouthy and unhelpful. In fact, their strangely officious and uncomic attitude does sometimes mar an otherwise great evening.

Krater Comedy Club is one of Brighton’s premier comedy nights, and one of the best places to see up-​and-​coming acts, although the experience is often a little marred by the local clientele, and the fact that it normally costs over a tenner to get in. Still, if you want to see amazing local comedy, it will cost a bit… and the famous ones always pull in the punters, no matter how erudite you think you are when you laugh along on the telly!
It’s amazing how many great acts have turned up at Krater. I’ve personally seen Richard Herring, Reginald D Hunter, Sarah Millican, Jim Jeffries… these are guys you’d normally have to pay far more to go and see, so to be able to see them here for under a tenner is quite a coup. My main issue here really is that Krater seems to be favoured by louts and stag/​hen parties: not my scene at all. Still, if you like good comedy and don’t mind a bit of ‘WAHEY’ing, you could do much worse than Krater on a Saturday.

This is one of the best nights in Brighton you can have. It’s pretty cheap, especially if your a student, it’s as low as £6 for a night, and it’s draws some big names. I have had some amazing nights here, properly laughing my little socks off, at people like Richard Herring, Mark Watson, Brighton’s own Stephen Grant (who Mc’s most Komedy Krater Nights) and the teacher from The Inbetweeners…
The format includes 3 comedians each night, who each have about a 30 minute or so, slot, with the MC picking on hecklers and front frowers, in between. Usually the last act is the best as you would expect. I have only seen a few dissapointments in my times, but genuinely that is rare. The venue is well respected in the circuit, and so unheard of or untested stand up’s are basically never on the bill.
Good food, and drink on offer, though a little expensive.
Amazing night, not to be missed. £10−12 is a the price of a regular ticket, and in my opinion well worth it, and a nice break from the standard, particularly on a sunday night.