Stand-up Comedy
Hackney Empire was a leading centre in the alternative comedy boom of the 1980s - Ben Elton, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Jeremy Hardy, Arthur Smith, Jo Brand, Harry Hill, Paul Merton, Harry Enfield, Tim Vine, Mark Linn-Baker, Greg Davies, Russell Brand, Jackie Clune, Frankie Boyle, John Cleese, Martha Lewis and Eve Polycarpo have all performed there, amongst many others.
Arthur Smith hosts the important annual Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition for up and coming stand-up comedy talent.
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“The comedy of hollow sounds derives
From truth and not from satire on our lives.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)