Stand-up and be counted: Thirty years of the Comedy Store
When the Comedy Store threw open its doors, it rewrote the joke book. Julian Hall celebrates 30 years of mirth – and 10 comedians recall their first, nerve-wracking, appearances there
Once dubbed "Comedy's Unofficial National Theatre", The Comedy Store is 30 years old this month. Quality control has been the enduring grace of the Store that set about separating what Don Ward, the co-founder and owner, described as "a lot of chaff from very little wheat" when it first opened in Soho on 19 May 1979.
