Friday 6 November 2026, 7.30pm–10pm
Host Mr Cee brings Come Mek We Larf to The Salon for a night of stand-up celebrating Black British humour, culture and community. Joining him on the bill are Josephine Lacey, Diesel, Selam Amare and Slim, the People’s Champion: five distinct voices, one room and plenty of feel-good moments.
Come Mek We Larf is presented by Love Camden as part of Camden Council’s Black History Season 2026. Tickets are Pay What You Can, and all proceeds go to the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT).
The Salon seats around 60 and the night is expected to sell out, so book early.
Mr Cee
Josephine Lacey
Diesel
Selam Amare
Slim
Mr Cee
Host
Comedian, MC and comedy coach Mr Cee has been making audiences laugh for more than twenty years. Voted Best Male Newcomer at the Black Entertainment Comedy Awards in 2000, he became a regular on the Jongleurs and Black comedy circuits, known for big storytelling, sharp observation and a stage presence that keeps a room with him all night. Away from his own shows he hosts black-tie, corporate and private events, and coaches the next generation of comics.
Josephine Lacey
Comedian
Josephine Lacey has been a fixture of the London comedy circuit since 2008, drawing on her Jamaican-Irish heritage and family life for stand-up that is fearless, honest and very funny. Her solo show Autism Mama, about guiding her autistic son through puberty, sold out at Soho Theatre and won four-star reviews at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe before touring the UK. She was nominated for Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2023, the same year Chortle named her one to watch.
Diesel
Comedian
High-energy, quick-witted and never quite where you expect him to go, Diesel draws on North West London life and his Somali heritage for stand-up that lands with every kind of crowd. He was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Awards, has appeared on Comedy Central Live, and has played everywhere from clubs across the UK to Eddie Kadi’s BBC Radio 1Xtra Comedy Gala at the Hackney Empire.
Selam Amare
Comedian
A proud Ethiopian and London-based comedian, Selam Amare tells warm, honest and very funny stories about life between Ethiopia and England. In 2025 she won the Time Out x Nando’s Extra Hot Comedy Club competition and reached the final of the LoungesTV Newcomer award. She also produces No Direction Home, the Counterpoints Arts comedy collective for stand-ups from refugee and migrant backgrounds, and founded Azmari Bet, which celebrates Ethiopian music, food and performance.
Slim
Comedian
Known as the People’s Champion, Slim is one of the biggest names in British stand-up and a trailblazer of the Black British comedy circuit. The South Londoner first took to the stage at the Hackney Empire in 1993, in front of 1,500 people, and has since sold out the Empire many times over and become the first Black British comedian to sell out the London Palladium with his own show. He was the first Black British comic to play the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, has supported Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle on tour, and has appeared on Live at the Apollo and The Russell Howard Hour.
Love Camden is Camden Council’s home for culture, championing the artists, venues and communities that make the borough, from Somers Town to Hampstead Heath. Alongside its listings it runs a year-round programme of free and Pay What You Can events, from Windrush celebrations and Camden High Street Live to Black History Season.
Since 2020 Camden has stretched Black History Month into a three-month Black History Season of exhibitions, films, talks, music and more, celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black people across the borough and the UK. Come Mek We Larf is part of the 2026 programme, and Town Hall by Bottaccio is proud to host it in a building with its own place in that history: in 1959 Claudia Jones staged Britain’s first major Caribbean Carnival here.
Explore the full Black History Season programme or see Come Mek We Larf on Love Camden.
All proceeds from the night go to the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. Beverley De-Gale and Orin Lewis founded ACLT in 1996 while searching for a stem cell donor for their son, Daniel. Thirty years on, the charity supports patients living with blood cancer and other conditions that need a matched stem cell, blood or organ donor, and works to get more people from African and Caribbean communities onto the donor registers.
Friday 6 November: doors 6.30pm, show 7.30pm–10pm
The Salon
Town Hall by Bottaccio, Bidborough Street, London WC1H 9AU
Tickets are Pay What You Can, with all proceeds going to ACLT. Seating is limited to around 60, so booking is essential.
The Salon is currently home to The Light Eaters, on until 20 December 2026.
Presented by Love Camden as part of Camden Council’s Black History Season 2026.
