Drastic move has been called a ‘last resort’ to prevent losing comedians who perform at the club

One of the UK’s leading comedy clubs has banned guests with botox in a move that’s no laughing matter for those with “reactionless” faces.

Top Secret Comedy Club has hosted some of the biggest names in comedy, with star acts Jack Whitehall, Amy Schumer and Dave Chappelle gracing the stage in their Drury Lane and Kingsway clubs.

In a drastic move, those with botox will be unable to see similar stars live at the London venues after stand-up acts shared concerns that audience members with frozen faces aren’t reacting to their jokes.

  • gonzo-rand19
    3•15 hours ago

    This has got to be a publicity move, right? There’s no way that when people with Botox show up with cash that they’ll actually be denied entry. Especially since most people order drinks too.

  • @[email protected]English
    9•2 days ago

    Why not just mock their botox faces? What kind of comedian can’t riff off of a crowd member?

    • @[email protected]English
      4•21 hours ago

      My guess. This is not their average comics. It is well known famous comics tend to use small clubs to test/perfect new material. Working tiny comedy clubs is way more interactive then big stages. So better for comicsto work out how long set ups play etc.

      I’m guessing one or more headline acts complained it was impossible to geta clear idea how some members were responding to set up routines etc. And the club manager panicked about losing rhe headliner.

      These clubs cannot compete with the big stages for these names. So losing these little test runs harms them more then the comic.

      How true the actual effect of botox is we will likely never know.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•2 days ago

      And how many people are there with such botox that it makes them completely expressionless?

      This sounds like some made up stuff just to generate talk about the club.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•2 days ago

        That’s fair, though I personally know at least ten people who routinely get botox injections. It has become extremely common in the last decade. Plastic surgery has become a plague.