Comedy preview: Knock 2 Bag, London

Now over a year old and still going strong, the monthly Knock 2 Bag continues to be one of the best nights in the capital to see the new wave of comedians making a name for themselves. Any emerging stand-up of note will have played here in that time, and those appearing on this week's bill are no different. Joe Wilkinson is an endearing storyteller par excellence, remiscent of a younger, less blue Frank Skinner. Isy Suttie can warm the audience with her combination of quirky, guitar-strumming characters and songs dedicated to schoolgirl crushes. Headliner Pete Firman owes a lot to Jerry Sadowitz; though not as offensive, he's an adept magician who is capable of making you gasp and laugh simultaneously when he pulls off a trick. Hosted by one of the best new MCs on the circuit, Carl Donnelly, and featuring resident Brian Gittins, it's surely not long before the club itself goes on to greater things.