Cadogan Hall off Chelsea's Sloane Square is best known for its classy classical concerts, but lately it has started to stage classy comedy too. The shows are put together by producers Berk's Nest, who have a great reputation for staging some of the finest shows in London and beyond so it was no suprise that this month's Friday night line-up was an excellent affair. 

Ivo Graham, on superb form after his Edinburgh Fringe run, was in compering mode on this occasion and did a deceptively nuanced job at warming up the crowd. Apart from the occasional gilet and Huel reference he steered clear of going for the low hanging fruit option of mocking the audience for being posh and well-heeled. Instead he homed in on the comedy gold of someone at the front who had just come from a day rave and was sitting with his ex-boss. A veritable treasure trove of banter ensued.

First act Paddy Young was probably not known to the audience but soon won them over with his cautionary tale of carrying a banana in one's rucksack. It is an effort to be healthy, he pointed out, but one that is bound to end explosively if you don't eat the banana soon enough. Young is a strong, likable presence, maybe a touch smutty for some parts of the audience, but by the time his set ended you wanted more – always a good sign.

There has been a lot of coverage in the recent press about the lack of gender diversity on bills, but the middle section featured two women who should be on every promoter's wish list. London-based Texan Kemah Bob, another act match fit after Edinburgh reflected on the pros and cons of being single and also delivered her relatively new trademark routine about the inexorable rise of trendy salt – the only seasoning the UK has ever invented, bully for us. It's a clever routine with a sprinkling of rug-pulling laughs along the way before reaching a neat pay-off. Bob is an assured presence – she is soft-spoken but had complete control of the room.

Emma Sidi might have been familiar to some of the audience from her appearance the previous night in the first episode of the new series of Taskmaster, but people might have been confused when she was introduced as Labour's Chief Of Staff Sue Gray. And they might have been even more confused when "Sue Gray" walked on in a Gap T-shirt sounding like she was one of the stars of The Only Way Is Essex.

This is an impersonation but only in the way Stella Street – remember that? – featured impressions of celebrities living in the same neighbourhood. The emphasis is on absurdism. But then again, we don't know how Sue Gray sounds. Maybe she really did get taken to Lobster and Burger by Keir Starmer, who, she says, is "dripping with rizz.". But somehow I doubt it. Either way, this was a fantastic set with some pin-sharp physical comedy that went down really well.

The final act was probably the biggest draw of the night. Sam Campbell is another face from Taskmaster and anyone who saw him on the C4 game show will know how off-the-wall he is. He actually reined the madness in a little for his energetic headline set, maybe not wanting to scare anyone away. There were certainly plenty of crowdpleasing jokes as well as goofball asides.

A routine suggesting that hotels should have two lifts, one for guests who are properly dressed and one for guests who have just come from the pool, wasn't just gut-achingly funny, it had a valid point too. He also had some wry observations about people who ostentatiously carry their paperbacks in net bags. When Campbell wasn't randomly juggling two microphones or shaking them like maracas he was firing out gag after gag after gag about everything from fridge doors to family members. A tale about an uncle who drinks too much coffee was off-the-scale bonkers.

North London has the Union Chapel, East London has Knock2Bag, but if you are West London based and looking for varied, exciting comedy nights, Cadogan Hall might just be the place.

The next comedy night is on November 22 and features Sindhu Vee, Lara Ricote, Jen Brister and a special headliner still to be announced. Buy tickets here.

Pictured top to bottom: Emma Sidi, Ivo Graham, Sam Campbell. Pictures by Ed Moore.