The Royal Free is hosting a gala performance with big name comics raising the roof for charity.

Featured on the packed line-up for the Royal Free Rocks With Laughter event on December 1 are Rowan Atkinson, Jo Brand, Julian Clary, Harry Enfield, Harry Hill, The League of Gentlemen, Matt Lucas, Lee Mack, Mitchell & Webb, Tim Vine and Paul Whitehouse. The event at Adelphi Theatre, in The Strand, is in aid of the Royal Free Charity and the Institute of Immunity and Transplantation.

The charity hopes to raise £48 million to complete construction of the research centre to combat HIV and Aids.