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Bring Back the '90s! re-creates the era of boy bands and Nintendo through comedy

The Improv Centre’s new show celebrates the pastel decade

COMEDYGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023The Improv Centre, TIC, comedy, improv, Spring 2023, 90s, Homepage feature

The Improv Centre revives an epic era in Bring Back The '90s!, April 20 to May 27

Nostalgia-packed show is a throwback to the days of VHS tapes and lava lamps

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverApril 16, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre

Stand-up comedian Ali Hassan digs into his days as a chef in Does This Taste Funny?

The funnyman spent over 12 years in the food and restaurant sector before his comedy career took off

CULINARY, COMEDYGail JohnsonApril 16, 2023Anvil Theatre, Ali Hassan, comedy, food

Stir Q&A: Bird's Kylie Vincent talks pain, laughter, and the coolest dog she knows

Comedian’s standup-theatre-memoir mashup digs fearlessly into the trauma she suffered in her teens

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023

Ali Hassan’s Does This Taste Funny? comes to Anvil Theatre, April 19

One-man stand-up show treats audiences to Hassan’s signature dish of comedy

COMEDYStir VancouverApril 3, 2023Partner Content, Anvil Theatre

Ever-trailblazing comedian Margaret Cho has a lot to sound off about in her Live and LIVID! Tour

The activist, appearing at Just for Laughs Vancouver, talks racism, Asian role models, and the joys of becoming a “crass old lady”

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2023Just for Laughs Vancouver, Margaret Cho

Banished from Egypt, comedian Bassem Youssef brings biting humour to JFL Vancouver

The “Jon Stewart of the Arab World” is a former heart surgeon now based in L.A.

COMEDY, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2023JFL, Just for Laughs Vancouver, comedy, Bassem Youssef, Homepage feature

The Improv Centre turns February into a month of romance and giggles

Valentine’s Day–themed programming proves how love and laughter go hand in hand

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2023comedy, improv, The Improv Centre, Allen Morrisson, Homepage feature

Just For Laughs Vancouver returns February 16 to 25, with Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho, Patton Oswalt, and more

The Office stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey team up for a show, plus Tim Dillon, Jonathan Van Ness, and more

FESTS, COMEDYJanet SmithDecember 6, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, Vancouver Civic Theatres

The Improv Centre offers up a trio of holiday hilarity on Granville Island to December 31

Happy (Hectic) Holidays is followed by an improvised Year in Review and a New Year’s Rockin’ Eve

COMEDY, THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Stir VancouverDecember 5, 2022Partner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2022

Vancouver holiday show guide 2022: Laughs, nostalgia, and classic choral beauty are all on the program

From a candle-lit harp concert to a one-man Christmas Carol, all the arts events you need to know to get festive

DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE, COMEDYGail JohnsonNovember 21, 2022Holiday 2022, Festive 1

"Not your grandfather's Jewish comedy": stand-up comedian Joel Chasnoff smashes stereotypes

The artist who has opened for Jon Stewart and fought in the Israeli Army comes to Vancouver for Chutzpah! Festival

COMEDY, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 10, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, comedy, Jewish

Comedy review: Blueberries Are Assholes finds the absurd within the ordinary, at the Firehall Arts Centre

TJ Dawe’s hilarious one-man show will have you looking at just about everything in a different way

COMEDY, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 22, 2022TJ Dawe, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

In Blueberries Are Assholes, writer-performer TJ Dawe explores the weirdness of everyday life

The Vancouver Fringe Festival stalwart goes for laughs this time out, inviting stand-up comedians to open his solo show

THEATRE, COMEDYGail JohnsonOctober 14, 2022

Agatha Christie-style mystery meets spontaneous laughs in Stage Fright: Murder at the Improv

The Improv Centre features an array of new talent for its 1950s-set thriller-comedy

COMEDYStir VancouverOctober 3, 2022The Improv Centre

Stage Fright: Murder at the Improv opens with rib-tickling twists at The Improv Centre

A cast of improvisors needs the help of a brave audience member to solve the mystery

COMEDYJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2022The Improv Centre

At Vancouver Fringe Festival, comedian Ed Hill gets personal

The Taiwanese-Canadian artist has two entirely different shows hitting local stages, with the Fringe’s Stupid Ed culminating in an Off-Off Broadway residency and comedy-special filming

COMEDY, THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 1, 2022Vancouver Fringe Festival, TAIWANfest, Ed Hill, comedy, Homepage feature, SUMMER

Stir Cheat Sheet: 6 Vancouver comedy series to catch

Founded by TheatreSports alumni, The Comedy Department is one new local company offering live stand-up shows

COMEDYStir VancouverAugust 10, 2022Standup comedy, comedy, Comedy Here Often?, Yuk Yuk's, The Comedy Department

Vancouver comedian Andrea Jin headlines EH! Comedy Tour, at the MOTN on July 1

The winner of the 2022 Juno award for Best Comedy Album will be joined by stand-up artists Sean McDonnell and Jacob Balshin

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 20, 2022Andrea Jin, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

We Care laughs it up in support of health-care heroes, at The Improv Centre throughout June

The Granville Island improv-theatre company partners with philanthropist David McCann for Theatresports-format performances

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 7, 2022The Improv Centre, health care, SPRING

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