Comedy

The artist got his big break on The Big Sick

Amanda Montell’s rowdy Big Magical Cult Show, Ashley Gavin’s unmatched crowd work, and local standup stars at the Vancouver Art Gallery bistro

A background that includes work as an electronics technician, a stint as a Marine, and a childhood in foster care has helped shape the standup’s unique and irreverent take on the world

Valentine’s Day and the month of February have plenty in store for lovers looking for a laugh

The member of Ruutu10 joins improv teams from Zimbabwe, New Zealand, and the Philippines for The Improv Centre’s THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase

Troupes performing include SPIT Manila from the Philippines, New Zealand’s Second Breakfast, Estonia’s Ruutu10, and Zimbabwe’s The Impro Show

Neworld Theatre’s one-woman production mixes stand-up comedy and storytelling in an unapologetic dissection of fatphobia

At the Little Mountain Gallery, improvisers draw on Shakespeare plays to craft an all-new tragedy

Sugar Sammy, Tim Dillon, and Roy Wood Jr. among names announced for festival running February 13 to 23

IndigE-girl Comedy focuses on voices that are often marginalized in mainstream comedy

Festival set to run February 13 to 23

Physical-comedy duo Katie Yoner and Dayna Lea Hoffmann of the Batrabbit Collective play the province’s last two rats on a mission for survival

In festive new show created by Jalen Saip, the plot is propelled almost entirely by viewer suggestions

Merry/Happy/Jolly is a choose-your-own-adventure holiday production that runs all season, while NYC at TIC on December 31 rings in 2025 with style

Spontaneous laughs meet heart-racing suspense in show that sends up TV phenomenon Traitors

New show created by Allen Morrison is based on the hit reality-TV series The Traitors

The comedy revisits cast members’ hormone-fuelled puberty-era days

The ever-self-effacing Kids in the Hall star still finds his happy place onstage, whether he’s in a sketch, alone, or improvising with strangers

Canadian comedy legend will perform a just-announced evening of improv and standup sets, plus teach two writing and performance workshops

Hitting Indian Summer Festival, the poet, standup, and fashion and nonbinary icon strives to make the world “a little bit more magnificent”

Audience suggestions make for a fun night of cabin shenanigans, lake whales, and poison ivy

Theatre artists Tony Adams and Joylyn Secunda unpack the theme of transformation through self-acceptance in their respective shows

Artistic director and former avid summer camper Jalen Saip tapped into her experiences for a show about the wild world of canoeing, campfires, and crushes

Standup Kwasi Thomas hands mic to emerging and veteran comics in evening capped off by Tightrope Impro Theatre’s F*ck Marry Kill

Theatre schools, the BMI, critics, and casting auditions: everything’s fair game in a show that flips easily between biting, big laughs and darker reflections

Gender-nonconforming artist and activist moves fluidly between standup comedy, poetry, and public speaking

The countercultural icon of fringe cinema riffs the dangers of smoking, mainstream acceptance, and trigger warning in advance of his appearances at the Rio Theatre on April 25 and 26

Evening hosted by Mark Chavez will be followed by a month’s worth of hilarious improv events on Granville Island

East Van-based theatre hub celebrates its seventh annual festival with plays and stand-up comedy

Appearing at Just for Laughs Vancouver, Port Coquitlam-raised standup talks sex, vices, and the importance of craft