Comedy

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

Check out Gal-entine’s Day on February 13, and even some shows for those who hate V-day with a passion

The Shanghai-born, Vancouver-raised standup will tape her first special at the Biltmore, as her career continues to take off in L.A.

Valentine’s Day Caught in the Trapline show pokes fun at pitfalls of love, “trauma bonding”, and getting caught in your crush’s trapline

Western Canada’s biggest comedy festival features a lineup of over 70 performers this year

The author of national bestseller HUGE goes back to his roots, with opener Jacob Samuel

Los Angeles troupe Glass Clown joins ensembles from Canada, England, the U.S., and the Philippines in inaugural festival

Reflect on the past year at 2023 & Me, and celebrate 2024 with NYE at TIC