Comedy

"Kosher-style" comedian Talia Reese defies categorization at Chutzpah! Plus, March 20

The standup artist also happens to follow Modern Orthodox Judaism and was once a New York City attorney

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani appears at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER, February 22

The artist got his big break on The Big Sick

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 shows to put on your radar for Just for Laughs VANCOUVER's second week

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

Comedian Brian Simpson taps radical honesty and provokes all sides at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER

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

The Improv Centre goes straight to the heart during LOVE MONTH

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

Stir Q&A: Estonian comedy-improv artist Martin Junna weighs in on saunas, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and the art of not taking things too seriously

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

The Improv Centre hosts THE HEAT – An International Improv Comedy Showcase, January 28 to February 1

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

Anvil Theatre stages Cheyenne Rouleau's Fat Joke, January 31 to February 2

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

Spontaneous Shakespeare Company brings back hit show Breaking Bard, January 3

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

Kumail Nanjiani, Margaret Cho, and more as Just for Laughs VANCOUVER announces 2025 lineup

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

The Aunties Who Stole Christmas brings all-Indigenous, female, and two-spirited comedy to Vancouver, December 12 and 14

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

Jerry Seinfeld to perform at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER

Festival set to run February 13 to 23

Rat Academy schools audiences on the history of Alberta’s anti-rat propaganda

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

Merry/Happy/Jolly brings bundles of audience-directed holiday cheer to The Improv Centre

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

The Improv Centre doubles down on festive fun with two shows this holiday season from November 21 to December 31

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

Comedy review: In The Improv Centre's Betrayers, audience has fun separating the truthful from traitors

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

The Improv Centre dives into deception in Betrayers

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

Teen Angst sees performers read from their old journals and diaries at the Shadbolt, September 21

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

Ahead of his Unhinged visit to the Improv Centre, Kevin McDonald reflects on standup, the One Line Premise, and teaching funny

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

The Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald hosts a laughter-filled weekend at The Improv Centre this August

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

Stir Q&A: Alok talks about the meaning of beauty and the freedom of comedy

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

Comedy review: The Improv Centre's Camp What’s-It-Called is a whacked-out nostalgia trip

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

At rEvolver Festival, absurdist physical comedy abounds in The Routine and tony wrestles a stranger

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

The Improv Centre revisits summer camp mayhem in Camp What's-It-Called

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

Pi’s Phucking Phunny Celebration of Comedy highlights a scene that's regenerated and raring to go

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

Theatre review: Fat Joke's brutally honest comedy-talk is a fearless indictment of fatphobia

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

Indian Summer Festival announces ALOK performance July 6 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

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

John Waters brings his outsider comedy to the Rio Theatre with two nights of film and spoken word

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

Ben Elliott and Anton Lipovetsky host musical-interview show The Set List at The Improv Centre, April 17

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

Femme Festival takes centre stage at The Cultch this spring with four world premieres

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

Comedian Che Durena reflects on his fast rise, from bartending to shelter resident to TikTok star

Feb 17, 2024COMEDY, FESTSJFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs VancouverJanet Smith

Comedian Che Durena reflects on his fast rise, from bartending to shelter resident to TikTok star

Feb 17, 2024COMEDY, FESTSJFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs VancouverJanet Smith

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

Feb 17, 2024COMEDY, FESTSJFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs VancouverJanet Smith

Celebrate LOVE MONTH at The Improv Centre with a variety of February Valentine's Day events

Feb 12, 2024WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYThe Improv Centre, Valentine's DayJanet Smith

Celebrate LOVE MONTH at The Improv Centre with a variety of February Valentine's Day events

Feb 12, 2024WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYThe Improv Centre, Valentine's DayJanet Smith

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

Feb 12, 2024WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYThe Improv Centre, Valentine's DayJanet Smith

At Just For Laughs Vancouver, Andrea Jin's

Feb 09, 2024COMEDY, FESTSAndrea Jin, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs, Homepage featureJanet Smith

At Just For Laughs Vancouver, Andrea Jin's "eccentric" family still provides endless amounts of comedy gold

Feb 09, 2024COMEDY, FESTSAndrea Jin, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs, Homepage featureJanet Smith

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

Feb 09, 2024COMEDY, FESTSAndrea Jin, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs, Homepage featureJanet Smith

IndigE-girl Comedy emboldens Indigenous women's voices in standup, at JFL Vancouver's Best of the West

Feb 07, 2024COMEDYIndigenous, JFL VancouverJanet Smith

IndigE-girl Comedy emboldens Indigenous women's voices in standup, at JFL Vancouver's Best of the West

Feb 07, 2024COMEDYIndigenous, JFL VancouverJanet Smith

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

Feb 07, 2024COMEDYIndigenous, JFL VancouverJanet Smith

At Just For Laughs VANCOUVER, Wanda Sykes, Patti Harrison, and more talented female comedians take the stage

Feb 05, 2024COMEDYPartner Content, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs VancouverStir Vancouver

At Just For Laughs VANCOUVER, Wanda Sykes, Patti Harrison, and more talented female comedians take the stage

Feb 05, 2024COMEDYPartner Content, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs VancouverStir Vancouver

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

Feb 05, 2024COMEDYPartner Content, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs VancouverStir Vancouver

Brent Butt grabs the standup mike again, at Kay Meek Arts Centre, February 3

Jan 31, 2024COMEDYKay Meek Arts Centre, Brett ButtJanet Smith

Brent Butt grabs the standup mike again, at Kay Meek Arts Centre, February 3

Jan 31, 2024COMEDYKay Meek Arts Centre, Brett ButtJanet Smith

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

Jan 31, 2024COMEDYKay Meek Arts Centre, Brett ButtJanet Smith

Vancouver's Improv Centre launches THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase

Jan 18, 2024COMEDYThe Improv Centre, improv, comedyGail Johnson

Vancouver's Improv Centre launches THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase

Jan 18, 2024COMEDYThe Improv Centre, improv, comedyGail Johnson

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

Jan 18, 2024COMEDYThe Improv Centre, improv, comedyGail Johnson

The Improv Centre's end-of-year offerings deliver laughs and life lessons till December 31

Dec 30, 2023COMEDYThe Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Janet Smith

The Improv Centre's end-of-year offerings deliver laughs and life lessons till December 31

Dec 30, 2023COMEDYThe Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Janet Smith

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

Dec 30, 2023COMEDYThe Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Janet Smith

Stir Q&A: Artists of O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy sound off on the holidays

Dec 21, 2023COMEDYO Christmas Tea, Holiday 2023, comedyGail Johnson

Stir Q&A: Artists of O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy sound off on the holidays

Dec 21, 2023COMEDYO Christmas Tea, Holiday 2023, comedyGail Johnson

Aaron Malkin and Alastair Knowles, aka James and Jamesy respectively, aim to reignite people’s imaginations through slapstick, word play, and more

Dec 21, 2023COMEDYO Christmas Tea, Holiday 2023, comedyGail Johnson

Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein is coming to Just For Laughs Vancouver 2024

Dec 13, 2023COMEDYJFL VancouverGail Johnson

Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein is coming to Just For Laughs Vancouver 2024

Dec 13, 2023COMEDYJFL VancouverGail Johnson

The breakthrough British creative plays Roy Kent in the comedy series that earned 21 Emmy nominations this year, leading the pack

Dec 13, 2023COMEDYJFL VancouverGail Johnson

Bill Burr, Kathy Griffin, and Bassem Youssef to appear at 2024 Just for Laughs Vancouver

Nov 29, 2023COMEDYJust for Laughs Vancouver, comedy, JFLGail Johnson

Bill Burr, Kathy Griffin, and Bassem Youssef to appear at 2024 Just for Laughs Vancouver

Nov 29, 2023COMEDYJust for Laughs Vancouver, comedy, JFLGail Johnson

This Is That Live, Ronnie Chieng, Andrea Jin, and Ben Schwartz among dozens of other leading acts coming to fest running February 15 to 24

Nov 29, 2023COMEDYJust for Laughs Vancouver, comedy, JFLGail Johnson

At The Improv Centre, Jacki Gunn's Back to the Holidays features a time-travelling Christmas cynic

Nov 21, 2023COMEDY, THEATREThe Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Janet Smith

At The Improv Centre, Jacki Gunn's Back to the Holidays features a time-travelling Christmas cynic

Nov 21, 2023COMEDY, THEATREThe Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Janet Smith

Community-driven improv comedy show melds all the best parts of A Christmas Carol and Back to the Future

Nov 21, 2023COMEDY, THEATREThe Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Janet Smith

The Improv Centre invites audiences to a trio of holiday shows, November 23 to December 31

Nov 12, 2023COMEDY, THEATREPartner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Stir Vancouver

The Improv Centre invites audiences to a trio of holiday shows, November 23 to December 31

Nov 12, 2023COMEDY, THEATREPartner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Stir Vancouver

Back to the Holidays, 2023 and Me, and NYE at TIC deliver festivity and fun

Nov 12, 2023COMEDY, THEATREPartner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2023Stir Vancouver

Chutzpah! Festival's opening and closing nights deliver laughs and life lessons, November 2 and 23

Oct 25, 2023COMEDY, FESTSPartner Content, Chutzpah! FestivalStir Vancouver

Chutzpah! Festival's opening and closing nights deliver laughs and life lessons, November 2 and 23

Oct 25, 2023COMEDY, FESTSPartner Content, Chutzpah! FestivalStir Vancouver

Opening night is a special presentation of The Debaters: Chutzpah Edition, and closing night features The Best of Israeli Comedy

Oct 25, 2023COMEDY, FESTSPartner Content, Chutzpah! FestivalStir Vancouver

Oct 16, 2023COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGMary WalshJanet Smith

Mary Walsh brings some of fans' favourite comedic characters back to Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 20

Oct 16, 2023COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGMary WalshJanet Smith

The former CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes star will also serves up her own satirical takes on today’s politics

Oct 16, 2023COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGMary WalshJanet Smith

Cult comedy hit Forgotten Masters is back with its inspired, almost-believable

Oct 13, 2023COMEDYForgotten Masters, Gary JonesJanet Smith

Cult comedy hit Forgotten Masters is back with its inspired, almost-believable "guitar-legend" mayhem

Oct 13, 2023COMEDYForgotten Masters, Gary JonesJanet Smith

Gary Jones and Ken Lawson’s comedic webseries returns with a Glaswegian punk and a Norwegian folkie

Oct 13, 2023COMEDYForgotten Masters, Gary JonesJanet Smith

Audiences help solve the case in Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco at The Improv Centre, opening September 29

Sep 28, 2023THEATRE, COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGThe Improv CentreJanet Smith

Audiences help solve the case in Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco at The Improv Centre, opening September 29

Sep 28, 2023THEATRE, COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGThe Improv CentreJanet Smith

1970s-inspired interactive murder mystery follows the same format as last year’s hit Stage Fright: Murder at the Improv

Sep 28, 2023THEATRE, COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGThe Improv CentreJanet Smith

Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco comes to The Improv Centre on Granville Island, September 29 to October 28

Sep 22, 2023THEATRE, COMEDYPartner Content, The Improv CentreStir Vancouver

Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco comes to The Improv Centre on Granville Island, September 29 to October 28

Sep 22, 2023THEATRE, COMEDYPartner Content, The Improv CentreStir Vancouver

Groovy whodunnit set in 1977 moves along with the help of audience interaction

Sep 22, 2023THEATRE, COMEDYPartner Content, The Improv CentreStir Vancouver

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