Arts Features Metro Vancouver comedy venues offer laughter that’s more vital than ever Feel like laughing? Get in line. But keep your distance.
Comedy Reviews Villaseñor to Willman, comedians get JFL NorthWest off to a gut-busting start The host of Magic for Humans also provided topnotch comedy for humans, while the SNL star brought killer impersonations.
Arts Features On his way to JFL NorthWest, comedian Bill Burr has plenty of barbs to go around He’s been a superstar to comedy fans for a long time, but each year he gets bigger among the general population.
Arts Features Scottish standup Danny Bhoy tackles the topical—or is that political? Let’s just forget about descriptors other than the most important one: funny.
Arts Features Shaun Majumder talks Don Cherry and beige power before Hate tour hits New West It’s not, perhaps, what many TV viewers expect when they go to see a beloved former cast member of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Arts Features At Transform festival, visibility comes with laughs for comics Martha Chaves and Steph Tisdell Regardless of any given accent, Chaves feels that semantics is always at the forefront of a comedian’s mind.
Arts Features Scott Thompson's Buddy Cole character still gets away with outrage The Kids in the Hall veteran says emotions can really interfere with comedy.
Arts Features Fall Arts Preview 2019 comedy critics' picks: Ranging from magic to Spinal Tap, the season promises big laughs The city has lost a standup club since last fall, but there’s still plenty of comedy of all styles to be had at venues across town.
Arts Features For his Take It Down tour, nobody tells Tom Segura what to say on-stage The fast-rising comedian talks everything from podcasts to Netflix before heading here for two Queen Elizabeth Theatre gigs on August 17.
Arts Features As she proved on RuPaul's Drag Race, Bianca Del Rio practises the art of the insult with no filter The self-deprecating performer—who also deprecates everyone else—has called his Del Rio character “Don Rickles in a wig”.