comedy

Snowed In Comedy Tour comes to Victoria on Jan. 20, 2024. (Courtesy Snowed In Comedy Tour)

Snowed In Comedy Tour Canadian success story blankets Vancouver Island

Popular comedy team-up visits 6 Island theatres starting Jan 15

 

Whose Live Anyway stars, from left: Joel Murray, Jeff Davis, Greg Proops and Ryan Styles. (Courtesy Whose Live Anyway)

Whose Live Anyway? brings improv masters to Vancouver Island stage

Comedy legends coming to Victoria January 19 at the Royal Theatre

  • Jan 9, 2024

 

Alastair Knowles, left, and Aaron Malkin during a performance of ‘O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy,’ which will be staged at Nanaimo’s Port Theatre Nov. 18. (Submitted photo)

British duo’s interactive holiday show ‘O Christmas Tea’ back on the Island

Sidney, Duncan, Courtenay, Victoria and Nanaimo all getting visits from James and Jamesy

 

Hypnotist Asad Mecci, left, and comedian Colin Mochrie on stage with volunteers during a performance of ‘Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis.’ The pair will bring the show to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre Nov. 8. (Photo by Carol Rosegg)

Comedy tour aims leaves Island audience members in a trance

Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis with Colin Mochrie and Asad Mecci visits multiple VI venues

Hypnotist Asad Mecci, left, and comedian Colin Mochrie on stage with volunteers during a performance of ‘Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis.’ The pair will bring the show to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre Nov. 8. (Photo by Carol Rosegg)
This image, released by HBO Max, shows Chelsea Hander during her comedy special ‘Chelsea Handler: Evolution.’ (HBO Max via AP)

Comic Chelsea Handler extending tour to include Vancouver Island stop

Tickets go on sale Friday for March 8 show at Victoria’s Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre

This image, released by HBO Max, shows Chelsea Hander during her comedy special ‘Chelsea Handler: Evolution.’ (HBO Max via AP)
Comox comedian Syd Bosel auditioned on the April 11 edition of Canada’s Got Talent.

VIDEO: Vancouver Island stand-up comedian wins hearts of Canada’s Got Talent judges

Syd Bosel paid tribute to her children in the funniest of fashions…

Comox comedian Syd Bosel auditioned on the April 11 edition of Canada’s Got Talent.
FILE - The cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” pose on the show’s set in New York, Sept. 22, 1992. From left, front row; Chris Farley, Al Franken and Melanie Hutsell. In middle row, from left: Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Dana Carvey and Rob Schneider. In back row, from left: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows. Sandler will be honored by a host of comedic and entertainment royalty Sunday, March 19, 2023, as he receives the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Justin Sutcliffe, File)

Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for lifetime in comedy

Sandler has starred in more than 30 Hollywood films

FILE - The cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” pose on the show’s set in New York, Sept. 22, 1992. From left, front row; Chris Farley, Al Franken and Melanie Hutsell. In middle row, from left: Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Dana Carvey and Rob Schneider. In back row, from left: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows. Sandler will be honored by a host of comedic and entertainment royalty Sunday, March 19, 2023, as he receives the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Justin Sutcliffe, File)
Ken Lawson, left, Chris Casillan, Roman Danylo and Michael Teigan will bring their revamped and refreshed improv show as the Comic Strippers to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre on March 3. (Submitted photo)

Comic Strippers bring ‘revamped and refreshed’ show to Vancouver Island

March 3 performance at the Port Theatre combines song, dance, and improvised games and sketches

Ken Lawson, left, Chris Casillan, Roman Danylo and Michael Teigan will bring their revamped and refreshed improv show as the Comic Strippers to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre on March 3. (Submitted photo)
Rob Ross will be at the Rod & Gun in Parksville for the Big Beast Stand-up Comedy show on March 5. (Submitted photo)

Comedian Rob Ross visits Parksville on March 5

Big Beast Comedy Tour will stop at Rod & Gun for 8 p.m. show

Rob Ross will be at the Rod & Gun in Parksville for the Big Beast Stand-up Comedy show on March 5. (Submitted photo)
This image released by Apple TV+ shows actor Eugene Levy, left, in a scene from his new travel series “The Reluctant Traveler,” premiering Feb. 24. (Apple TV+ via AP)

Eugene Levy, very gingerly, explores world for travel show

Canadian comedian says he’s ‘more Great Indoors type of guy’ as he launches new show

This image released by Apple TV+ shows actor Eugene Levy, left, in a scene from his new travel series “The Reluctant Traveler,” premiering Feb. 24. (Apple TV+ via AP)
Vancouver’s Julie Kim. (Graphic submitted)

Vancouver comic brings ‘rant-y’ style to Victoria show

Julie Kim will be in Victoria in March

  • Jan 12, 2023
Vancouver’s Julie Kim. (Graphic submitted)
FILE - Adam Sandler and wife, Jackie Sandler, appear at the Governors Awards on Nov. 19, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize

‘Adam has created characters that have made us laugh, cry, and cry from laughing’

FILE - Adam Sandler and wife, Jackie Sandler, appear at the Governors Awards on Nov. 19, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Damonde Tschritter will headline the Big Beast Comedy tour as the series rolls through Nanaimo on Dec. 7. (Submitted photo)

Three stand-up comedians cruise through Vancouver Island as part of Big Beast tour

Tschritter, Gaskin, Beuhler in Nanaimo, Alberni, Qualicum Beach, Lake Cowichan and Parksville

Damonde Tschritter will headline the Big Beast Comedy tour as the series rolls through Nanaimo on Dec. 7. (Submitted photo)
Longtime friends and stand-up comics John Beuhler, left, and Duane Goad will take to the Terminal Bar stage in Nanaimo on Oct. 21 as part of their five-day comedy tour through the West Coast. (Submitted photos)

Two stand-up comics making multiple Island stops as part of West Coast tour

Duane Goad and John Beuhler play Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Lake Cowichan and Parksville

Longtime friends and stand-up comics John Beuhler, left, and Duane Goad will take to the Terminal Bar stage in Nanaimo on Oct. 21 as part of their five-day comedy tour through the West Coast. (Submitted photos)
Derek Edwards. Submitted photo

Comedian Derek Edwards ready to bury his head in Vancouver Island sand

Award-winning Canadian comic will perform ‘In Praise of the Ostrich’

  • Sep 8, 2022
Derek Edwards. Submitted photo
Toronto-based queer stand-up comedian Laura Piccinin will show her narrative storytelling of ‘Lesbihonest’ in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter between Aug. 12-21 as part of the Nanaimo Fringe Festival. (Submitted photo)

Queer stand-up comedian will ‘tell all’ at Nanaimo Fringe Festival

Laura Piccinin brings ‘Lesbihonest’ to the festival, which starts this week

Toronto-based queer stand-up comedian Laura Piccinin will show her narrative storytelling of ‘Lesbihonest’ in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter between Aug. 12-21 as part of the Nanaimo Fringe Festival. (Submitted photo)
Comic Bert Kreischer is coming to Victoria on Sept. 8 for a performance at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. (Courtesy Bert Kreischer/Twitter)

Bert Kreischer bringing comedy show to Victoria this fall

Tickets on sale now for Sept. 8 show at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

Comic Bert Kreischer is coming to Victoria on Sept. 8 for a performance at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. (Courtesy Bert Kreischer/Twitter)
Elyott Ryan performs in front of a packed house at Beacon Comedy Night. (Darren Millar/contributed to Peninsula News Review)

Stand-up comedy is making a comeback in Sidney

Beacon Brewing will be hosting its eighth Beacon Comedy Night Thur. July 14

Elyott Ryan performs in front of a packed house at Beacon Comedy Night. (Darren Millar/contributed to Peninsula News Review)
The Nanaimo Bar, at 2-75 Front St., will host stand-up comedians Andrew Packer, Jacob Balshin and Sean McDonnell for the JNT Comedy Tour on May 18. (News Bulletin file photo)

Up-and-coming comedic talents to stop in Nanaimo during cross-Canada tour

Andrew Packer, Jacob Balshin and Sean McDonnell to perform at the Nanaimo Bar on May 18

The Nanaimo Bar, at 2-75 Front St., will host stand-up comedians Andrew Packer, Jacob Balshin and Sean McDonnell for the JNT Comedy Tour on May 18. (News Bulletin file photo)
Comedian Johnny Harris checks out The Evelyn May while touring through Ucluelet as part of his CBC Television program Still Standing. (Photo courtesy of the CBC)

Ucluelet to be featured on CBC series Still Standing

Comedian Jonny Harris toured through Ucluelet last month

Comedian Johnny Harris checks out The Evelyn May while touring through Ucluelet as part of his CBC Television program Still Standing. (Photo courtesy of the CBC)