Catherine Robertson’s Comedy Hour Wednesdays, 8:30pm Bearly’s, 1269 Barrington Street C atherine Robertson is a fixture of the local laugh scene: For over a decade, she’s been performing and honing her incredulous and inviting comedy. When she isn’t holding it down at Bearly’s or MC’ing at Yuk Yuk’s Tinder Tales series, she’s on various mics […]
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Funny things are everywhere
Halifax Pride comedy night Thursday, July 19, 7:30pm Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street $20 tickethalifax.com “The cool thing about standup and solo performance pieces is you get to try stuff out and fail on your own terms, instead of having to get a whole bunch of people on board for an idea,” says Carolyn Taylor. […]
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Comedy of sharers
Relaxing on a sectional sofa in a suburban basement, Catherine Robertson starts to chuckle at the sight of a notification on her phone. Robertson, a Halifax-based comedian, smiles across the room to fellow comics Dan Hendricken and Travis Lindsay. “Dan!” she says, “Facebook says we’ve been friends for three years now!” Before long the three […]
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2016’s local laughs
In 2016 we can finally, truly, say that there is a great comedy show happening in Halifax every night of the week. Independently and locally produced comedy happening five nights a week, every week. Each of those rooms have their own personality and crowd, and it finally feels like comedy is thriving in Halifax. Seeing […]
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Halifax comedy on the laugh track
[Editor’s note: this story is one of five Coast articles selected as finalists for the 2010 Atlantic Journalism Awards. All five stories are collected here.] Monday night at Gus’ Pub is a quiet affair, though the tables are dotted with tiny beer glasses. Chairs are filled with a mostly hoodie-wearing crowd. The disco twinkle of […]