Comedy Brew Ha!Ha! Friday April 27, 8pm Brewsters Bar & Grill, 961 Bedford Hwy $20 halifaxcomedyfest.ca When Martha Chaves first got into comedy, she was worried she wouldn’t make it in the stand-up scene because of her accent. She was wrong. “I had to learn how to accept myself that way and not be shy […]
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Hello City’s local flavours
Hello City w/Stewart Legere Thursday, January 11, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street pwyc Love it or hate it, Halifax isn’t going anywhere. So why not rejoice and commiserate together through the art of theatre and storytelling? If that sounds appealing, the new monthly improv show Hello City aims to highlight the Haligonian […]
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Addressing social issues through comedy
Evening Speaker Series: Dylan Marron Tuesday, July 25, 7pm Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street free “Even ‘woke’ people use this product and have no idea,” Dylan Marron quips during one of his unboxing videos. The topic? Ableism. Marron’s Unboxing series plays on the kind of videos bloggers typically do when getting […]
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Laugh again with Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan Friday, May 12 Scotiabank Centre, 5284 Duke Street You know who Jim Gaffigan is. Maybe you listen to or watched his stand-up. Maybe you caught him in an age magic movie like 13 Going on 30 or 17 Again or in one of the Law and Orders. Or maybe you were a regular […]
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Carol Zoccoli’s got skills
Catch Carol Zoccoli at the Halifax ComedyFest Friday, April 28 at Not Made for TV at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club, Westin Nova Scotia Hotel with Travis Lindsay and Ryan Belleville doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm, $20 and Saturday, April 29 at Pub Comedy at The Lower Deck, with Mike Delamont, Kyle Brownrigg, Eman El-husseini, Derek […]
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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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Aparna’s out there
Aparna Nancherla w/Cher Hann and Sandi Rankaduwa Wednesday, April 5, 9pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $20 “As comedians, it is up to us to overturn and shake and deconstruct and weigh every system that governs life,” wrote Aparna Nancherla in the Village Voice last December, after Donald Trump had been elected but before […]
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Comedy Bootcamp puts locals through the paces
Comedy Bootcamp with James Mullinger, Catherine Robertson, Travis Lindsay and finalists Martin Edwards, Daniel Allen, EmmaLeigh Rivera and Ryan Fried Wednesday, March 29, 7:30pm Bearly’s House of Blues and Ribs, 1269 Barrington Street $5/$10 Tickets Comedy Bootcamp finalist Martin Edwards is no stranger to the stage. Edwards, who is a dad, husband, full-time cafe manager and […]
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Comedian John Mulaney at the Rebecca Cohn May 11
You can thank Just for Laughs for bringing my boyfriend John Mulaney to Halifax with his Kid Gorgeous tour. May 11, 7pm at the Rebecca Cohn you’ll be laughing so hard you might think you’ll never be able to stop laughing, trust me. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 24 at noon, available online, by […]
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Mission: Improv
Weekly Wednesdays Comedy & Improv Jam The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street 5:30pm workshop, 8pm show $10 It’s Wednesday night at The Company House. The taps are open, along with water pitchers. A dozen people are standing in a circle. They’re swaying forward and backward, rocking on their heels. A man makes eye contact with […]