Famous Last Words
Friday October 30, 8pm – 9:30pm
SFU Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre
149 W. Hastings
Free. Tickets: famous-last-words-heart-of-the-city
Famous Last Words is a spoken-word poetry comedy show where poets participate in six rounds of a faux competition. They ‘compete’ in a series of poetry-related events that are, in turn, ‘judged’ by our host (with input from Uni the Unicorn and you, the audience). There will be free chocolate, unicorn bubble guns, and lots of silly poems. Your host is Sean McGarragle and the evening features Mike McGee, Nisha Patel, Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal, RC Weslowski, and Uni the Unicorn.
ABC’s of Ha Ha Ha, a Comedy Workshop
Wednesday November 4, 12pm – 3pm
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main
Free. Register at Carnegie front desk
Learn how to write comedy for film or theatre, and develop your own stand-up comedy routine in this three hour workshop led by Master Comedian & award-winning Laffologist Jacques Lalonde (Addam’s Family, Vancouver Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs). Develop song parodies, do improv, and explore the funny in everyday life! Wanna be the hit at parties and make your friends laugh? Jacques will help you see the world in a whole new light, and you’ll have a blast doing so! Snacks and laughs included. Presented with Theatre in the Raw.
Stand Up for Mental Health Comedy Show
Wednesday November 4, 7pm – 8pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
What’s so funny about mental health? As far as Stand Up For Mental Health is concerned – everything! Join award-winning counselor and stand-up comic David Granirer along with comedians from Stand Up for Mental Health to look at the lighter side of taking meds, seeing counselors, getting diagnosed, and surviving the mental health system. Stand Up for Mental Health teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of building confidence and fighting stigma. www.smhcomedysociety.org.
Who Wants to Be Decolonized?
Wednesday November 4, 8:30pm – 9:30pm
Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Free
Hosted by Anishinaabe comedian Brenda Prince, Who Wants to Be Decolonized? is a laugh-out-loud comedy game show where brave contestants tackle Indigenous history, culture, colonization, and decolonization through outrageous multiple-choice questions. With audience participation, surprise lifelines like “Ask Aunty” and “Call Kokum,” and plenty of sharp Indigenous humour, anything can happen. Come for the laughs, leave knowing a little more—and maybe a little less colonized.
ABC’s of Ha Ha Ha Comedy Showcase
Friday November 6, 8pm – 10pm
LanaLou’s Rock & Roll Eatery, 362 Powell
$0–$35. Tickets: ABCs_Ha_Ha_Ha.eventbrite.ca
Award-winning comic Jacques Lalonde brings his own brand of “Crazy Comedy” along with some of his greatest students. They will perform stand-up, skits, short plays, and song parodies that will have you rolling with laughter in the aisles. Making this evening even more hilarious are some very special guests, including East Van legend Jim Sands, and one of Canada’s finest stand-up comedians and Slam Poet extraordinaire, the amazing Richard Glen Lett, with extra special musical guest Lisa Chase. This is a must-see comedy extravaganza!!! Presented with Theatre in the Raw.