Just For Laughs

Sean Patton

Theatre St. Catherine, Montreal QC, July 23

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2016

Sean Patton has everything you want in a storyteller: shameless honesty, an eye for the significance of the smallest things, and the abilit...

The Ethnic Show Featuring Rachid Badouri, Yannis Pappas, Nemr, Jessica Kirson, Gina Brillon, Gad Elmaleh, Dom Irrera, Godfrey

Club Soda, Montreal QC, July 24

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2016

"We're all just one race: the human race." Rachid Badouri reminded us as he opened and closed the show. There was no better phrase to summa...

Nikki Glaser Talks 'Not Safe,' American Politics and Sexual Liberation

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2016

Nikki Glaser had a festive, long Independence Day weekend.   "It was really good," she says. "I just got a new dog so I was worried that he...

Midnight Surprise Ft. Louis CK

Theatre De St Catherine, Montreal QC, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

Saturday night played host to the final Midnight Surprise showcase of the Just For Laughs Festival this year. A wildcard night of comedians...

Chris Gethard

Mainline Theatre, Montreal QC, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

"I assure you this is a comedy show," Chris Gethard said at the outset of his hour-long show at Montreal's Mainline Theatre, after explaini...

Michael Che

Place Des Arts, Montreal QC, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

When Michael Che kicked off what was supposed to be his 40-minute set, he looked chill. He sounded chill. Inhumanly, impossibly, mind boggl...

The Nasty Show Ft. Mike Ward, Jimmy Carr, Mike Wilmot, Luenell, Gilbert Gottfried, Artie Lang, Louis CK

Metropolis, Montreal QC, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

"The Nasty Show" is a Just For Laughs Festival classic. As the name forewarns, it's a racy ride through the highest of taboos and the lowes...

Natasha Leggero

L'Astral, Montreal QC, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

Natasha Leggero's performance at Montreal's L'Astral Theatre begins unusually. The curtain rises to the silhouette of some tween girls, and...