Aparna Nancherla

​'It Started as a Joke' Chronicles Eugene Mirman's Alt-Comedy Fest but Becomes More

Directed by Julie Smith Clem and Ken Druckerman

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

By the end of It Started as a Joke, you will be in tears.   The wonderful and star-studded documentary chronicles the grand finale of absur...

​Aparna Nancherla Cancels Remaining Tour Dates Due to "Big Career Opportunity"

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2018

Comic Aparna Nancherla recently nixed a round of upcoming shows, and she has now pulled out of all of her upcoming tour dates.   Among the...

Aparna Nancherla

Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, April 6

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2017

Aparna Nancherla's lifelong anxiety has inadvertently given her a comedic superpower: the ability to overanalyze anything until its compone...

Aparna Nancherla / Katie-Ellen Humphries

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, February 25

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2017

Local comedian Katie-Ellen Humphries opened for Aparna Nancherla at the Biltmore last night, yet another example of planning perfection in...

Aparna Nancherla

Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax NS, October 20

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

"It kind of feels like we're in a series finale," Aparna Nancherla said, addressing the U.S. presidential election at the top of her set, t...

Aparna Nancherla

Montreal Improv, Montreal QC, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2016

Aparna Nancherla is half-bemused and half-outraged at life's injustices and humiliations. Her Just for Laughs show began with her stumbling...

Aparna Nancherla

Just Putting It Out There

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2016

Aparna Nancherla is an endearing trickster who sets us up, as much as she might a joke. "I was thinking about this the other day: Don't you...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: April 1, 2016

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2016

Some of the funniest people in the world write hilarious tweets and our only job is to collect a bunch of them for your pleasure. So take a...