By Tanis Lischewski VANCOUVER – Canadian comedian Harland Williams is also an artist, director, and actor who has appeared in…
Harlan Williams, Vancouver Yuk Yuk's, Yuk Yuk's
By Johnny Papan For nearly a decade, Ghost frontman Tobias Forge successfully obscured his real identity from the commercial limelight….
Ghost, Tobias Forge
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By Johnny Papan VANCOUVER – Dubbed “one of the funniest and most likable young comics in the country” as well…
Comedy Mix, The Comedy Mix
By Graeme Wiggins Sometimes stand-up comedy can seem a little formulaic. A person gets up on stage: setup, punchline, repeat….
Fox Cabaret, ron lynch
By Amber Harper-Young VANCOUVER – Since opening in April of 2013, Chris Bentzen’s gallery, Hot Art Wet City, has shown…
Alicia Tobin, Graham Clark, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouverite, We Know Nothing About Art
By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER – There’s an old Saturday Night Live skit that popularized the distinction between things that are “funny ha-ha”…
comedy, puddles the clown, Rio Theatre
By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER — We can all agree that working retail sucks. Between entitled customers, power-tripping bosses, and the annoying…
Alicia Tobin, BC, British Columbia, Come Draw with Me, Hot Art Wet City, JFL Northwest, Retail Nightmares, Stop Podcasting Yourself
By Colin Gallant CALGARY — die Laughing (lowercase is stylistically intentional) is Calgary’s deadliest new monthly party. The death toll…
AB, Alberta, die Laughing, stand-up comedy, Wine-Ohs
By Team BeatRoute VANCOUVER — Sometimes you need to smile to keep from crying. It’s been a long, hard few months,…
BC, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, Trevor Noah
By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER — “I think I first started writing about depression in my act when I was sort…
Aparna Nancheria, BC, Biltmore Cabaret, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, JFL Northwest Comedy Festival
By Amber Harper-Young VANCOUVER — Early in his career, Nashville native comedian Nate Bargatze moved to Chicago in 2003 to…
BC, Biltmore Cabaret, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, Nate Bargatze
by Christine Leonard Good fences make good neighbours, but if you’ve walked down the rambling alleys of Brentwood, Calgary in…
Chron Goblin