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Jamie Does the Stand-Up Europe Festival: After the Fest Is comedy as simple as finding the easiest route to making someone laugh? This is what I began to wonder as I watched comedians from throughout...

Jamie Does the Stand-Up Europe Festival: The Flight to Lisbon As I sit on the airplane headed to Lisbon—a city I’ve only been to on layovers with budget airline TAP Portugal—I reckon everything that...

Hot Juans Review by Victoria Russell ★★★★★ Hot Juans at The Comedy Clubhouse turns up the heat—literally—by combining spicy peppers with comedy challenges in a hilariously fiery spectacle. Presented...

‘BCN Comedy Vibes: Fringe Edition with Tom Evans’ by Yulia Peelovesky I had the pleasure of chatting with Tom Evans, a comedian whose high energy and wit were the perfect fit as the...

Luke Messina: IMPASTA SYNDROME Review by Alice Russo ★★★★★ The venue is full of people, the door is jammed, and some people are standing at the back.  Long-time comedian Luke Messina has just...

‘BCN Comedy Vibes: Fringe Edition with Chris Groves’ by Yulia Peelovesky In this interview, we sit down with Chris Groves, a “comedy dad” who has been nurturing budding...

‘Incorruptible’ Review by Rachel Relat ★★★★½ Welcome to Priseaux, France, in the dark times of ca. 1250 AD. And if, when I said “Priseaux,” your first reaction was a befuddled, “Where is...

Belinda Filippelli: The Heart, Mind, C*nt Connection Review by Iain Anderson I was performing my first show of the Barcelona Fringe on November 4th, just before attending Belinda’s, but knew I wanted...

Alex Jacob and Mihai Sebea: ‘Easterners’ Review by Alice Russo “An East German and a Romanian walk onto a stage ”  What happens next is a truly memorable hour of comedy from two of...

Ewan May: ‘Brian Club’ Review by Ben Pabla ★★★★★ Going by a comedian’s material alone, Ewan May is probably the most well-known comedian in Barcelona. He doesn’t need to have a huge...

Tamer Kattan: ‘Alien from New York’ Review by Julie Belliveau ★★★★½ After a tricky opener’s set, Tamer Kattan walks on stage and addresses the obvious tension in the room. He takes a few minutes to...

Katharyn Henson: ‘Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon’ Review by Belinda Filippelli ★★★★★ With a name like Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon, it’s hard not to be...

‘Chris and Mauricio Have QUESTIONS?’ Review by Alice Russo ★★★★ Double act Chris Groves and Mauricio Lombardi bring Chris and Mauricio Have QUESTIONS? to the Barcelona Fringe Festival, a...

‘Lesbian Innit?’ Review by Emily Moore ★★★★ Within less than a minute of the finale of Lesbian, Innit?, members of the small but enthusiastic crowd surrounded Barcelona-based Ben Pabla and...

‘Oye Yaar’ Review by Victoria Russell ★★★★½ “Oye Yaar” is a phrase that conjures the idea of a complex, organic concentrate made from turmeric, that famed Indian root with many virtues...

‘Beat The Goose’ Review by Ben Pabla ★★★★★ Beat The Goose is a live comedy Game Show hosted by Darren Cullen and Ewan May, two of Barcelona’s best comedians. The best analogy I can think of to...

Maria Telnikoff: ‘All the Men Are Going to Hate Me’ Review by Victoria Russell ★★★★★ Maria Telnikoff bursts onto the Secret Comedy Club stage, radiating confidence and contagious energy as...

Mila Kopaeva: ‘Rage Baby’ Review by Alice Russo ★★★★½ Mila Kopaeva is well-known in the Barcelona comedy scene and beyond. She hosts wildly successful shows and has received numerous...