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 awards and positive reviews. Tonight, though, severe weather alerts for Barcelona and its surroundings have deterred most of the audience, and Mila is performing her solo […]
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‘BCN Comedy Vibes with Hannah Becker’ by Yulia Peelovesky Welcome to our BCN Comedy Vibes, Fringe Edition. Get ready for a comedy deep dive where Hannah Becker spills the beans on everything from heckling etiquette to the art of making Eastern European audiences laugh without sending them into a contemplative silence. We’ll explore how comedians
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‘An Audience with President Obonjo’ Review by Alice Russo ★★★★★ Somewhere in Africa lies “The Lafta Republic,” where it is mandatory to laugh. President Obonjo is its corrupt dictator, and An Audience With President Obonjo is a headfirst immersion into his ruthless regime. From the moment you enter, you don’t just learn about The Lafta
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Teddy Hall: ‘SLAYBOY’ Review by Alice Russo ★★★★★ In SLAYBOY, Swiss comedian Teddy Hall slays his demons, insecurities, and vices in real time. There’s no show opener, because it doesn’t need one. Teddy is his own warm- up, darting offstage, changing into a singlet, and running back on, breathless, to raucous applause. Why? He doesn’t
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‘BCN Comedy Vibes with John Allis’ by Yulia Peelovesky John Allis, the Comedy Clubhouse Owner on Barcelona Fringe 2024: “I hope [the Barcelona Fringe] becomes a spot where comedians think, “Barcelona, great, I’ll spend 10 days there, make some money, cover my trip.” As Barcelona gears up for its inaugural comedy Fringe Festival, we had
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Find Your Funny (Exclusive) by Kim Skinner Between you and me, I’ve always been a tad sceptical about comedy courses, at least when it comes to those for beginners. It’s not that I doubt their value as such; it’s more a slight snobbishness about the purity of learning on the stage at open mics, i.e.
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Cora Frank: Marriage With Benefits Review by Mariah Girouard In Marriage With Benefits, actor Cora Frank plays Mai, a German artist who gives a TED Talk about the complexities of applying for a visa in the UK. Donned in a red pantsuit and space buns, Cora plays the character well. She starts by dating in
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Vlad Ilich: Vladislav, Baby Don’t Hurt Me Review by Mariah Girouard In his show, Vladislav, Baby Don’t Hurt Me, Vlad Ilich enters the stage and immediately introduces himself by saying, “Hello, I am an immigrant,” before identifying the other immigrants in the room. Vlad is Balkan from former Macedonia, now called North Macedonia (even though
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Lolyamorous Review by Mariah Girouard Sick of traditional dating? Lolyamorous is a live speed dating comedy show where the audience can put their names into a bucket for a chance to date a stranger, right on the stage. To some people, dating is stressful enough without an audience watching your every move. But for others,
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Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things Review by Mariah Girouard Before coming to see Silly Little Things, I had no idea who Trygve Wakenshaw was. But it was clear from the hordes of people lining the street toward the entrance to his show that I was late to that party, lagging behind on comedy pop culture.
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