A COFFER OF COME
INTRODUCTION TO 7)

y By JACEY GIBB,
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

A s much as people love to
complain about Vancouver's

weather and economy, this city
has a lot of things going for it.
Easy access to world-class nature,
an extensive transit system, and
one of the best clusterings of
musicians in the country, and yet
one of Vancouver's shiniest features
is also one that often goes unnoticed:
its bustling and constantly evolving
comedy scene.

The truth is, we're spoiled in Vancouver
and we dont even realize it. On almost
any given night, you can go out and see

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

a hilarious comedy show for less than a
six-pack of your favourite locally-sourced
microbrew. And the city’s about to get even
funnier for the rest of February, as Vancouver
welcomes the Just for Laughs Northwest 2016
comedy festival from February 18-27. While a
large percentage of the performers listed come from
an international scale (including Lewis Black, Wanda
Sykes, and Trevor Noah), there’s a plethora of local talent
also sharing the roster.

In honour of the upcoming Just for Laughs festival, I offer to you
a crash course of some of the different aspects of Vancouver's comedy
scene by going over some of tWhe different
forms of
comedy you
see, some of
the best places to
catch local talent,
the best comedy
podcasts based out of
our city, and even how you
can get started in comedy
yourself.

Types of comedy yow ll
encounter

This might be an obvious one for
some readers, but there’s a wide
range of different comedy to
salivate over in Vancouver,
including three common

types.

Improv: Ignore
all the Agent
Michael
Scarn jokes
you may
have been
exposed to, or
the “improv as a
cult” plot from last
season on Bojack
Horseman. Sure, like
almost anything, when