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Comedy promoters and, for a lovely spell there, comedy club owners Kung Fu Komedy have laughed their last laugh in their fourth floor space: the club is closed. The space quietly shuttered about two weeks ago as some pressure was applied from up high, and it doesn't look like it will be able to recover. Will... Read more...
Shanghai’s most recognizable comedian reflects on how the stand up scene has grown and pranks gone awry Read more...
School events of Christmas past, present, and future. Stuff to look forward to includes a fencing festival , a chess tournament , as well as a production of Bugsy Malone and a chance to
Feels like "busy season" gets busier every year in good ole Shangh-blah. On top of the large-scale (and aspirations) food and drink festivals and music festivals , local comedy... Read more...
On the heels of their quietly-produced Eddie Izzard show, Kung Fu Komedy is bringing in several more international headliners in the next couple of months. This week sees Wil Sylvince at the comedy club and next week they've got Dwayne Perkins. Details after the jump. Read more...
Here's an interesting little behind-the-scenes video by Alessio Avezzano (AVLog) on Kungfu Komedy 's biggest international booking to date: last week's Eddie Izzard stand-up show at the
Comedian James Adomian is flying in from the US to perform at the Kung Fu Komedy Club this weekend. The man's appeared on Last Comic Standing , and has a long list of credits as a George Bush impersonator from The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to Harold and Kumar Escape... Read more...
You may know Kurt Metzger for his role as an opinionated nihilist on Louie CK's Horace and Pete , as a well known stand-up comic in the New York scene, or for his writing work on Inside Amy Schumer and Chappelle Show . You might also know him for his controversial comments that made headlines back in August, which comes up as the number #1 result if you Google 'Kurt... Read more...
It seems like every comedy promoter is swinging for the fences this month. The big one is the Shanghai Improv Festival put on by local improv group Zmack. The festival has improv teams coming in from Australia, France, Germany, the US, the Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and more. The shows run from
Kung Fu Komedy's big international headliner this month is veteran stand-up comic Kyle Grooms. He's appeared on Chappelle's Show , NBC's Last Comic Standing , and more recently, Inside Amy Schumer . He's a fun, easy-going guy, much like his sense of humor, which he describes... Read more...
Dropping in on the world of comedy, the Kung Fu Komedy Club has veteran stand-up comic Matt Davis in for a two-night stint on Friday and Saturday. Originally from Alabama, Davis has been in the game for two decades,... Read more...
Why are Kung Fu Komedy's top players leaving town? What's the deal with Shanghai Comedy Club's new venue(s)? Who are the next international headliners performing in Shanghai? All this and... Read more...
Kung Fu Komedy Club's big booking for the month of June (and possibly their biggest booking yet) is Brad Williams. He got his start opening for Carlos Mencia, and has since gone on to appear on Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground , Sam and Cat , Live at Gotham , the Tonight... Read more...
After the big comedy festival a few weeks back, we've been experiencing a bit of a dry spell in terms of international headliner comedians performing on Shanghai stages. Looks like there's some talent heading our way this week, however, along with the usual offenders from Shanghai's own comedy promottions Forecast calls for... Read more...
Pretty big weekend for comedy in Shanghai. Two international headlining acts are performing, plus a couple improv shows. Originally, Joe Machi was supposed to perform at The Pearl theater, but his visa situation didn't work out. And so it goes... In response, The Pearl teamed up with the
This is a big comedy weekend -- maybe Shanghai's biggest -- largely due to Kung Fu Komedy Club's (KFK) International China Comedy Festival. Tonight is the final rounds of the Chinese-language competition , with two shows... Read more...
Inside the insanely ambitious, 6000-square-meter restaurant project from Lost Heaven, featuring the greatest hits of Silk Road cuisine, replica Dunhuang cave art, and... everything. Read more...
Kung Fu Komedy Club is kind of killing it. You can tell, because they have a lot of haters. They opened China's first comedy club below Read more...
Happy St. Pats, y'all! From our Appropriated Holidays Desk, here's a quick little listical guide as to where you can "celebrate Irish culture" in honor of St. Patrick this year. Oh, and speaking of Irish culture, for absolutely no other reason than to mildly amuse ourselves as we keep the blog wheels turning, this year's St. Pat's events list shall be randomly annotated with the... Read more...
Hey did anyone actually go to the Russell Peters show? It sold out on SmartTicket , but we've heard nothing since. The Reddit Shanghai thread is crickets too. Leave a comment if you went. Here's... Read more...
With the newly opened Kung Fu Komedy Club bringing in international headliners, the Shanghai Comedy Club running comedy six nights a week, and Read more...
Much ado at 1 Xiangyang Lu. First a comedy club, and now they put a roof on the roof... Read more...
China's first independent comedy club opens tonight, but is the city ready for it? Read more...
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