In partnership with Humber College’s Comedy Writing and Performance program.įor the last four decades, live standup has defined itself in relation to comedy clubs, those altars of joke-telling that began building their congregations during the 1980s comedy boom.Īlternative comedy got its name by rebelling against these two-drink-minimum venues, which continue to provide the mainstream home for everyday standup – neither as lofty as a theater show nor as potentially intimidating (and random) as an open-mic in the back of a bar.Ĭomics rank in them descending alphabetical importance, with A Rooms acting a market’s best stage, B Rooms its second-best, etc.
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