Open Comedy Newsroom
Maynooth, Ireland is doing something simple but rare: hosting a proper comedy festival where you can actually afford to go. Mayhoots runs April 24-25, 2026,…
Comedy Special Season Spring 2026: What’s Dropping and Why It Matters for Your Career April is shaping up to be a monster month for comedy…
Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo started Giggly Squad as a podcast. Now they’re getting a Netflix sitcom produced by Amy Poehler and written by Kay…
Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi is facing a $27 million lawsuit from Grammy-winning composer Lebohang “Lebo M” Morake over a comedy bit involving translated lyrics from…
SNL UK Is Here – And It’s Changing the Game for British Comedy Saturday Night Live just crossed the Atlantic. The first episode of SNL…
Most comedians have the same five-year plan. Move to New York, Los Angeles, or London. Build a following. Get spotted. Make it. It’s the dream…
Introduction Five years ago, if you told a comedian they could build a career from their bedroom with a microphone and Zoom, they’d laugh. Today,…
The worst comedy advice you’ll ever get is “Be yourself on stage.” It sounds good. It’s inspirational. But it’s useless when you’re standing in front…
You’ve done fifty open mics. You kill most of them. Your friends laugh. Random audience members come up after and say, “That was great, man.”…
You’re on stage. Two minutes in, and you can feel it. The laughter isn’t coming. The crowd is quiet. Someone in the back is scrolling…
