The 2024 Netflix is a Joke festival is jam-packed with stand-up comics and comedy groups of all kinds. Many of these shows you have to be in Los Angeles to appreciate, but there’s going to be events ...

This weekend, catch award-winning comedian Jo Koy’s “Just Being Koy Tour” at The Oncenter or break out to self-described ...

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it ...

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Kirson, who was praised for her Riyadh set by fellow stand-ups Bill Burr and Louis C.K., apologized for her Saudi Arabia ...

With Saudi Arabia's debut Riyadh Comedy Festival wrapping up its two-week run, Human Rights Watch is urging comedians who ...

Aziz Ansari is the latest comedian to defend to controversial decision to perform at Saudi Arabia's debut Riyadh Comedy ...

Burr was among the 50 or so high-profile comedians who traveled to Saudi Arabia for the Riyadh Comedy Festival ... Aziz Ansari, Jim Jefferies, Jo Koy, Sebastian Maniscalco, Mark Normand, Tom Segura, ...

Andrew Dansby covered culture and entertainment, both local and national, for the Houston Chronicle. He left the company in January 2025.

Jo Koy, Sebastian Maniscalco, Mark Normand, Tom Segura, Bobby Lee, Jeff Ross and more. It has come under fire this week as word spread of its lineup, leading comedy world insiders like Marc Maron, ...

Eve Hewson has taken a swipe at some of the world’s most famous comedians, including Dave Chappelle and Pete Davidson, labelling them ‘gross’ for agreeing to appear at a comedy festival in the Kingdom ...

American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.