This comedy debate show, Straw Men, really pushes the envelope with how hilariously childish you can get in a debate and it’s all the more brilliant for it. The catharsis you’ll get from seeing adults resort to name calling in debates over the weirdest topics is just so damn fun.
So, don’t miss this latest edition of Straw Men, which has a killer line-up as well. Go get your tickets here.
It’s no secret that we love Natalie Palamides here at The Comedy Bureau as she has made our 100 Best lists more than once.
Thus, we feel obligated to tell you that she is bringing her two critically acclaimed, award winning solo shows, LAID and NATE, back to the place where they were born, Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe. Whether you’ve never seen it or seen it multiple times, you shouldn’t miss out on Natalie doing these encore performances.
NATE will go up on May 24th & May 25th.
LAID will go up on May 31st and Jun. 1st.
Tickets are $20 for every show and well worth it.
First it was Steve Allen Theater, then it was Dynasty Typewriter, and now, The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe in Silverlake will be the home to the legendary midnight variety show Tomorrow! with Ron Lynch.
The show has been going for over 14 years and might coming to its most perfect home yet. The “re-return” show has a great collection of comedy from all corners of the art form and just so happens to be happening on 4/20.
Tickets are still only $10. Get more details here (and get hooked on this LA comedy institution already).
Brendon Burns has fiercely carved his place in comedy around the globe. Blazing through the international comedy festival circuit, doing his own podcasts, and having made 9 comedy specials, the unfiltered Burns is sincerely (and has been for quite some time) a comedic force to be reckoned with.
This Friday night, he’ll be headlining the amazing Lyric Hyperion and you really ought to catch it. You can (and should) go get your tickets here.
When it comes to the unapologetic, the whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth style of stand-up of comedy, we’ve been enjoying see Fielding Edlow hone her own niche and channeling her rage into delightful rants, stories, and bits over the last few years.
Now, she’ll be taping a half hour over at the Lyric Hyperion on Thurs. Mar. 28th at 8PM with the great Kira Soltanovich opening. Admission is FREE and you can get more details and RSVP here.
FYI, you might want to be careful googling what’s on the flyer if you don’t already know what it is.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe continues to be one of the best places to see the sort of comedy you’d normally see internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe or the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Their latest offering comes from sophisticated “Frenchman” Marcel Lucont who is an award winner at the Edinburgh Fringe and has indeed toured the globe with his “deadpan wit, bawdy chansons and world-class sex poetry”. If you’ve wanted to see someone do an hour in character (Lucont is played by Alexis Dubus), this would be it.
He’ll be playing two dates at Lyric Hyperion coming up, Sunday, March 10th at 6PM and Monday, March 11th at 8PM and you shouldn’t miss out. Tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The clowning company of the Lyric Hyperion is doing their occasional, but always-must-see comedy burlesque show next month!
Amateur Burl-esque-ish has burlesque taken to a divinely silly level or add some sultry spice (and nudity) to clowning. No matter how you see it, it’s a damn good time.
This time around, the burl-esque-ish will be:
Christina Catherine Martinez
Chelsea Morgan
Anna Seregina
Lisa McNeely
Sam Fishman
John Norris
Gemma Soldati
Amateur Burl-esque-ish will be on Saturday, December 1st at 10PM. Tickets are only $10 (and it is 18+). Go get your tickets quick here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
UK’s James Acaster is returning for another run at the Lyric Hyperion. In case you missed him the last time he was here, watch one of his four specials on Netflix and have become a fan, or want to just see him again, you can go see him from Thurs. Sept. 13th- Wed. Sept. 19th at 10PM.
Tickets are $15 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Lost Moon Radio, an amazing and long running LA musical sketch comedy group/theater troupe hybrid, dare we say one of our favorites, is putting on their latest show Escape from the Lost Moon next week.
Go see a perfectly balanced mix of sketch, musical numbers, and more at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre from Aug. 23rd-Aug. 25th. Tickets are $20 and you can and should get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
For years now, we’ve marveled at the many stunning facets of Kristen Studard’s comedy that includes characters, improv, short film, and stand-up. There is always something wonderfully off-beat about everything she does, which is why we’re excited for her upcoming solo show Prolonged Eye Contact (apparently, there will be actual, intentional prolonged eye contact during the show too) at the Lyric Hyperion.
The show’s description, which we enjoyed, reads:
Prolonged Eye Contact is a an interactive solo show by comedian Kristen Studard about the search for love, connection, and approval by one performer with one audience. Kristen would like to be loved by you, monogamously. (She’s a one-audience type of gal.) What happens when someone won’t break eye contact? Uh oh, shit just got real. Through a series of characters, a game show, and an erotic encounter with a bee, Kristen woos you by opening her heart and her eyes and looking right into your soul. Are you ready to be seen?
She has three performances that you can catch from Thurs. Aug. 23rd-Sat. Aug. 25th at 10PM. Tickets are $10 and you can (and really, really should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
IfNotNow is a national movement of young American Jews working to transform our community’s support for the Israeli Occupation into a call for freedom and dignity for all Palestinians and Israelis.
There are so many benefit shows these days that are supporting so many causes. Working towards a resolution and peace between Israel and Palestine is definitely such a cause and this show, with a terrific line-up, is definitely not one to miss.
Tickets are $18 and you should go get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
One of favorites venues in town is doing yet another cool thing by throwing their very first short film festival.
The Lyric Hyperion Short Film Festival, produced by Philip “Dr. Brown” Burgers & Joshua Turek, will be an all day-and-night affair that’ll showcase the best shorts they can find, which ought to be pretty good considering the sorts of shows and screenings that they’ve been doing at The Lyric Hyperion over the years (just go through our listings here at TCB if you’re not familiar and you’ll notice plenty of Lyric Hyperion events).
The submission deadline is Wednesday, August 1st with a more than reasonable fee of $10 and films are to be no longer in running time than 30 minutes. The festival itself will take place on Saturday, September 1st.
Get more details and submit here.
Very quickly, the two shows at The Lyric Hyperion where the one and only Rory Scovel will be riffing his whole set sold out of advance tickets (7/14 will have a limited number of tickets available at door).
Lucky for you, we got a pair of tickets for someone with a bit of luck on their side!
Enter here for you chance to see what ought to be a night you’ll never forget with Rory on 7/14: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Just because Trump is a brat, doesn’t mean that he’s the only elected representative whose feet should be held to the fire by comedy.
So, the Left Coast podcast with Sara June is putting on a roast of reps at the state level here in good ol’ CA. The line-up with some of our favorites here in LA is more than up to task.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at door. Get them ahead of time here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
If you enjoyed the four part Netflix special from UK comedian James Acaster that was recently released, you might be interested in catching him workshopping his new show at the Lyric Hyperion.
Already the 10PM show is sold out, but a midnight show was just added. Go get tickets while they’re still available here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Man oh man, we’ve got a whole lot of tickets to giveaway to some really amazing shows including:Eddie Pepitone’s solo show, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, and the always fun 4:20 induced Gateway Show.
If you want to win a pair of tickets to any of these, please enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Whether you think the end is nigh or not, Eddie Pepitone is pretty much a perfect comedian for these turbulent times if you need to laugh at the chaos seemingly waiting around every corner.
See for yourself in this clip where Eddie is prepping for the show entitled “In The End of Days”:
If you want to enter to win a pair of tickets on May 9th at Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe, enter here: http://dola.com/events/2018/5/9/eddie-pepitone-in-the-end-of-days.
When it comes to the frontiers of comedy being boldly pushed and also still be damn funny while doing so, few accomplish that feat quite like Aussie comedian Sam Simmons.
Naturally, you should take up any chance to see him live, which will be next week as he does a full run of his solo show at the Lyric Hyperion in Silverlake.
Please get tickets here before they sell out.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Honestly, we think it’s a travesty that Lizzy Cooperman isn’t more of a known name in comedy. She’s one of the first people we ever saw live that opened our minds to the possibility of what comedy, specifically stand-up could be all those years ago when we started the Bureau.
So, we really urge you to go to one (or both) of the FREE tapings of her album (that will also have the brilliant Karen Kilgariff hosting) at the end of the month.
RSVP here.
Art work by Ramin Nazer.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Natalie Palamides, winner of 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Best Newcomer Award, has a new show in the works at The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe. In fact, the show that won her the award was first crafted at the Lyric Hyperion.
You’ve got four chances to see her workshop a new solo show with her character NATE Palimido and you absolutely shouldn’t miss out (especially if you want to see something truly daring in comedy).
Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
It’s been more than awhile (and much longer than we prefer) since this show has been around, but, thankfully, We Still Like You is coming back.
All the comedians booked tell a story in which they are definitely not the hero. At the end of each story, the audience cheers “"We still like you!“ in act of forgiveness. Per usual, the line-up is great.
Tickets are $5 and you can get more info here.
Dark: Stand Up Comedy in Pitch Black is finally back next weekend.
Truly, it’s comedy done in complete darkness and, as always, features a great line-up. This time it’s Chris Garcia, Barbara Gray, Michael Glazer, Chris Riggins, Jono Zalay, and Caitlin Gill that you’ll be hearing while having wearing a sleeping mask.
If you get your tickets now (which you should), it’s $5, then it’s $10 at the door.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The last time Natalie Palamides was developing an hour long solo show, it resulted in a widely critically acclaimed show that would go on to win an award at the renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
So, it would behoove you to not miss Natalie’s latest endeavor, whatever it may be, in these coming weeks at the Lyric Hyperion (especially because they’re free).
Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
In case you haven’t noticed in LA, there has been a lot of comics doing more extended sets for various submissions to networks or streaming services (or maybe just do an extended set because stage time is a precious commodity out here). That means a lot of our favorite comics in LA that don’t normally get to do a half hour or more are also doing a half-hour or even a hour coming up.
This includes:
Robert Buscemi taping an hour @ Lyric Hyperion Fri., Nov. 24 9PM FREE w/RSVP
Half hours from Dan Telfer, Brandie Posey, Lisa Curry, and Kyle Clark @ The Clubhouse 9PM Sat. Nov. 25 FREE
Half hours from April Richardson & Eliza Skinner @ UCB Franklin Sun. Nov. 26th 11PM $5
Half hours from Simon Gibson & MK Paulsen @ The Clubhouse Wed. Nov. 29th 8PM FREE
An extended set from Joe Kwaczala @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. Dec. 7th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Go to all of these please. Links for more details and tickets above.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
For tonight, Chicago’s own live comedy horror spectacle Helltrap Nightmare sold out their show at the Lyric Hyperion, so they added a 2nd show for this Sunday, Nov. 12th at 10PM.
Tickets are $10 and you should get them quickly before they also sell out here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps and more can be at www.thecomedybureau.com.