public displays of altadena – The Comedy Bureau

Pick of the Day: EDINBURGH POSTVIEW FESTIVAL (near LA) 10/15

October 5, 2023

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If you just so happen to not have several thousands of dollars lying around this Summer to head on to Edinburgh, Scotland for the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival, you might wonder how you’d ever get to have enough dough to ever actually catch even a bit of the hundreds upon hundreds of shows that descend upon the city in August every year.

Well, if you’re in LA, you’re in a bit of luck as many who have embarked to the Fringe (and subsequently made it back in one piece) are doing another exclusive performance of their shows in a place almost as mountainous as Edinburgh (Altadena). Yes, Public Displays of Altadena is having an entire day/night of LA based Fringe shows featuring the exuberant comedy and comedy adjacent talents of Mark Vigeant, Claire Woolner, Brianna Ahlmark, John Norris, George Aivaliotis, Maddie Widdoes, and Liz Toonkel.

Instead of $$$$, this Edinburgh Postview Festival will only run you $60 for the whole thing (or $10-$15 per show), which is such a grand deal. PDA is hosting this Edinburgh Postview Festival on Sun. Oct. 15th from 12PM to 10:30PM. Get more details, schedule, and, most importantly, tickets right here.

Pick of the Day: Maria Bamford Special Taping (near LA) 5/13

May 5, 2023

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It should be no secret, at this point, that Maria Bamford is one of our all time favorite comedians and any time she’s playing anywhere is an opportunity you really shouldn’t pass up. This is doubly true when it comes to her taping a brand new comedy special.

As it would turn out, Maria is taping her very first special next week and, in true Maria form, she is taping at her neighborhood venue, the burgeoning experimental micro-theater, Public Displays of Altadena. This shouldn’t come as surprise as Maria has taped previous specials in her home and at bookstores.

This latest taping is set for Sat. May 13th at 10:30AM (Maria is one of the few comedians on the planet that can pull off live stand-up comedy in the AM). Tickets are currently sold out (seating is very, very limited at a micro-theater after all), but you should really follow @pda_space and @mariabamfordcomedy on IG to see if any tickets are released or seats open up.

Pick of the Day: R. U. Afraid of the 90’s? (near LA) 10/21

September 29, 2022

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If you’re already trying to make plans to keep all of October spooky, know that there’s plenty of comedy that can (and very much should fill your schedule). It’ll range from anything where comedians will dress up from comedians of yesteryear to scary storytelling to revisiting the sort of nostalgia that gives you the thing that was the cornerstone of R.L. Stine’s legacy, goosebumps.

On Friday, October 21st at 8:30PM, Teresa Lee will actually lead such a creepy journey back to the cringiest things from over 20 years ago with many of LA’s funniest folks at a new LA venue that’s both literally and figuratively “out there”, Altadena’s Public Displays of Altadena.

So far, Alex Song-Xia, Brodie Reed, Bri Pruett, Budd Diaz, Charles Gould, Danielle Perez, Dana Donnelly, Eli Olsberg, Kat Toledo, Liz Magee, Madison Shepard, and Will Weldon dare to be on this bill.

It ought to be a collective night of spooking yourself over how you might have possibly convinced that JNCO jeans were ever a good idea.

Also, if you show up in costume, you’ll get a free drink, and there might just be a 90s dance party following the show.

All of this show will only run you $10 per ticket. So go get ’em here.