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Comedy Masala
Comedy Masala is a venue for stand-up comedy located at Hero's, Circular Road, Singapore. Founded in September 2010 by Umar Rana, Comedy Masala offers a weekly stand-up comedy show featuring a mix of Singaporean and international comedians that attracts close to 200 fans every week 21 May 2012 and has hosted well-known comedians from around the world, including Butch Bradley, Wali Collins, Al Ducharme
Al Ducharme is an American stand-up comedian. Ducharme is known for voicing the character Anthony on Bill Burr's animated ''F Is for Family
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Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke, one-liners, stories, observations or a shtick that may incorporate Theatrical property, props, comedy music, music, Magic (illusion), magic tricks or ventriloquism. It can be performed almost anywhere, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges or theatres. History Stand-up as a Western world, Western art form has its roots in the Stump speech (minstrelsy), stump speech of American minstrel shows, which featured an actor in blackface delivering nonsensical monologue to the audience. While the intention of stump speeches was to mock African-Americans, they also occasionally contained political and social satire. The minstrel show would later influence theatrical traditions of the late 19th and early 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umar Rana
Umar Rana (born 28 May 1975) is a Pakistani stand-up comedian based in Singapore. Biography Umar began his comedy career performing improv. He was a founding member of Pakistan's first English-speaking improv troupe, Black Fish, which represented Pakistan in an international theatre festival in Manchester, England. He later moved to Bahrain because of a new job posting and, in January 2007, moved to Singapore. After performing in many improv shows and stand-up comedy events, in September 2010 Umar founded Comedy Masala. Comedy Masala offers a weekly open mic in Singapore and brings in comedians from across Asia. Umar has also hosted many events, including Rob Schneider's stand-up comedy performance in Singapore. Umar was also the second runner-up at the 2009 HK International Comedy Festival. References External links Comedy Masala's website Living people 1975 births Pakistani stand-up comedians Pakistani expatriates in Singapore Comedians from Karachi {{Paki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ducharme
Al Ducharme is an American stand-up comedian. Ducharme is known for voicing the character Anthony on Bill Burr's animated ''F Is for Family ''F Is for Family'' is an American adult animated comedy drama streaming television series created by Bill Burr and Michael Price for Netflix. It is produced by Vince Vaughn's Wild West Television, King of France Productions, Loner Production ...'' on Netflix and for America's Got Talent. Ducharme was the original host of Mission: Organization on HGTV. He can be heard on thBernie and Al Podcast Personal life Ducharme married comedian Bernadette Pauley in 2004. References External links Al Ducharme's OfficialWebsite * The Bernie and Al PodcastAl Ducharme Spineless and Lovin' It reviewsAl Ducharme: The incredible entertainer by Maya Jarjour Al Ducharme was a guest on the Jay Grayce Show Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American stand-up comedians Place of birth missing (living people) {{U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ogata
Paul Ogata is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Personal life Ogata was born and raised in Pearl City, Hawaii, and moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to devote more time to performing stand-up comedy. Ogata graduated from the University of Hawaii. In college, he briefly studied Electrical Engineering, a field for which he showed some aptitude as a teen. (Ogata wrote a video game at the age of 13.) Career Paul Ogata worked for years as a top-rated morning radio personality in Honolulu on KDDB-FM. He has appeared on several television shows, most notably Live at Gotham on Comedy Central, the syndicated Comics Unleashed and CBS's Late Late Show. Ogata is a comedian. In 2004, he was victorious in the TakeOut Comedy Competition, earning the title of "Funniest Asian-American Comedian in the U.S." In 2007, Ogata won the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition, joining a list of previous winners which include Dana Carvey, Sinbad and Jake Johannsen. Paul Ogata a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Mic
An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, usually taking place at night, in which audience members may perform on stage whether they are amateurs or professionals, often for the first time or to promote an upcoming performance. As the name suggests, performers are usually provided with a microphone plugged into a PA system so that they can be heard by the audience. Performers sign up in advance for a time slot with the host, who is typically an experienced performer or the venue's manager or owner. The host may screen potential candidates for suitability for the venue and give them a time to perform during the show. Open mics are focused on performance arts like comedy (whether it be sketch or stand-up), music (often acoustic singer-songwriters), poetry, and spoken word. It is less common for groups such as rock bands or comedy troupes to perform, mostly because of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
