The HK International Comedy Festival is an annual
comedy festival
A comedy festival is a celebration of comedy with many shows, venues, comedy performers (such as stand up comics, sketch troupes, variety performers, etc.) and is held over a specific block of time. Normally, each festival has a diverse range of c ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
.
Founded by
The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong in 2007 for English and Chinese-speaking
comedians resident in Hong Kong, the festival has expanded to include comedians from all over the world. There are separate English and Chinese language competitions. The festival also includes a night featuring
improvisational comedy
Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...
.
The 2016 festival will take place between October 13 and November 5.
Winners
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial website of The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong
Comedy festivals in China
Festivals in Hong Kong
Hong Kong comedy
Festivals established in 2007
2007 establishments in Hong Kong
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