Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
is a vast cultural sector in
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, whose promotion and development are in part ensured by the ''Association des professionnels de l'industrie de l'humour'' (APIH).
The ''École nationale de l'humour'', located in
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
, is an institution that trains
Quebec comedians.
The ''Gala Les Olivier'' rewards talented comedians.
Comedy festivals
Quebec hosts many comedy festivals, including:
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Just for Laughs
*ComediHa! Fest-Québec
*Grand Montréal Comique
*Zoofest
*Festival d'humour d'Alma
*Festival d'Humour de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
*Festival d'Humour de Gatineau
*Festival de la Blague de Drummondville
*Festival MiniFest
Features
Quebec humour has long been expressed through very popular
periodicals
Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of Publication, published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (''issues'' or ''numbers'', often numerically divided into annu ...
entirely devoted to the genre, whether through literature, illustration or comics. Quebec's journals have their own
cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...
s who publish humouristic comics.
References
This article has been totally or partially translated from the French-language
Humour québécois.
See also
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List of Quebec comedians
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Culture of Quebec
The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiri ...
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Canadian humour
Humour is an integral part of the Canadian identity. There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both English and French. While these traditions are distinct and at times very different, there are common themes that relate to Canadia ...
Culture of Quebec
Canadian comedy
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