Stand-up comedy

"A pretentious stand-up comedian and an outrageous social commentator," says Victor Patrascan in his self-inflicted satire.

One of the most successful and prominent stand-up comedians in the world, Jimmy Carr is back in Athens with his dark humor and outrageous jokes for one exclusive show. The award-winning comedian will be performing his latest stand-up comedy tour "Terribly Funny 2.0" on November 25 at the Christmas Theater (ct.gr). The last few tickets are available at Viva's more.com starting at 44 euros. 

Following the popularity of last year's show, the second Irish Stand Up Comedy is coming to Athens in 27-28 November 2019. Two of Ireland's biggest-named, London-based comedians Rory O'Hanlon and Peter Flanagan will be performing and Niamh Marron will return to MC and present some of her new material.

Saudis took the stage one by one to poke fun at the world -- and themselves -- introducing a hissing, cackling audience to an art form widely unknown in the conservative kingdom: stand-up comedy.

Turkish comedians Aslı Akbay and Erim Bilgin’s English stand-up comedy show “Malignant Humor” will be on stage on Nov 8 in kargART inside Karga in Kadıköy and on Nov 12 at Manhattan Bar in Ankara as part of the 3rd Ankara Comedy Festival.

Bulgaria's very First Comedy Festival is to start on February 22 and will continue up until March 9 in Sofia. It will feature stand-up comedy performances and improvisational theater.

Among the venues hosting the festival are Sofia Live club, Studio 5, and Sulza i Smyah Theater.