The final stop on the July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them. Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian [ ... ]
Last stop for the June Laughter Factory tour. On the bill: Michael Shafar – the headliner is the London-based Australian comedian, a fast-rising name on the circuit who combines fearless observation in his razor-sharp writing with great stage presence Obaid [ ... ]
The final gig for the Laughter Factory's May tour: Rory O'Hanlon as Irish as his name suggest: described by Chortle as having “presence, poise and timing”, he's famous for his rapid-fire delivery and the sheer quantity of jokes in his [ ... ]
The final stop the Laughter Factory's April tour. On the bill: Robby Collins winner of multiple Comics Choice Awards. Expect razor-sharp storytelling and laid-back swagger from the South African standup Valentina Danubio Dubai favourite, mines her real world experience of [ ... ]
The Laughter Factory is powering through Ramadan with a decent bill: Andrew Ryan Hard-working Irish standup with a sharp wit, good observational comedy, and a lovely warm voice for telling stories Yash Bhardwaj The Dubai-based Indian comedian is a stalwart [ ... ]
The final stop for the February Laughter Factory tour: Paul Tonkinson Terrific live performer with an effervescent style and some great caricatures in his repertoire. A former (double winner) Time Out Comedian of the Year Pierre Hollins Another circuit favourite, [ ... ]
The final gig for the November Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Emmanuel Sonubi big man, big smile, big fun. A big hit too when he was here a year ago. Highly recommended Saanya Abbas razor-sharp Dubai-based comedian with over half [ ... ]
The festival season has truncated the usual Laughter Factory tour, but instead we have three parties featuring a very strong lineup of comics – Danny O’Brien (high-energy wit), Luca Cupani (quirky dry humour deriving in part from his dual Italian/British [ ... ]
The final gig for the November Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Tom Elwes Sold out his Edinburgh Fringe show: expect high-energy storytelling and razor-sharp wit Kate Barron One of the funniest things to come out of Canada (possibly) ever. "Fierce, [ ... ]
The final gig for the October Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated comedy from a UK standup who's performed all round the world (he's been a hit in Dubai too). Highly recommended Karen Bayley Well-established (over a decade [ ... ]
The final gig for the July Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Steven Briggs excellent high-energy US standup with a CV that includes winning one of the Moth's StorySLAMs (open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, five-minute [ ... ]
The final gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Marlon Davis effortlessly confident stand-up who began performing on the UK’s black comedy circuit and quickly graduated to a wider audience, including several Edinburgh Festival Fringes, the winner's place [ ... ]
The final stop for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Aaron Butler engaging Belfast-born stand-up known for his high spirited stage presence Justin Panks observational comic with a genius for approaching seemingly everyday subjects from extraordinary angles. Roxy Yekta [ ... ]
Last stop for April's Laughter Factory tour, which features Montreal's Just For Laughs festival favourite Eman El Husseini, about-to-be-big US standup Maher Matta, and top local talent Valentina Danubio, 2023 winner of Survival of the Funniest.
The last stop for March's Laughter Factory tour, featuring Edinburgh Festival favourite Adam Bloom, witty South African Dalin Oliver, and hotly tipped local talent Liz Bains.
The final stop for this month's rather good Laughter Factory tour, with a headliner who deserves to be massive on the comedy circuit (he's pretty big now, but catch him while you can still get a ticket at a reasonable [ ... ]
The Laughter Factory’s seasonal tour promises a "hilarious memorable night” with "hand-picked headline comics from across the planet” and "non-stop belly laughs from start to finish”. Sets the bar really quite high … The acts: Chris Washington UK standup with [ ... ]
The fnal gig of this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Stephen Grant hard-working emcee, a genius British comic Allyson June Smith another of the current crop of really good Canadian comics, back by popular demand (as they say) Denisa [ ... ]
The final gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Paul McCaffrey hard-working British comic, a.great storyteller who deserves wider exposure (and will probably get it RSN, so catch him while you can) Hassan Phills dynamic Canadian who manages [ ... ]
Last gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Kate Barron a return to the UAE for the award-winning Canadian comic, sharp, witty and unfiltered Farhan Solo a Gulf debut for the "eccentric millennial Muslim" (he was good on [ ... ]
Last date for this month's Laughter Factory tour. On the bill: John Fothergill "Everything he says is funny ... He looks like he was born onstage, under a follow spot, with a mic in his hand" said the Guardian A [ ... ]
Last gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Rory O'Hanlon The Irish comedian is a firm favourite at the Fringe, thanks to his rapid-fire delivery – "a joke every 30 seconds" calculated the Irish Times. Highly recommended. Darius Davies Definitely [ ... ]
Last stop for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Paul Tonkinson winner of the 1992 Time Out New Act of the Year Award and Time Out's Stand Up Comic of the Year in 1997. A circuit regular, and underrated author of [ ... ]
The final gig for this month's Laughter Factory: Ron Josol a winner at the Just for Laughs festival, has toured with Kevin Hart Julian Dean "deliciously twisted ... a stream of seriously good gags ... quick, sharply written and endlessly [ ... ]
The final gig of the end-of-the-month Laughter Factory tour includes Dubai debutant Brian Aylward, winner of a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Stand-Up Comic; South Londoner Jack Skipper, described by Chortle Comedy as an act whose “delivery commands the room [ ... ]
The Laughter Factory says it is flying in "three of the best live stand-up comedians that are currently touring the world", though since one of them already lives here presumably that's humorous hyperbole. On the bill are American-Egyptian Maria Shehata, [ ... ]
The final gig for this Laughter Factory tour. The comics: Steven Biggs Netflix and HBO alumnus making his Middle East debut. Signing him is described as "a huge comedy coup for the Selfdrive Laughter Factory" Conor Drum London-based Irish comedian, [ ... ]
The final gig in the first Laughter Factory of the year. The comics: Keith Johnson LA-based, less frenetic and more thoughtful than many American comics Eleanor Tiernan top Irish comedian, loads of experience, a comedy festival regular Saanya Abbas staple [ ... ]
The final gig for pre-Christmas standup jollity with Maher Barwany, Imah, Elsey de Almeida and Mark Maier.
The final gig for the November standups – Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage and [ ... ]
Last gig of the latest Laughter Factory tour – Dana Alexander (originally from Canada, now based there and in the UK) tours a lot and has been a hit in Dubai before; her style has been described as “smart, irreverent [ ... ]
Last chance to catch three good standups (two British, one American) on the latest Laughter Factory tour: Jack Gleadow – energetic and quirky performances that feature a mix of physical comedy, witty storytelling, and audience interaction (“if you like Lee [ ... ]
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