A decade ago, stand-up comedy in India was hardly seen as a variable career. It was a niche pursuit, with comedians themselves viewing the performing art form as a hobby rather than a sustainable ...

Comedy and tragedy are intrinsically tied together: Comedy disarms tragedy and tragedy informs comedy, something that has been thoroughly documented by leading comedic scholars. The comedy scene in ...

Netflix has been producing and distributing original stand-up specials for well over a decade, with no indication that they are slowing down. In 2024 alone, the streaming service released more than 40 ...

Indian stand-up comedian and actor Vir Das is set as the host for the 2024 International Emmys, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday. The International Emmy ...

Urooj Ashfaq talks about her career as an award-winning Indian stand-up comedian in this conversation with Nasser Hanif. She won the Best Newcomer award at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her ...

Hundreds of Beavers is an inventive comedy movie that generated a lot of buzz in 2024. Hundreds and hundreds of stand-up comedy specials?! That’s a lot to chew on, even for the most ardent comedy nerd ...

When you tune into Bullseye, you might come to expect interviews with different pop culture creators. This week, we're breaking the format. It's our annual end of year best stand-up comedy showcase!

Many of the year’s best comedy specials share a reflective sense of mid-career reconsideration. The most striking of these is ...