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👉 Show Friday and Free Comedy Webinars
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Hey friends and fam! Hope you are well and enjoying the sun. Recently, I was lucky enough to do a bit of hosting for my friend Katie-Ellen Humphries self-produced comedy album taping and get a little insight into that process, which was cool. My take-away: it takes a lot of talented and nice people, working together to make a filmed comedy special happen. As I didn’t visit Glen, or his two cats, this weekend, I am worried they are going to forget who I am entirely and will go back to fully ignoring me. I have been dubbed an absentee step-cat mom and am apparently living up to the title. In other care-related news, a neighbour just gave me their beautiful monstera plants as their apartment didn’t quite get enough sunlight, so now I have a bit of plant pressure to not murder these beautiful gifts. Folks often remind me to ask them about when my comedy shows are coming up, so this is me sending an update of my upcoming show on Friday May 9th and links to some free, online webinars about comedy and sexual violence that I am working on in collaboration with the University of Calgary. There is never any expectation or pressure to come and please let me know if you would rather not get these occasional emails. NEXT SHOW: The Am I The Asshole Game The Am I The Asshole Game is a monthly comedy gameshow in the 60s spirit of The Dating Game but with moral grey area stories inspired by the popular subreddit. I play a failed gameshow host who finds three zany ‘experts’ to give advice to a comedian trying to figure out if they behaved badly in a situation.
Our last show featured our comedian storyteller using children’s librarian tactics to engage the crowd, an expert who was running as a long-shot candidate for Prime Minister and a straight-talking, beer slugging man’s man. Not to mention there were psychic predictions from an animatronic Zoltar! Every show is unique and unforgettable. The event is hosted at Little Mountain Gallery, a wonderful comedy community centre with a mandate to support Vancouver comedy and in particular new and weird ideas, like my show. WHERE & WHEN: ✳️ At Little Mountain Gallery, in The Salazar Room DISCOUNT CODE: ✳️ Friends & Family 50% off Discount: 50AITAH Use the discount code at the end of the online checkout process for a discount on the ticket price. If there is no cash in your pockets there are a limited number of free tickets available using code: AITAHfree. You must arrive by 6:45pm as we cannot hold free seats in the event we sell out. LAST SHOW BEFORE OUR SUMMER BREAK Can't make the next show? Join us in June! SEXUAL VIOLENCE & COMEDY I have been working with the amazing Kiara Mikita, PhD out of the University of Calgary, to help develop a month of offerings about comedy and sexual violence for Sexual Violence Awareness Month this May.
It's all free, so sign up online and tune in to what promises to be a really interesting month! The webinars are all 'cameras off' for participants so you can just tune in, listen and do what works for you. I will be facilitating or participating in almost all of the webinars, so see you there! I hope you had some decent moments this week like maybe saying hi to a neighbour (or when you are tired, successfully avoiding a conversation with a neighbour also counts as a win). If you had some meh times, I hope you joked about it with a pal. Cheerio, Em -- |
Em Cooper
Comedian, facilitator and event producer. I love jokes and how they can help us move through hard stuff. Sign up for the Cathartic Laughs newsletter for tips on how to joke about the curve balls life throws our way.
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