ComedyinSpain is proud to present its first homemade stand-up comedy production - totally conceived and developed in Barcelona, involving long term residents - and take it to the Edinburgh Fringe festival 2009.Actually, ‘¿QUÉ? - Four comics, Juan Vision’ is the first English language comedy show developed in Spain to be taken to the Fringe. It’s the culmination of a long term strategy of comedyinspain.com to develop comedy talent locally via workshops and logistical support and offer real opportunity to budding new comics.
What is ¿QUÉ?
A Jock, a Jew, a Canuck and a Cockney. A tap-ass comedy fiesta straight outta Barcelona. By turns engaging, disturbing, suave and sassy. ¿QUÉ? is what…
“Decadent leftist filth” Franco
“A real hoot! If a little surreal at times” Dalí
“A new dawn for comedy in Spain” The Catalansman
A Logan Murray Workshop last November 2008 got the ball rolling and a vibrant amateur scene with shows taking place in bars across Barcelona, inspiring many more to have a go. They have formed a group called the Barcelona Comedy Squad and ComedyinSpain has taken 4 of the brightest talents and shaped them into an Edinburgh show.
They are Dan Ryan from London, Lex Chapman from Stirling in Scotland, Michael Kossew South African born and on the move since and Stephanie Figueira from Canada, 4 completely different characters, drawn like thousands to make a life in the Catalan capital. This however is not a show about Barcelona. It is more a show with a Barcelona essence and default.
Opening with a 7 minute short film shot over 4 weeks of Guerrilla filming in the city, followed by 4 individual pieces of stand-up delivered by people with Barcelona under their skin and a musical finale that has absolutely nothing to do with this part of the world. It is a stand-up comedy show with a difference showcasing 4 of Barcelona’s best amateur comedy talents.
In Edinburgh ¿QUÉ? runs from the 16th until the 31st of August at The Tron as part of the FPF (Five Pound Fringe) programme.
Many people helped voluntarily in the creation of this first show and special thanks to: Drostyboy prooductions, Llantiol, Icon International and Framezero, Splat-photo, Go-Car BCN, camera operators Luigi and Malú and all the people who took part in the making of ¿Qué?, the movie.
A Jock, a Jew, a Canuck and a Cockney. A tap-ass comedy fiesta straight outta Barcelona. By turns engaging, disturbing, suave and sassy. ¿QUÉ? is what…
“Decadent leftist filth” Franco
“A real hoot! If a little surreal at times” Dalí
“A new dawn for comedy in Spain” The Catalansman
A Logan Murray Workshop last November 2008 got the ball rolling and a vibrant amateur scene with shows taking place in bars across Barcelona, inspiring many more to have a go. They have formed a group called the Barcelona Comedy Squad and ComedyinSpain has taken 4 of the brightest talents and shaped them into an Edinburgh show.
They are Dan Ryan from London, Lex Chapman from Stirling in Scotland, Michael Kossew South African born and on the move since and Stephanie Figueira from Canada, 4 completely different characters, drawn like thousands to make a life in the Catalan capital. This however is not a show about Barcelona. It is more a show with a Barcelona essence and default.
Opening with a 7 minute short film shot over 4 weeks of Guerrilla filming in the city, followed by 4 individual pieces of stand-up delivered by people with Barcelona under their skin and a musical finale that has absolutely nothing to do with this part of the world. It is a stand-up comedy show with a difference showcasing 4 of Barcelona’s best amateur comedy talents.
In Edinburgh ¿QUÉ? runs from the 16th until the 31st of August at The Tron as part of the FPF (Five Pound Fringe) programme.
Many people helped voluntarily in the creation of this first show and special thanks to: Drostyboy prooductions, Llantiol, Icon International and Framezero, Splat-photo, Go-Car BCN, camera operators Luigi and Malú and all the people who took part in the making of ¿Qué?, the movie.
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