We’re so close to SketchFest we can almost taste it! Speaking of tastes, our PreFunc Performances happening at The Pocket Theater this week are the perfect appetizer to whet your comedy whistle! Here’s what all the cool kids will be watching on Sunday, September 21!
SketchFest officially runs Friday, September 26 through Saturday, September 27 (and we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you to get your tickets now!), but you don’t have to wait to get your sketch comedy fix! We’ve expanded SketchFest to include a preponderance of PreFunc shows to kick off the festivities!…
In 2013 four friends came together to perform sketch comedy for a world that hates and fears them. Then one of them moved to New York and his pal from college took his place. Princess has quickly taken the mantle as Seattle’s most consistently pink-shirted sketch comedy group. Dan Hart, Glen…
Here at SketchFest we’re just fans of comedy. We love watching the amazing, the avant garde, and even the unintelligible stuff in the Seattle sketch scene. But we have a special place in our heart for groups like Now with Dames, who just keep putting on great shows and making them better and…
1. Take four comedic types. 2. Lock them in a room together. 3. Force them to write, edit, and rehearse until they either crank out a hilarious sketch comedy show or murder one another. That’s the winning formula! Day Job arose in April of THIS YEAR as part of SketchFest Artistic…
Performers often talk about developing a “groupmind,” where everyone in the show is in sync with one another and can anticipate their scene partners’ next move just from sheer familiarity. That familiarity with one another makes Drop the Root Beer and Run sharp, smart, and incredibly fun to watch. Forged…
What do you get when you perform sketch comedy with one of your best friends in Seattle for 10 years (besides extremely jaded)? You get a comedy duo so perfectly in sync that every second is jam-packed with jokes and a downright fanatical following that comes out in force to…
Yes, “Lilan.” As in “Lee-Lawn.” More and more people are learning the proper pronunciation, as Lilan & Wilder have been hard at work since 2011 amazing audiences around Los Angeles and across the country. The former college roommates and self-proclaimed “most hardcore best friends in the whole flippin’ world” are…
New York. Los Angeles. Chicago. Austin. New Orleans? The Big Easy might not be at the front of your brain when you think, “Comedy Cities,” but the fellas in Stupid Time Machine are changing that with hilarious touring shows that have delighted people at hip spots like SF SketchFest, New York…
A great sketch show feels less like a show and more like a party, or a shared experience with the audience and performers. That’s why we were so excited when we got the submission video from The Intecollectuals, our new favorite Venice, CA-based sketch comedy group of the day.
