The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong
- The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong
The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com] is a venue for stand-up comedy and improvisational comedy located at 34 Elgin Street, basement, Soho, Hong Kong. Founded in February 2007 by Jami Gong, a leading Chinese American stand-up comedian [ [http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/jamigong.htm "Featured Profiles", "Aprofiler"] ] , TakeOut Comedy is the first fulltime comedy club in Asia [ [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf "Stand and Deliver", "South China Morning Post"] ] . The club fosters local English and Cantonese-speaking talent [ [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684588,00.html "How to write a joke in China", "Time"] 15 November, 2007] and has hosted well-known comedians from around the world, including Tim Jones and Paul Ogata [ [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf "South China Morning Post"] .]
TakeOut Comedy is sponsoring the 2nd Annual HK International Comedy Festival between October 9-18, 2008 [http://www.hkcomedyfestival.com] .
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External links
[http://www.takeoutcomedy.com TakeOut Comedy's] website
[http://www.hkcomedyfestival.com HK International Comedy Festival's] website
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