HK International Comedy Festival
- HK International Comedy Festival
The HK International Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival in Hong Kong.
Founded by The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong in 2007 for English and Cantonese-speaking comedians resident in Hong Kong, the festival has expanded to include comedians from all over the world. There are separate English and Chinese language competitions. The festival also includes a night featuring improvisational comedy.
In 2007, Vivek Mahbubani won the Cantonese competition and Tom Schmidt won the English competition. [ [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684588,00.html "How to write a joke in China", "Time"] 15 November, 2007] The finals of the festival was hosted by Paul Ogata.
The 2008 edition will take place from October 9 - 18, 2008. The finals of the 2008 festival will be hosted by Tom Cotter.
References
External links
* [http://www.hkcomedyfestival.com Official website]
* [http://www.takeoutcomedy.com Official website of The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong]
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