The Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club

The Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club is a Los Angeles and Beirut based brand which brings U.S. comedians to cities where they do not have comedy clubs yet. It was launched by co-founders Ron Senkowski and Samira Kawas in April 2018.[1]

History

The first stand up comedy event was held in Beirut at the St. Georges Yacht Club.[1] After a year of shows in Beirut, the company expanded to Saudi Arabia by bringing six U.S.-based comedians to perform during the first ever Jeddah Season in June 2019.[2][3] After this, the company has produced Maz Jobrani's Middle Eastern Peaceful Warrior tour and events in Bahrain, Dubai, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Doha, Riyadh, and Jeddah.[4] At the 2019 inaugural edition of Riyadh Season, the team brought Eddie Griffin to perform for two nights in the Boulevard zone.[5]

Events (2018–present)
Comedians Date Year City Country Note
Harland Williams, Jade Catta-Preta, Jamie Kennedy, Skyler Stone April 23–26 2018 Beirut Lebanon [6]
Amir K, Byron Bowers, Jessimae Peluso, Skyler Stone July 20–22 2018 Beirut Lebanon [7]
Bret Ernst, Chinedu Unaka, Crystal Marie Denha, Justin Martindale November 30 – December 1 2018 Beirut Lebanon [8]
Kate Quiqley, Rene Vaca, Tehran June 6–7 2019 Beirut Lebanon [7]
Dean Edwards, Godfrey, Harland Williams, Pauly Shore, Pete Lee, Vincent O'Shana 2019 Jeddah Saudi Arabia [3]
Eddie Griffin 2019 Riyadh Saudi Arabia [5]
Ahmed Ahmed, Jason Collings, Reem Edan 2019 Manama Bahrain [9]
Maz Jobrani "Peaceful Warrior" Tour 2019 Kuwait

Katar

Jordan

UAE

Bahrain

Oman

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Max Amini January 19 2020 Manama Bahrain [10]
gollark: Pascal's Wager might work if the only options are "no god" or "one god, and it's the one you believe in, and they'll reward you if you believe and punish you otherwise".
gollark: Also, I should be specific, "a god and associated religious claims", not just "a god".
gollark: Pascal's Wager is really stupid.
gollark: > I’d rather just have faith and get on with my lifeThis seems like a bizarre attitude, since if you... don't actually have evidence for a god at all... it's really weird for that belief to affect your decisions.
gollark: I'm not sure what you would call them, since "antitheist" is taken for "against belief in god".

References
  1. "NAYA | Samira Kawas: Beirut, LA, and everywhere in between – TK Maloy". An-Nahar. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  2. "Hollywood Pop-Up Comedy Club: Hitting the Laugh O' Meter – Rana Tabbara". An-Nahar. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  3. "Hollywood Pop-up Comedy Club lights up Jeddah Season". Al Bilad English Daily. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  4. "'In the Middle East God is God and in America, the advertiser is God,' comedian Maz Jobrani on censorship". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  5. "Laughter wins out on Riyadh's 'beautiful night for comedy'". Arab News. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  6. Chlink, Wadih. "Beirut welcomes the Hollywood Pop-Up Comedy Club | Lebanon Events!". Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  7. "Hollywood Pop-Up Comedy Club: A summer's night dream – TK Maloy". An-Nahar. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  8. "Crystal Marie Denha". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  9. "Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club coming to Bahrain". Time Out Bahrain. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  10. "Stand-up to the Max : Gulf Weekly Online". www.gulfweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
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