Join us for the worldwide premiere of "YVR Funny", a series featuring 8 of Vancouver's funniest local comedians, created by Jackie Hoffart.
Doors 7:00pm
Screening 7:30pm
Tickets: see below
19+/No Minors
Come celebrate the new comedy docu-series YVR Funny at its inaugural season premiere event. The series showcases 8 of Vancouver’s funniest new comedians emerging from within the local Vancouver comedy and arts scene.
The first four episodes will screen, then we'll have a short intermission, followed by the final four episodes. The total runtime of the series is 160minutes, or 8x20min episodes.
YVR Funny is an original series that serves as a new stepping stone within the Canadian comedy industry. The show features a diverse cast of local stand up comedians; in episode order, they are: Toddy, Savannah Erasmus, An Te Chu, Danika Thibault, DJ On, Sasha Mark, Em Cooper, and Tin Lorica. These emerging artists share their best material, and give inspiring answers to intimate questions that allow audiences an inside look into the art form.
YVR Funny will also premiere on TELUS Optik™ TV On Demand, available on November 15th 2022. Later this year, audiences can stream each episode from the STORYHIVE YouTube channel.
Jackie Hoffart, creator, producer and director of YVR Funny, hopes that audiences will enjoy the docu-series and support the local arts community.
“YVR Funny, is a docu-series that captures the joy and creativity of 8 of Vancouver’s funniest emerging comedians. I created these bite-size glimpses of the overwhelmingly talented local community to champion them as they bridge the gap between ‘emerging’ and ‘professional’ in the Canadian comedy industry. - Jackie Hoffart, Creator, Producer, Director of YVR Funny
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About Jackie Hoffart, Creator, Producer, Director of YVR Funny
Jackie Hoffart is a short filmmaker, comedy producer, comedian and writer who lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, in Vancouver, B.C. Jackie served as a judge for the JUNO Comedy Album of the Year category in 2020 and as a panelist at the first-ever CANCOM Comedy Symposium, a national series of workshops by and for the comedy industry. Their short films have screened at festivals around the world (Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Winnipeg REEL Pride Film Festival, Entzaubert Queer Film Festival Berlin, Let’s Film Festival Fukuyama). They were a monthly columnist in English-language print media in Japan for over a decade, and are currently working on their first essay collection.
Made possible with a production grant from TELUS STORYHIVE Voices, YVR Funny will celebrate its first season and begin production for season two.
About TELUS STORYHIVE
TELUS STORYHIVE provides funding and training to content creators in BC and Alberta to support compelling original storytelling. We support projects that reflect a diversity of voices, ideas and views, and feature local places and events. STORYHIVE projects are distributed for free on TELUS Optik™ TV On Demand and online. For more information, visit storyhive.com.