Where Calgary's Comedy Celebrities
Strut Their NEW Stuff
The cream of Calgary's comedy crop perform their newest material. This isn't the stuff you've seen in their club shows or on their TV appearances. It's the brand new material that they are sharing with the world for the first time, and you can be there to witness it.
The producer of Red Carpet Comedy, Donovan Deschner, has chosen to combine this show with the release of his very first comedy album. On December 1 you can join Donovan and some of the Red Carpet Comedians for the launch of “I’ll Regret This”. Donovan has arranged for this to be one of the more [...]
Wednesday night was certainly one of the more eventful evenings of Red Carpet Comedy! Lots was going on “behind the scenes” to make it a very special night of new material with some old material thrown in for a camera crew. We had two videographers in attendance as it was the the first night of [...]
The second season premiere of Red Carpet Comedy on Wednesday night was a huge success! All the comics did an amazing job and the packed house was treated to one of the best shows that we’ve had. Kudos to all the performers: Lori Gibbs, Tony Binns, Amanda Brooke Perrin, Brian Stollery, Ryan Kukec, Jeff Kubik, [...]
The days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing colour, and Calgary’s comedy professionals have a whole summer’s worth of new material ready to try out at Red Carpet Comedy. This highly-reviewed (by both comedians and audience members) stand-up comedy room is returning to Calgary on September 29! Tickets are already on sale through the [...]
Right before the May 5 Red Carpet Comedy show, Andrew Schultz from Citytv here in Calgary caught up with Donovan Deschner to chat a bit out what RCC is doing. This video clip aired the morning of May 4: [flashvideo file=wp-content/uploads/2010/05/RCConCitytv.flv image=wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CitytvSplash.jpg width=360 /] It’s a pretty good summary of the show for those that [...]
We could have not asked for a better wrap-up to the first season of Red Carpet Comedy! About 90-minutes of new material was created and I’m sure that some of it will live on in the comedians’ regular acts. Thanks to everyone that performed last night; Donovan Deschner, Don Wood, Dan Guiry, Brian Stollery, Mike [...]
On March 31, 2010, Cory Mack phoned into CJSW’s, Am I Right??, to talk to Evan and Jesse about the April 7, 2010, show. She shared her views on the room, what it’s like to write comedy, and the experience for the comedians and audiences alike. While you can download the whole episode via their [...]
The final show of the first season of Red Carpet Comedy on May 5 will feature a large group from Calgary’s Underwear Affair. In preparation for their June 5 run to fight cancers below the waist they are holding numerous “Participant Nights” to rally support and enthusiasm amongst the runners and walkers. People that are [...]
Wednesday night’s Red Carpet Comedy proved without a shadow of a doubt that there are no hack premises in comedy, only hack comedians. Thankfully… none of the Red Carpet Comedians are hacks of any kind. Each of the eight performers had a complete new set of comedy to share and by the rave reviews of [...]
On April 3, 2010, the creator and producer of Red Carpet Comedy, Donovan Deschner, stopped by the CBC Daybreak Alberta studios to talk with Russell Bowers about creating and refining comedy. You can listen to the interview as published in the show’s podcast: [audio:http://redcarpetcomedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2010-04-03-Red-Carpet-Comedy-on-Daybreak-Alberta.mp3|titles=Red Carpet Comedy on Daybreak Alberta] Tickets for tomorrow night’s show are [...]
