ICYMI - Just for Laughs moving comedy festivals online this fall
Its French-language sister festival, Juste pour rire, to run Sept. 29 to Oct. 10, will also feature online offerings but the hope is, if Quebec health guidelines permit, that it will be a hybrid of virtual performances and live and pre-recorded theatre shows.
“Assuming the new health measures are maintained, we’re thrilled to be able to offer a part of our festival before a live Montreal audience,” Charles Décarie, president and chief executive officer of the Just for Laughs Group, said in an announcement on Tuesday. “We’re sparing no effort to present the best festival possible, while respecting the health measures that are in force.
The Ethnic Show, The Nasty Show and the Bill Burr concert show are being rescheduled and will take place in 2021. Programming details are still being worked out and should be made public in the next few weeks, but the online festivals are seen as an opportunity to rethink how comedy festivals can operate in a virtual space, says the Just For Laughs Group.
Corporate partners are La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services and Loto-Québec; public partners are the City of Montreal, SODEC and the Government of Canada.
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