Do you like performers who do a killer lightsaber sound effect? How about a very accurate depiction of an elderly man? Yes? Comedian Al Ducharme is an veteran of the American club circuit, bringing his unique brand of clean, upbeat riffs on marriage, family and popular culture to live and television audiences for 18 years. He must be quite popular with Hong Kong audiences, since he's again swinging through the TakeOut Comedy club for three gigs this month before heading off to Macau....

This fall, Punchline Comedy is celebrating 20 years of bringing quality UK stand-up to Hong Kong audiences, but it's business as usual in the lead-up to the big anniversary—three nights of excellent comedy from three pro comics. Ben Norris and Dan Evans are sharp prognosticators who can be seen all over BBC1 and 2 on programs like "Mock The Week," "Brain Candy" and "Never Mind the Buzzcocks," but its the unconventional prop comic George Egg I'm...

Did you hear the one about the cliché-loving magazine writer who isn't creative enough to come up with a better way to introduce a comedy event? Asia's only full-time comedy club hosts three nights of live English stand-up, featuring Pete Grella, Ryan Hynek, Jim Brewsky, Mahesh Mansigani, Adam Walz, Nick Oliver, Garron Chiu, Alun Harford, Tamby Chan, Andrew Chu, Diane Huntoon, Big Ben, Steven Ng, Nate Sharwarko, Pok Fu, Anthony Solimini, Holden Mann and a debut from Cecilia Yeung....

It seems like there isn't a venue around town these days that isn't trying to sell drinks off the backs of local comedians (not literally, I hope), and Rula Bula followed suit a few months back by announcing their monthly comedy night. July's line-up happens to be rock solid top to bottom, with Vivek Mahbubani, Ryan Hynek, Garron Chiu and host Sean Hebert serving up an hour of laughs to get the LKF faithful over the work-week hump. Did I just write "hump" and "the...