Zulu Comedy Festival: Standup showet

GEO - Denmark's absolutely most unpredictable comedian. Explosive, physical, groundbreaking, 100% original, surreal, and not least a guarantor of first-class entertainment.

Alex Klein is a bankrupt real estate executive whose life is on a collision course. Not only do the market and his career look like a Trabant from before the fall of the Berlin Wall, but he has a wife who is thriving in success; a family whose habits are driving him insane; clients with bad taste and too much money. Not to mention 14-year-old baristas who think they know the difference between highland coffee beans, picked by virgins at midnight and the coffee from the local supermarket. So there's a lot getting on his nerves, so much so, that one day, when things become real serious, he can only weather the storm in his own repelling way.

Talegaver Til Børn celebrated its 15th anniversary in December 2007 with three sold-out shows at Forum. The FBI's annual charity show was produced in collaboration with Unicef. For 15 years, between Christmas and New Year's Eve, people have been able to laugh for a good cause in the company of the country's best stand-up comedians, and the 2007 shows definitely lived up to the success of previous years.

This year's Grin til Gavn (Grin for Good) is held at Aarhus Musikhus on December 27 and at Bremen Teater in Copenhagen on December 29. This year's hosts are Mikkel Klint Thorius and Jonas Mogensen! Look forward to a fantastic show with some of the country's best comedians, who are performing to benefit vulnerable children in Denmark and the rest of the world.

It's my first real one-man show and it was really an amazing experience to be on tour with it. I think I took a chance with some of the topics, but luckily I have the best fans in the world who made it an amazing experience to do the show every single night. I always find it hard to say what a stand-up show is about, because in my world a stand-up show doesn't have to be about one thing. And neither does “INDEBRÆNDT”. It's about me. It's about society. It's about my view of society. And then it's about me becoming a father, my views on feminism, politics, drugs and the end of the world. But I think you should just buy the show and see it for yourself!

Between Christmas and New Year's Eve 2022, it will be 30 years since Danish comedians first took to the stage to raise money for children in vulnerable situations.

The wait has been long, but now coronavirus and lockdown can finally be replaced by laughter and enjoyable time with friends and family. A number of the country's best comedians interrupted their Easter holidays and took to the stage for a good cause in 'Grin til gavn' (Laugh for a Cause) – Save the Children's comedy show. The hosts of this comical extravaganza are Ane Høgsberg and Martin Nørgaard.

An evening with Martin Nørgaard.

The show is about finding yourself by looking inside yourself. More specifically, it is about recognizing that you are a bad feminist and finding peace with that. About not letting your opinions be dictated by others and about how some people cannot claim ownership of a word or a definition. It is about there being room to be bad at something and that it is perfectly okay. In the spring of 2017, you can experience Zulu Comedy Galla Talent Award winner Ane Høgsberg in her debut one-woman show for the first time. She will be accompanied by a surprise warm-up act, which (without giving too much away) proves that the stand-up industry is not made up of white, oppressive men, but is actually full of supportive and good colleagues who can recognize talent when they see it and are always willing to back it up and, well, well, warm up for one of the new stars in the Danish stand-up firmament.

Ane Høgsberg's second solo show is about one of the few things we all have in common: death. We encounter it several times in our lives, and we will all die one day. But how do we want to leave this world? What will be said at our funeral—and can we actually choose the animal we want to be reborn as? When Ane spent three weeks in the spring of 2018 fearing she had breast cancer, all these questions bubbled up—not in a scary way, but more like: Do they remember to make enough cake for the funeral reception? What song should be played in the church? And how will my childhood sweetheart take the news? Fortunately, Ane did not have cancer, but it set off a lot of thoughts: What is basically the craziest way to die, and who should definitely not inherit anything when the time comes?

In the spring of 2002, six of Denmark's best stand-up comedians joined forces under the name Den Ægte Vare. The goal was to show the audience six different styles in the original form of stand-up - completely stripped of “borrowed” jokes and clap-friendly song numbers. Through 24 shows, Varen delivered the goods in sold-out theaters across the country. The tour ended with 3 nights in the circus building, and this recording is the first of these shows.

Danish stand-up by Lars Hjortshøj, Lasse Rimmer, Anders Fjelsted, Omar Marzouk, Anders Matthesen, Rune Klan, Uffe Holm, Sebastian Dorset, Jonatan Spang, Klaus Bondam, Dan Andersen and Povl Erik Carstensen.

Denmark's most ruthless comedian, now in his own show with his verdict on the Danish people.

You are, of course, invited when TV 2 ZULU celebrates the Danish comedy industry with a huge party at the Opera House. Rune Klan is the host, who will use every means possible to create an evening filled with surprises big and small, stand-up comedy, magic, and lots of fun—and we are quite sure that it will be a success. Two of the evening's highlights are the presentation of the awards for 'Talent of the Year' and the prestigious 'Comedian of the Year', with this year's nominees being: Jonatan Spang, Sofie Hagen, Ruben Søltoft, and Simon Talbot.

Look forward to a fantastic show, where this year's hosts, Carsten Bang and Jesper Juhl, together with a string of the country's comedians, will mark 25 years with a historic anniversary show on December 27 at Musikhuset Aarhus, December 29 at Royal Arena, and January 8, 2018, at The Comedy Store in London. For the fifth year in a row, the proceeds will go to Save the Children and the organization's humanitarian work for refugee children. Look forward to seeing: Adam & Noah, Anders Fjelsted, Anders Grau, Ane Høgsberg, Brian Mørk, Dan Andersen, DJ Noize (Kapelmester), Elias Ehlers, Jacob Taarnhøj, Jonas Mogensen, Lasse Rimmer, Michael Schøt (video clip), Mikkel Klint Thorius, Mikkel Rask, Ruben Søltoft, Simon Talbot, Thomas Hartmann, Thomas Wivel, and Torben Chris.

In keeping with tradition, the popular comedy show is back, and this time it is Red Barnet that is behind it. This year's hosts are Michael Schøt and Christian Fuhlendorff.

Look forward to Jonas Mogensen's first one-man show, where you come home to Jonas' sofa. Here, everyday life is not quite as comically undramatic as he might make it out to be. There's room for the small and big challenges of family life - and maybe even a little love.

FAR is Elias Ehlers' third one-man show. As the title suggests, the show is about Elias' new role in life – a role that has turned his world upside down. Elias became a father just over a year ago and quickly decided that he wanted to create a show about his first year as a new father. It is a hectic and overwhelming period, where there is not really any space to say all the things that make your head explode. Elias creates that space with "FAR" and invites the audience right into what for him is a beautiful, frightening, and completely crazy time, which has also made him look inward and see who he really is and who he wants to be. The result is an uncontrollably entertaining show that may also make you wiser – no matter where you are in life.

As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and tries to help an old friend. When their mother dies, Nick meets his brother at the funeral. The brother, who remains nameless, is a single father to a young boy, but also supports a drug habit that is spiraling out of control. When an opportunity presents itself, he becomes a drug dealer to secure his son's future. Eventually, the two brothers meet again.