Following its immensely successful Halloween sketch comedy show, Big Couch will deck its halls with holiday humor. Some of the funniest folks in New Orleans have combined creativity and joy for a ho ho ho ha ha ha night of live performances and videos. Don't miss your chance to get merry on Monday, December 11,...
Improv comedy is difficult enough. Why would anyone make it more challenging? Because watching comedians trying to perform while eating progressively spicier hot sauce is hilarious. Spicy Bits is a unique hour-long comedy show featuring improvisers performing short-form games and eating food covered in hot sauce. As the show goes on, the games get harder,...
Start the merriment with the debut performance of Big Couch's musical improv ensemble and continue with carolling where you're the star!
If you've ever been to a Big Couch class or show or never been able to visit our new home, we'd love you to join us for our holiday party! We'll have table top games, treats, and other fun stuff to do while you meet other really awesome folks who are into comedy and creativity....
Just because improv is unscripted, doesn’t mean you can’t practice it! We welcome improvisers of all levels to join us weekly to hone their improv skills, learn new ones, and connect with fun folks. An improv jam is an opportunity for anyone to perform and watch scenes. You can have an awesome time while developing...
Join us in celebrating the first graduating class of our improv comedy curriculum. These folks have spent over a year learning improv comedy through five levels of courses, and we're elated to mark this special occasion with a performance and a ceremony. All the fun starts at 7:30 pm on Saturday, December 16 at 1045...
Since June, the Enrichment 2 Empowerment program has supported young people in understanding the root causes of violence and its impact on themselves, their families, and their neighborhoods. Engaged participants interviewed dozens of New Orleanians to reveal the reality behind slanted media narratives and discover hope in the present and for the future. This documentary...
Enjoy the 10 year anniversary "Bourbon Whiz" movie screening at Big Couch! Celebrate a decade of laughs, thrills, and bourbon-fueled adventures with your favorite whiskey-loving hero. This in-person event promises an unforgettable night of nostalgia and good times. Grab your friends, grab a drink, and get ready to laugh, cheer, and maybe even shed a tear...
Jeff McCormick the Entertainer Extraordinaire's Christmas Celebration Concert Special will be to celebrate the Backstreet Boys' 30th anniversary by performing everyone's favorite classics from some of their previous albums such as Backstreet Boys self-titled, Backstreet's Back, Millennium, Black & Blue, Never Gone, Unbreakable, and a couple of their Christmas songs. In addition, he will also...
Big Couch has asked some of its favorite improvisers to partner up in this unscripted comedy show. Two pairs will perform long-form improv comedy separately, and then mash-up for a double duo. It's two times the laughs for one night only.
The immersive, trivia, puzzle competition Detective Game Show returns with a new set of cases. This time, it’s up to YOU to SOLVE them! DGS takes live murder mystery to the next level where trivia meets escape room. Devised and hosted by the puzzle-making, storytelling minds of some of New Orleans most talented creatives, DGS...
Local comedy show producers Jade Brontè and Jon Reynolds have coordinated with John F. O'Donnell, the originator of "50 First Jokes," to present a phenomenally funny start to 2024. 50 New Orleans based standup comics will tell their first joke of the year, and you'll get to bank all those laughs for the next 365...
