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Spicy Bits: Hot Sauce + Improv Comedy

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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,...

$10

With a Little Feeling: A Storytelling / Standup Show

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join host Joe Tolpi and local comedians for a night of laughter and stories as part of a new monthly show. With a Little Feeling is storytelling and standup comedy featuring a different roster of local comedians talking / joking about how they are (or are not) coping in the world. It really is a...

$10

Joie des Femmes Improv Comedy

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

The femme performers of Big Couch are spreading joy through imaginative improv comedy! They'll take the stage without a script and create everything from nothing. You'll discover their worlds and characters as they do. Experience the singular creativity of improvised comedy elevated by talented femme performers at 1045 Desire Street. Tickets available here or at...

$10
Event Series Free Comedy Jam for Improvisers

Free Comedy Jam for Improvisers

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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...

Free

Cheers! An Improvised Comedy Celebration

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

This improvised comedy show takes inspiration from the awesome things that have happened to anyone that comes to the show. Got a job promotion? Cheers! Landed a new gig? Cheers! Kissed someone? Cheers! Got out of bed? Cheers! We’ll take whatever anyone wants to celebrate and improvise the ever-lovin’ heck out of it. Inspired by...

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At The Top: A Collaborative Comedy Competition

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

8 Comics! 3 Rounds! 1 Crown! Experience your favorite standup comics working together like you’ve never seen before, live and video sketch comedy, and the sweetest honey roast you’ve ever tasted! Save the date! Tickets coming soon! Produced by Jade and Daniel Brontè-Bullard, “At The Top: A Collaborative Comedy Competition” appears at the Big Couch...

$10

Carnival Market – Costume & Craft Pop-up

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Stop by Big Couch to meet all your Carnival costuming needs. We're hosting a pop-up market with vintage retailers and accessory makers to help you get get Mardi Gras ready. This indoor market goes from 3 to 6 pm on Sunday, January 14.

Free

Reel Genius – Cinema Sundays Movie Trivia

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

In partnership with Cinema Sundays, Big Couch is excited to present movie trivia night. Establish yourself as a Reel Genius by competing in multiple rounds that test your knowledge of film facts. Play as an individual or as a team and win fun prizes. This event is pay-what-you-can or suggested donation of $5.

Donation

You’re Invited – An Improv Comedy Party

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Consider this your official invitation to "You're Invited," an improv comedy show by an all-female troupe that transforms each performance into an uproarious celebration. With boundless creativity and infectious energy, these talented comedians seamlessly blend humor and spontaneity, crafting a dynamic atmosphere reminiscent of an unforgettable party. The stage becomes a lively gathering where the...

$10

Double Duos: Improv Comedy in Pairs

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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.

$10

Modern Folklore: A Storytelling Show about Stories

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

The stories we hear as young adults shape who we are. Whether those are about a haunted railroad track, a half-human / half-animal wood-dwelling cryptid, a body buried an air duct above a bathroom, the house down the block that "just ain't right," or any other uncanniness in our community, these weird, wonderful cautionary tales...

$10

Instant Ensemble: Long-form Improv Comedy

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Instant Ensemble demonstrates the power of collaborative creativity through improv comedy. We'll gather 10 improvisers who may or may not have performed together, assign them as a team, and give them a stage for a show. What will happen? Who knows! But you won't want to miss it and the laughs you'll get from joining...

$10