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...
How can you use your improv knowledge to embellish stories and explore themes in a full performance? Forms can help! Learning more about them allows you to employ structural guidelines to string scenes together in a longer show. This course will teach you the basics of three forms - Armando, Close Quarters, & Monoscene. You...
Established troupes work together to create comedy without a script. See long-form improv from two different groups who know and love each other and creativity. Who knows what they'll come up with on the spot, but we know it will take all of them working together to do it!
We are excited to welcome performers from Chicago to join a Double Special Duos show with some of our favorite improvisers partnering up for unscripted comedy. 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.
Moral Panic highlights the most compelling and unapologetic comedians from New Orleans and beyond. Hosted by Benjamin Hoffman, this show delivers both insight and laughs leveraging the old adage - "It's funny because it's true." To further escape reality, stay around after the jokes for a dance party! Doors open at 7:30 pm, and tickets...
When improvising, characters help filter ideas, emotions, and actions to move through a scene. This goes beyond looks or accents to motivation - their wants, needs, and perspectives. Characters in scenes build a unique world through their eyes, and this course will support you in utilizing traits, physicality, emotions, relationships, and specificity. Improv 201 is...
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...
A Comedy Show And Modeling Competition Rolled Into One Do You Have What It Takes Become The Next Supermodel Of The Comedy World? Join us for a night of laughter, fashion, and fierce competition as some of the city’s best comedians share their funniest jokes, But that’s not all! A few lucky audience members will...
Getting comfortable with using your imagination in front of an audience is critical to improving your improv skills. This 8-week course combines coaching toward personal goals in developing a well-rounded approach to improvised comedy as well as performances to adapt to audiences and collaborate toward a complete set. Improv 501 is only open to those...
If you've ever wondered how improvisers make their performances look like they are scripted, then you'll want to take a deeper dive into scenework. From inside the scene, you can make choices that take you off in one direction or other choices to head off in another. This course will help you identify and play...
We think improv is an awesome foundation for connecting with others and the world, and we want to share that with folks all over the New Orleans area. Just like a college course, Improv 101 provides the basic concepts of a subject so that you can build upon it. Your participation in this four-week session...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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 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...
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...
Wrap up the week and play along in our news and trivia quiz! Between rounds, the panel of comedians and unexpected characters compete to answer: "Who knows what?" Join a team and play for glory, or root for an onstage team and enjoy the blend of late-night-comedy segments as they whir by! Featuring live musical entertainment by the...
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 for a night of laughter and spontaneity at the Sketchy Characters Improv Show! Get ready to witness hilarious scenes and outrageous characters brought to life by our talented improvisers. This in-person event will be held at the Big Couch New Orleans, located on Desire Street in the heart of New Orleans, LA, USA. Tickets available...
Technically, this would be our 4th birthday, but there was this thing that happened when we founded ourselves in 2020. So, no matter how many years it's been, join us in celebration! We'll have table top games, treats, and other fun stuff to do while you meet other really awesome folks who are into comedy...
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...
We've turned "Arts and Crafts" into "Yes And Crafts." We're combining Big Couch's improv talents with the artistry of local makers. They'll create a craft, and we'll "yes and" it as inspiration for unscripted comedy. Imagine a feathery headpiece being worn by a five star chef or a glittery goblet serving your clumsy toddler. It's...
Newly trained and long-time improvisers combine to invent characters and worlds in the moment. It's a showcase show never seen before and never to be seen again. Tickets available here or at the door.
