Ryan Reynolds will headline the inaugural Just For Laughs comedy festival in London.
In Just for Laughs London, which runs from March 2-5, 2023, Reynolds takes part in an informal conversation about his career as a Hollywood actor, producer and co-owner of British football club Wrexham, with dead pool 2 co-star Rob Delaney moderates.
As Just for Laughs crosses the pond in partnership with AEG, the Montreal-based chuckle fest will bring its signature comedy club and arena shows and celebrity talk and panel format. During the four-day event, British TV presenter Graham Norton and The Duchess creator Katherine Ryan who puts on gala shows, and Richard Curtis, co-founder of Red Nose Day, who presents his own showcase of comedic talent.
Other stand-up show hosts include Aisling Bea, creator and star of Channel Four’s This side up, while Reggie Watts, Randy Feltface and Adam Buxton bring solo shows to London. And The office star Craig Robinson will be doing his own in-conversation performance at Just for Laughs London, while also performing on stage with his nine-piece band, The Nasty Delicious.
Run by a consortium led by ICM and Howie Mandel, Just for Laughs typically houses global stand-up talent that was discovered over the years in part at the Montreal comedy fest while Hollywood talent scouts and execs searched for comics for sitcoms, movies or host TV game shows. That includes Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Ali Wong, Kumail Nanjiani, Pete Davidson, Colin Jost and Dave Chappelle.
Just for Laughs has also taken its comedy festival concept to Toronto, Vancouver and Austin in North America and Sydney, Australia. At the same time, British comedians such as Jimmy Carr, Eddie Izzard, Tommy Tiernan, Nish Kumar and Sarah Millican were key to the success of the comedy festival lineups.
“Each year, the British contingent of comedians at JFL Montreal is without a doubt one of the highlights of our event, which I attribute to the distinctiveness, originality and point of view of the comedians like no other. Now is the perfect time for us to shine our festival the international spotlight on the incredible UK scene, while also bringing together global comedy stars to produce one epic celebration of comedy,” said Just for Laughs president Bruce Hills in a statement. declaration.
