Comedy

The lucky people of Cologne have been blessed with an English stand up comedy show since 2003 - thanks to Hollywood's Comedy Nights.

Ever heard of Knacki Deuser?  You should have, he's only one of the biggest names in German comedy!  He's a Rheinlander who found the inspiration for a show that would later become the legendary "Nightwash", in New York City. "I noticed the difference in the way people experienced comedy there. We would go to shows and everyone was so loose and casual about it. It was all so uncomplicated, not stiff and planned like in Germany. People would go out after work and want to do something, so they would go to a comedy club.

This year's Cologne Comedy Festival is nearly over - but there's still one hot ticket available that you really shouldn't miss.  Johnny Hollywood (host with the most at Hollywood's Comedy Nights) has invited the Comedy Cafe Amsterdam to take over Flanagans this Wednesday 28th October.  These guys are GOOD!  Bob Maclaren comes all the way from New Zealand via Amsterdam and promises to deliver mildly unhinged mayhem on the stage (watch out front row-ers).

It's here again - the Cologne Comedy Festival.  There are of course a whole host of fantastic comics performing at this year's festival - mostly in German, and although many of us have the ability to understand the highly complex naratives that make up the "German sense of humour", there's nothing quite like a back to basics, stand up show, in English.  And this year Johnny Hollywood is putting on two shows that are guaranteed to have you laughing until you leave a little puddle under your chair.  On the 21st October you can see Sanjay Shihora - the guru of comedy a