The Riyadh Comedy Festival is making headlines, and it's not necessarily good news. The comedy festival in the capital of Saudi Arabia began on Friday, September 26, and features comedians like Dave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comedian Jessica Kirson, an openly gay veteran of the stand-up stage, has issued a statement expressing “sincere regret” for being ...

Earlier this month, comedians, including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, and Bill Burr, flew to Saudi Arabia to perform at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival. The organizers claimed it ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Louis C.K. is trying to explain his latest career move — and it’s not without controversy. The comedian appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night for his first ...

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with more details: Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, Pete Davidson, Russell Peters, Jim Jefferies, Whitney Cummings, Zarna Garg, and Jessica Kirson are in talks to perform at the inaugural ...

It’s hard to be a comedian; it’s never just bits and punch lines. They expect you to weigh in on so much serious stuff: cancel culture, political repression. And now the latest heavy question plaguing ...

David Cross recently eviscerated fellow comics playing the starry Riyadh Comedy Festival — including big names like Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Bill Burr, Kevin Hart and Whitney Cummings — but Pete ...

Saudis took the stage one by one to poke fun at the world — and themselves — introducing a hissing, cackling audience to an art form widely unknown in the conservative kingdom: stand-up comedy.

RIYADH — Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), has announced that tickets are now on sale for the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival, billed as the world’s ...

Veteran comedian Bill Burr unleashed on critics of his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, saying he doesn’t "give a f---" what anyone thinks about his appearance at a comedy festival in Riyadh. The ...

Saudi Arabia is working to reshape its global cultural image, but controversies over several acts in its comedy festival tied to the country's human rights record are underscoring the tension between ...