Canopy of Comedy returns with The Laughter Games

By Richard Lynch on October 31, 2019@richanthon

Laughter Games: The dates of comedy will go as followed; heat #1 is Monday, November 4, heat #2 is Monday, November 11, heat #3 is Monday, November 18, heat #4 is Monday, November 25.

Canopy of Comedy returns with The Laughter Games

Winter may be coming, but the heat will be on Mondays in November for the Return of The Laughter Games, where Canopy of Comedy welcomes comics nationwide and local to compete head-to-head in a battle of wits with funds raised on the night going towards Haven Hub, Limerick.

Canopy of Comedy will be hosting this event in the upstairs function room at the award-winning Katie Dalys Heritage Pub & Kitchen every Monday from Monday, November 4 to Monday, November 25 and funds for Haven Hub will be raised via bucket fundraising on the night, as well as a percentage of the door sales.

Katie Dalys Heritage Pub & Kitchen is a fully licenced bar with a food Menu served until 21:00 (12 Castle Street | Castle Parade | Limerick – Opposite King John’s Castle).

10 Comedians, local, national & international each performing 5 minutes of their best material each night, to compete for a place in the final.

The dates of comedy will go as followed; heat #1 is Monday, November 4, heat #2 is Monday, November 11, heat #3 is Monday, November 18, heat #4 is Monday, November 25. The grand final will be held Saturday, November 30 with the 1st Place scooping the Prize of €200.

Winter may be coming, but the heat will be on in November for the Return of The Laughter Games in aid of Haven Hub, Limerick

Audience attendance and support on the night welcomed! We will also be raising funds on the night to support The Haven Hub, a much-needed project to bring an Out-of-Hours Crisis Café to Limerick City.

The Haven Hub project – which aims to open next month in Limerick City and will provide an out-of-hours safe space for those in crisis / distress and overall provide a safe space for those suffering mental health issues, via trained volunteers will open its doors by end of November at Limerick Social Service Centre.

The doors will open at 19:00 and the heats will begin at 20:00. Tickets available for only €4 online or €5 on the door.

(€4 on door with valid student ID)

COMPETITION OUTLINE:

The first round is split into four / heats in November. There are up to eight+ comedians in each heat. In each heat, comedians are paired off and go head to head against each other performing 5 minutes of material. The winner of each pairing is decided by a panel of our three judges and announced before the next pair compete.

At the end of the night, the judges select two comedians to progress to the final from the pool of comedians who won their pairings. In each of the heats, only two winners will go through to the final. At the end of all four heats, the eight comedians who went through from the heats will compete in the final.In the final, comedians will be paired off and compete head to head performing 10 minutes of material. Our panel of three judges determine the overall winner of the competition selected from the 4 comedians who won their pairings in the final.

The comedians are scored on a scale of 1-10 for stage presence, originality, and audience reaction. Judges’ scores are averaged then to deem the winner! (The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into by the judges in relation to that decision)
All entrants must be available to compete on 30th November, if they progress to the final heat.

May the Best Comic Win!

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