Bassem Youssef
Back with the best in comedy, Just For Laughs Vancouver, in association with SiriusXM Canada, returns with the festival bringing many of today’s biggest names in comedy to venues around Vancouver, running from February 16- 25, 2023. Western Canada’s biggest comedy festival hits stages and streets across the city for 10-hilarious-days of star-powered stand-up, podcasts, improv and sketch performances, alongside breakout comics you didn’t even know you loved!
Bassem Youssef
Wednesday, February 22
Doors 6:00 pm | Show 7:00 pm Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance ticketing info HERE
Thursday, February 23
Doors 9:00 pm | Show 9:30 pm Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance ticketing info HERE
Must be 19+ w/ID for entry. All seating is General Admission. Advance tickets strongly recommended to ensure entry. Sorry, Rio Theatre Groupons and passes are n/a for this event.
Dubbed the “Jon Stewart of the Arab World”, cardiac surgeon, Bassem Youssef was the host of popular TV show, Al Bernameg – the first political satire shows in the Middle East which quickly became the most-watched show across the Middle East with 30 million viewers every week, and over a million subscribers to its YouTube channel. Throughout its three seasons, it was controversial through its humorous yet bold criticism of the region’s ruling powers, which led to multiple lawsuits filed against the show and its host. In June 2014, Youssef announced the termination of the show due to overwhelming pressures on both the show and the broadcaster. Shortly after, Youssef moved to the U.S. and has appeared as a Senior Middle East Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, plus hosted a digital series, The Democracy Handbook. Youssef released a book about his experience: Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring. He was named among the Time Magazine most influential list for 2013; and was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the CPJ. He was chosen by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the global thinkers during the same year. Youssef currently performs his one-man show, LATE FOR DEMOCRACY around the globe.
Presales:
Dec 6 @ 10am PT
Dec 6 @ 5 pm PT
Dec 7 @ 10am PT
Public On-sale December 9 @ 10am
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