After the release of her album, Broken Hearts Club, I’d been more than eager to hear the album live and see Syd during her first solo tour. Anticipation grew as the first show was postponed due to Syd feeling sick, but I was excited to know she’d be closing the tour in her home city of Los Angeles. I arrived just before she came on and as we waited for her to come to the stage I noticed rapper Too Short hanging out at the bar. You know it’s going to be a good show when rap icons are there to see R&B acts. Syd came out in a biker hat and cargo pants, her fashion reflecting her down to earth vibe. As she went through her setlist she moved from song to song as if she was telling a story and kept the crowd engaged throughout the whole thing. She began with Tie The Knot and included some of my favorite tracks like Got Her Own from her previous album. She even sang YOU’RE THE ONE a classic Kaytranada track. Her band gave an exceptional performance and she even brought out rapper Smino for the track Right Track. The crowd was filled with lovers holding hands and friends dancing along to every beat. Syd gave a wonderful performance and I can’t say I expected anything less.
Featuring 3 comics — diverse, unique and original comedic talents — all rising stars from the LA comedy scene.
LIVE! IN-PERSON!
IRENE TU is named one of Netflix Is A Joke Comics for 2022 and Vulture’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know.”Her album “WE’RE DONE NOW” debut at #1 iTunes Comedy Charts March 2022. Irene Tu is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. The San Francisco Chronicle singled her out as an “artist on the brink of fame,” on the heels of being named one of the “Bay Area’s 11 Best Stand-Up Comedians” (SFist) and one of 20 “Women to Watch” (KQED). Paste Magazine praised Irene’s “quick wit, relaxed stage presence, and hilariously off-the-wall observations” She has performed at numerous festivals including SF Sketchfest, Comedy Central’sClusterfest,RIOT LA, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and Outside Lands. Irene has opened for comedians such as Patton Oswalt,W. Kamau Bell, Brian Posehn, Anthony Jeselnik, Gary Gulman, Judah Friedlander, Hari Kondabolu, and Aparna Nancherla. You can see her on season 2 of “Take My Wife” and on VICELAND’s “Funny How?” Irene’s recent STAND-UP FEATURING set is the most watched reel on Comedy Central’sStand-Up’s Instagram page, with over 2.7 million views.
Rachel Scanlon is an LA-based stand-up comedian, host, writer and actor from Minnesota. Ray has performed all over the country and legend has it, is the best comedian to ever live. You’ve seen Rachel from her sketches on Comedy Central, watched her on “Two Dykes and a Mic” and “Apologies in Advance“, and seen live on stage performing with the biggest names in the game, colleges, and numerous festivals including -Queer Portland Queer Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Best of the Fest at Burbank Comedy Festival. Buckle up, this comedian is high energy, absurdly positive, and your new comedy crush.”
Ellen Harold is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who was born on a craps table in Atlantic City in the mid ’90s. As a young girl, she learned that she had a civic duty to humiliate herself in front of others in order to bring laughter to the world. As a result, Ellen grew up to become a stand-up comedian, current based in Los Angeles. She is the creator and host of Abbot Kidding, the premier comedy show on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA and performs her stand-up throughout LA.
NOTE: LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY MAY INVOLVE ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS.
KUCR Comedy Apocalypse 14 Featuring 3 comics — diverse, unique and original comedic talents — all rising stars from the LA comedy scene. Thursday May 12 7:30pm BARN LIVE! IN-PERSON! DANIELLE PEREZ is a Los Angeles based comedian, actor, and writer personal and biting stand-up has been featured on Stand Up NBC, CBS Network Television, Sundance, Hear To Slay, NPR‘s Ask Me Another, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine called her one of the “13 Powerful Women Who Are Making L.A. a Better Place.” Time’s Up, MTV’s DECODED, Comedy Central, A Little Late with Lilly Singh!, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO), SPECIAL(Netflix),RUSSIAN DOLL, DIARY OF A FUTURE PRESIDENT.
EVER MAINARD is a non-binary, award winning actor, writer, and comedian, whom Variety Magazine describes as a “Wildcard,.. Hysterically funny and a force one can see a mile away…” for their performance in Netflix’s The Feels. Ever has also been seen in Paddelton, Conan O’Brien’s new digital series, Meet the Staff. Ever has written for Scy-Fy, E!, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Wilshire Studios. Ever was rated as one of the Top-3 U.S. Imports in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for their one-person show, Let Me BeYour Main Man, and has performed stand-up across the U.S. and Europe.
Madison Shepard is a stand up, writer, and actor based in Los Angeles, cited by Comedy Central and NPR as an “up and coming comic to watch.” She’s opened for Maria Bamford and her standup was featured on WhoHaha, Funny or Die, and Buzzfeed. She can be seen in Comedy Central’s The New Negroes, HBO’s Barry,and she plays Gail on Freeform’s new series Single Drunk Female. In 2020, she was on the creative team for the 72nd Primetime Emmy’s, written for seasons 4 & 5 of Netflix’s The Circle, and currently is writing on the Roku Original’s Roku Recommends. Madison’s debut EP “Goodnight Silverlake Lounge” .She studied acting at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, in London.
A partial list of the comedians the KUCR 88.3FM Comedy Apocalypse series has presented at the Barn—
Jerrod Carmichael, Shane Maus, Willie Barcena, Ian Edwards,Zack Selwyn, Al Madrigal, Jesse Joyce, Rod Man, Billy Randolf, Dean Edwards, Brent Weinbach, Nate Bargatze, Greg Fitzsimmons, Jimmy Dore, Paul Gilmartin, Bobby Miyamoto, Omar Nava, Jade Catta-Preta, Kevin Shea, Dan Levy, Sidney Castillo, Ron Funches, Gene Pompa, Dwayne Perkins, Robert Yasumura, Rory Scovel, Alice Wetterlund, Beth Stelling, Hampton Yount, John Roberts, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Matt Braunger, Baron Vaughn, Ramin Nazzer
May 12, 2022, 7:30 – 9pm. UCR Students — FREE ADMISSION. The BARN.
