Torrance Comedy Underground April 11

California Comedy Underground has expanded our operation to the South Bay! Come join us for a fantastic night of comedy at the Hermosa Brewing Company in Torrance, CA!  Comedians from Comedy Central, the Comedy Store, Hulu and more right in your backyard! You won't want to miss this killer show!

Lineup:

John Hastings

Biniam Bizuneh

Jacquie Brown

Alex Duffant

Aryan Azizian

About this Month's Lineup:

John Hastings has been performing stand-up since 2006. He has won the Montreal Comedy Festival Home-grown Comedy Competition has been called "one to watch" by the Comedy Network and was the only Canadian Finalist of the 2011 San Francisco Comedy Competition and the youngest comedian to appear at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival in 2011.

In 2012 John won the COCA comedian of the year award and then moved to London England which gave him the opportunity to be featured on BBC Radio 4, BBC as a comedy correspondent and be selected to appear in the Comedy Reserve Showcase at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2013. In 2014 John appeared at the Glasgow Comedy Festival as part of the Homecoming Showcase as well as the Leicester, Nottingham and Machynlleth Comedy Festival. John then debuted his new stand up show "Adventure" at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival and appeared on BBC3's Sean Walsh Late Night Comedy Spectacular. John was then invited to be part of the Best of the Edinburgh Fest tour at the Perth World Fringe, Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. John was also invited to participate in a gala at the 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival capping of 2015 John returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his new show 'Marked from the Start' which earned a nomination for the Amused Moose Comedy Award.

Then in 2016, John returned to the Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe with a new show called "Integrity" which also ran in the West End of London and helped John get a spot on the Australian Comedy Channel. When not touring John wrote the short film "Who is Hannah" which won both the People's choice award, the Jury Prize at the Lakeshorts Film Festival and has been purchased for air by the CBC. He is also a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and one hell of a swimmer. Currently residing in Los Angeles, John has had a rough couple of years after continually being punched in the balls by life! When not turning tragedy into jokes, John has appeared on Comedy Central, BBC 3 (when it was a TV Channel the first time), Radio 4 and on America’s Got Talent!

Oh and lets not forget that Dennis Rodman heckled him at a comedy club.

Biniam Bizuneh is a comedian, writer, and actor who's written for the hit FXX series DAVE, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!, Netflix/A24's THE G WORD, and Syfy’s RESIDENT ALIEN. As a comedian, he’s appeared on Comedy Central’s STAND-UP FEATURING and recently had a stand up set released by Don't Tell Comedy. After getting attention for his YouTube series LIEGUYS, he wrote and starred in several originals for Comedy Central including his digital series, HOW TO BE BROKE. He’s appeared as a panelist on E!’s DATING NO FILTER, co-created and starred in a pilot for Hulu called BAMMAS executive produced by Ramy Youssef, and most recently, wrote for and appears in Jordan Peele & Monkey Paw’s reboot of SCARE TACTICS, currently airing on USA Network.

Jacquie Brown is a comedian, voice artist, actor and TV presenter from Los Angeles. She often confused with Jacquie Brown, the more famous comedian, voice artist, actor and TV presenter from New Zealand, but has had an excellent career in her own right. She has appeared in a number of movies, was a writer and winner of Comedy Central's Roast Battle and is a former 3rd runner-up at the Miss America pageant. Now she can be found regularly performing across the country and the clubs in LA including the comedy store, improv and more!

*Lineups are always subject to change

Doors will open at 7:30 PM. The show will start at 8. Drinks will be available at the Hermosa Brewing Company. Food is BYO/Food Truck provided. Show is 21+.

What to Expect: