Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Hello! Welcome aboard! Take a seat! Buy a bloody ticket or clear off! I know where you live! Simon Evans has performed on Michael McIntyre Roadshow, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, Celebrity Mastermind, University Challenge – The Professionals as well as acting in Rich Hall’s Cattle […]
Comedy: Two Edinburgh Fringe Festival comics bring laughter to Switzerland
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Rising above the crowd in the last few years, Sean McLoughlin makes his first trip to Switzerland alongside Angela Barnes, already floating above the masses of comedians in the UK. Sean McLoughlin appeared at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival. Angela Barnes has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, […]
Thanksgiving 2016 in Switzerland – Trump calls for unity on YouTube
Every year in late November, Americans come together with family and friends to reflect, be thankful and help those in need, all while sharing a sizable meal composed of roast turkey, cranberry stuffing, mashed potatoes, string beans and decadent pies. There are few American celebrations that represent the comfort of home and family as whole-heartedly […]
The snow has arrived early. Many resorts are open this weekend.
This season, Snow has come early to Europe. Generally speaking the snow above 1,500 metres is good and above 1,800 it is even better. Speaking to 24 Heures, Pierre Besson, director of the lift company Télé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets, said there is around 90 cm of snow at this altitude. All of this snow means that some […]
FILMAR, Geneva’s Latin American film festival starts on 18 November
FILMAR Festival stands out from other film festivals held in Switzerland. It specializes in Latin American films – the global importance of films from this region cannot be overestimated. The festival will, to be held from 18 November to 4 December in both Geneva, as well as Ferney-Voltaire, St Julien en Genevois, Divonne and Versoix. […]
Comedy: well-known Canadian comic Mike Wilmot to bring mirth to Switzerland
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Already an established comedian in his home country Canada, Mike Wilmot started working in the UK as a stand-up comedian in 1995. For over a decade Mike has built up a reputation as one of the unsung heroes of the UK comedy scene achieving rave reviews throughout the […]
One year in Bern a little-known patent office worker changed our view of the universe. He was Einstein.
By Bill Harby In physics circles, 1905 is known as the “Annus mirabilis,” the “Miracle Year” of Albert Einstein’s astounding rush of discoveries in modern physics. That year, the little-known 26-year-old genius, while working in Bern at his day job in the Swiss patent office, submitted his Ph.D. dissertation on the size of atoms, and […]
English-language comedy descends on Montreux
Brought to you by the Montreux Comedy Festival. Because laughter is a universal language, the Montreux Comedy Festival decided to pull together standup comedians from all corners of the globe. Among the many comedians is a fine line up of English language comedians from the UK, Canada, Nigeria, USA, Japan, France and Switzerland. Performers include: Basketmouth, Nigeria’s biggest comedy […]
Charlie Chaplin, still making us laugh at the new Chaplin’s World in Vevey
By Bill Harby Even today, nearly 39 years after film legend Charlie Chaplin’s death, who among us doesn’t know “the Tramp” with his signature mustache and big floppy shoes, twirling his cane as he loveably bumbles through a world of comedy and pathos? Whether you only know the Tramp for his slapstick, or you’re a […]
Comedy: Ro Campbell, the Aussie crowned Scottish comedian of year, tours Switzerland with Tom Ward
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Ro Campbell Australia’s nomadic Ro Campbell, brings his upside-down surreal slant. He has written for British TV and Radio, and has performed at the NZ Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Perth Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, played to captive audiences in several Maximum Security Prisons and supported star Tom Stade, […]
