HK International Comedy Festival
hong kong international comedy festival traditional chinese 香港國際喜劇節 simplified chinese 香港国际喜剧节 annual comedy festival hong kong founded standup comedian jami gong festival founded standup comedian jami gong founder takeout comedy club hong kong airplane thought idea creating film festival wrote thought sickness bag first competition featured hong kong comedian festival expanded include comedian world participant film festival include american tom cotter american chad daniel south african barry hilton hong konger vivek mahbubani briton john moloney american paul ogata american dwayne perkins american tom segura separate english chinese language competition latter participant substantially tinier festival also includes weekend featuring improvisational comedy panel judge determines winner based three category innovative material listener respond quality stage presence prize u three performance opportunity august journalist linda kennedy profile festival broadcast bbcs art hour television programme strait time called one asia largest comedy festival yearold malaysian comedian hannan azlan became first woman youngest person win official website wayback machine archived november official website takeout comedy club hong kong