Tonight is the opening night of Lund's first comedy club - in English.
– It is easy to joke about life in Sweden and all the cultural clashes, says
Joe Eagan, comedian from Canada and founder of the club.
Two years ago, Joe Eagan started arranging comedy nights for students at
Västgöta Nation. The show was in English and the target audience was
exchange students. Now he has taken the concept one step further and
arranges regular shows in Malmö and Copenhagen.
Tonight for the first time he arranges a comedy night that everybody in Lund
can attend. The club is called Wise Cracker’s English Comedy Club and it is
based in Restaurant Spisen, with the help of events promotor Party Tonic.
– The exchange students love it and I have discovered that even Swedes
appreciate something different like stand-up in English, says Joe Eagan. He
has invited four other comedians to the opening night.
And you don’t have to have English as your first language to understand the
jokes. Joe Eagan usually tells the comedians not to talk too fast, or to be
too abstract.
– At the second show I hired a British comedian from south London who talked
really fast. Nobody understood a thing – not even people from England in the
audience. That wasn’t a great success, so now I ask everyone to talk
clearly.
Wise Cracker’s English Comedy Club opens tonight at Spisen, showtime 7 pm. The
comedians then move on to Västgöta Nation where the club is open for
students, showtime 9.30 pm. A student card is compulsory there.
”Lätt
att skämta om livet i Sverige”
More events in English
Language Café
Do you speak English? Parlez-vous français? Vă vorbesc limba română? Every
week, people who want to speak languages other than Swedish, meet up at Café
Multilingua. This is a chance to practice your language skills, or help
someone else by speaking your mother tongue. At every table there is a flag
representing the language spoken. You find the Cafe in Språk- och
Litteraturcentrum, Wednesdays, 7-9 pm.
Feel Like Singing?
Lund International Student's choir rehearse in English, but also sing in
several other languages. The choir is open to anyone who wants to sing, not
just students. The social side is almost as important as the music,
according to the leader of the choir, Gösta Petersen: "We sit down
for a coffee each time and there is usually a lot of talking and socialising",
he says. The choir rehearses at Mårtenstorget 5, in Folkuniversitetet's
room, Mondays 7 pm.
Art Tours in English
The Museum of Sketches shows the creative process of the artist from the first
idea to the finished work. Once a month there are guided tours in English,
of both the permanent and the temporary exhibitions. The tours came about
after requests from international students and they are very popular. The
Museum of Sketches arranges English tours every fourth Sunday - the next is
on the 4th of March.
Sunday concert in French and Russian
Everyone understands the language of music. Lund´s city orchestra is inviting
you to a Sunday concert with music by the French composer Claude Debussy and
the Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky. The programme also includes Reinhold
Gliere´s Concerto for Horn and Orchestra. The conductor is Katarina
Andreasson. The concert takes place in Stadshallen, Sunday at 3 pm.