Amman Comedy Club, in partnership with Mateen Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the “Comedy Lab” project, which is the first project of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa, which includes training young talents from Jordan to learn the art of writing comedic sketches, And Improv comedy in both Amman and Irbid governorates.

Amman Comedy Club was launched in 2019 to be the first club of its kind specialized in instilling a culture of comedy in Jordan and the Arab world. The club trained more than 56 talents in (stand-up comedy) and satirical writing, and presented 6 stand-up comedy shows during the period from September 2019 until March 2020.

 

The Comedy Lab Project Funding is a gift from the US Embassy in Jordan, It aims to build a new generation of comedians who will be able to spread the culture of Improv comedy in Jordan, and that is through the Amman comedy club, in cooperation with Mateen for Rehabilitation and Training, a non-profit organization based in Jordan, Through its programs, it focuses on child education, youth development, and women’s empowerment, The Comedy Lab project aims to enable talented people to master comedic writing as well  as Improv comedy performances.

 

 For her part, the Executive Director of Mateen Organization, Dr. Hala Al-Hashalmon, expressed her pride in this partnership, which she hopes will be the first step that works to raise the level of comedy in Jordan, and to deliver this message to all the people of the country.

 

 Through this project, 48 talented young men and women residing in Jordan will be trained through two training workshops in Amman and Irbid over a period of 3 months, starting from March 2021, under the supervision of international experts specializing in improvisational comedy training from the Second City Institute of Comedy in the United States of America.