Comedy.Si
European comedy, in every language you perform
Built for comedians working across Europe: adapt your material between 15+ languages, learn what lands in Hamburg versus Copenhagen, and navigate the festival circuit from Edinburgh to Montreux with a partner who knows the continent's comedy traditions.
No card required · $9/mo Plus · $99/mo Premium
What you get
Everything Comedy.Si gives you
Comedy Translation Engine
Adapts jokes across 15+ European languages, preserving the mechanism of the laugh - wordplay swapped, references localized, timing adjusted.
Cross-Cultural Styles Database
Comedy traditions, taboos, safe and risky topics, and performance norms for 40+ European countries and regions.
Festival Circuit Navigator
Guidance on 200+ European comedy festivals - application windows, set requirements, and how to prepare for each stage.
Multilingual Set Manager
Keep parallel versions of every bit per language and market, with notes on what changed and why.
Audience Expectation Profiles
Know the pacing, crowd-interaction style, and political-comedy appetite of a venue's audience before you step on stage.
Go deeper
European Comedy Atlas
Cross-cultural comedy traditions, translation approach, and the festival circuit.
Regional Comedy Traditions
- British Wit — Understatement, self-deprecation, and irony carried more by tone than by punchline.
- German Precision Comedy — Structured, logical setups; absurdity lands harder against a deadpan, exact delivery.
- French Absurdism — Wordplay and philosophical non-sequitur, often performed with theatrical commitment.
- Nordic Deadpan — Flat delivery, dark undertones, and comfort with silence as a comedic tool.
- Slavic Dark Humor — Bleak or fatalistic premises played completely straight, often political in origin.
Translation and Adaptation
- Literal Translation — Direct word-for-word rendering - usually where humor breaks down and needs a note.
- Adapted Translation — Same joke structure, but references and idioms localized to the target market.
- Reimagined Translation — Same underlying premise, rebuilt with culturally native execution and references.
The Festival Circuit
- Edinburgh Fringe — The world's largest arts festival; fierce competition, huge exposure, high cost of entry.
- Montreux Comedy Festival — Prestigious Swiss festival with strong industry presence and international bookers.
- Application Timing — Most European festivals require applications 3-6 months ahead - track deadlines early.
Pricing
Simple plans that grow with you
Plus
$9/mo
- ✓Comedy adaptation across 15+ languages
- ✓Full cross-cultural styles database
- ✓Multilingual set manager
- ✓Country-by-country audience profiles
Premium
$99/mo
- ✓Festival circuit navigator with application prep
- ✓Market-entry playbooks for new countries
- ✓Unlimited parallel set versions and adaptation history
- ✓Venue-specific audience briefings
- ✓Priority support during festival season