{"id":80522,"date":"2026-03-22T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=80522"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:50:19","slug":"jimmy-carr-laughs-funny-rai-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/jimmy-carr-laughs-funny-rai-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carr brings his tour Laughs Funny to the RAI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Carr is rocking the RAI Theater in 2026 with his tour \u201cLaughs Funny.\u201d This is a one-time stand-up night, not a series of shows or festival. One night, one comedian, full focus on his signature blend of hard jokes and dry, pitch-black humor.<\/h2>\n

Carr is British-Irish and has been a regular name in international stand-up for years. His style is recognizable: short, well-timed one-liners, interspersed with dark, often uncomfortable observations on which he bites just a little longer. That combination of pace and sharpness attracts a large audience in the Netherlands as well, from regular followers to people who know him mainly from his specials and television appearances.<\/p>\n

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During \u201cLaughs Funny,\u201d the RAI Theater is set up as classic comedy theater: you sit in the auditorium, all lights and attention go to the stage. No roaming acts, no fringe program, but a tightly programmed, seated show. This suits Carr's way of playing well: he builds his set in rhythm, with jokes that follow each other in quick succession and leave room for loud laughs in the audience.<\/p>\n

During \u201cLaughs Funny,\u201d the RAI Theater is set up as classic comedy theater: you sit in the auditorium, all the lights and attention go to the stage.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That Jimmy Carr is descending on this very spot is in keeping with the growth of English-language stand-up on major stages in the city. His performance attracts both Dutch fans who have been following him for years and international visitors looking for an evening of hard stand-up in a large theater. One thing is certain: those who attend will get a concentrated dose of Carr in full length, in a venue built entirely on listening, laughing and the occasional sharp swallow after a slightly too-rare joke.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Carr zet in 2026 het RAI Theater op scherp met zijn tour “Laughs Funny”. Het gaat om een eenmalige stand-upavond, geen reeks shows of festival. E\u00e9n nacht, \u00e9\u00e9n komiek, volle focus op zijn kenmerkende mix van harde grappen en droge, gitzwarte humor. Carr is Brits-Iers en al jaren een vaste naam in de internationale … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10974],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-80522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-voorstellingen-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[80667],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UG8i8l9TE6o?si=5zJW9tjQx-72lRQn","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"E\u00e9n avond keiharde stand-up met snelle grappen en gitzwarte humor in het RAI Theater","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"In 2026 komt Jimmy Carr met zijn tour \"Laughs Funny\" naar het RAI Theater. De Brits-Ierse stand-upkomiek staat bekend om zijn razendsnelle one-liners en donkere, scherpe observaties. Op 13 december 2026 doet hij een eenmalige show in het theater, als onderdeel van een internationale tour die ook hier al een grote schare fans trekt.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":"","naam_locatie":"RAI Theater","adres":"Europaplein 24","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.rai.nl\/theater-bezoeken","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80522"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80765,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80522\/revisions\/80765"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80522"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=80522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}