#IFL2012!

Mom’s apple pie. The Lincoln Memorial. Making out. None of these things are nearly as quintessentially American as a good old fashioned football. The old gridiron. The pigskin. Two teams of hot sinewy dudes matching wits on a field of battle. And nothing’s more quintessentially hilarious than people fantasizing about playing football. With that in […]

SOLID GOLD HUSTLE

ColdTowne Theater’s smash hit comedy variety show, is coming back for a month-long victory lap. Every Saturday in July at 8:30 PM, The Hustle Show will perform a solid hour of their very best material. This ain’t the weak shit, son. Brought to you by the finest gathering of Austin’s comedic minds this side of […]

ATX Sketch Fest — All Fest Passes Added!

We are three weeks and a day out from Austin’s ONLY Festival — The ATX Sketch Fest! We’ve released a very limited number of All Fest Passes to the event, good for any shows save Paul F. Tompkins Crying & Driving Tour . Good news, however, because it’s entirely possible to purchase pass upgrades with tickets […]

Saturdays in May! Mike and Irene and Miller and Purselley!

If the creative history of the 20th century has taught us anything, it’s that great ensembles come in groups of four. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Laverne, Shirley, Lenny and Squiggy. ColdTowne Theater is continuing that tradition in May. Two improv comedy duos are teaming up every Saturday night at […]

Sketch Night at the Drafthouse!

It’s no secret the Austin comedy scene is blowing up. Like awaken-a-sleeping- monster-with-atomic-breath-blowing-up. Like buy-stock-in-it-now-and-then-retire-in-3-years blowing up. Like you-don’t-need-a-third-example-because-you-get-it blowing up. The proof is in the pudding and you can find a ton of that delicious pudding* at the Third Annual Austin Sketch Fest, a four-day festival bringing you the best in local and national […]

Fall Cage Match Schedule Announced!

Once a week, ColdTowne throws two teams of comic gladiators into the pit and gives each of them exactly 20 minutes to claw their way into your heart. Desperation never smelled so sweet. This is the improv show where your vote counts. For only five bucks, you can come make life-or-death rulings on the future […]

ColdTowne Theater During Out Of Bounds!

The Out of Bounds Comedy Fest is nigh! In just about seven days, 500 comedians from across the country will begin flocking to Austin to participate in the largest comedy festival in the south. From August 31st to September 5th, seven different venues will host improv, stand up and sketch comedy shows from New York, […]

IFL Week 1 Recap, One Week Late!

Week 1 of the 43rd year of IFL had was a hard fought battle fought with bits. Bits welded by Goths, Yuppies and the elderly who try to keep trim by walking indoors. During free agency at the top of the show, The Highland Mall Walkers and their supporters outbid the Greenbelt Gentrifieds and 66Sixth […]

Mainstage Sketch Show Has a Name, September Debut!

Murderers and con artists. White collar fraud and suicide bombers. Bernie Madoff and Rupert Murdoch. There’s a crime wave sweeping the nation, and it has absolutely nothing to do with any of those things. The real crimes against humanity are being perpetrated every day by the very people that birthed you. Your parents are guilty […]

The Radio Smoking Jacket Comedy Hour debuts Thursday, August 18th!

Greetings and salutations, stout yeomen and consumers of infotainment! In bold defiance of scripture, ColdTowne Theater and McCormick Lint Seed Oils proudly present a gluttonous buffet of comedy bits, recorded live for the slothful pleasures of the housebound and the lustful indulgences of widows! (Also: wrath! envy! greed!) Each month, The Radio Smoking Jacket Comedy […]