L.Y.A.O. Comedy Showcase ft. Rob Delaney: Meat

The Laugh Your Ass Off Comedy Showcase is a recurring series featuring the very best up and coming stand up comedy talent on the East Coast. Join us as we grow the Charlottesville comedy scene!

DINE AND SKIP THE LINE :: Those who dine at The Southern before the show will be allowed early entry into the venue for best choice of seating! One early entry pass valid for one seat will be given per meal purchased. Limited to the first 30 patrons. The restaurant opens for dinner at 6 PM, show starts at 8 pm.

Rob Delaney is a writer/stand up originally from Boston and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Much of Delaney’s success can be attributed to his massive following on Twitter of over 1,000,000 followers.

In 2013, his first novel and bestselling memoir, Rob Delaney: Mother Wife Sister Human Warrior Falcon Yardstick Turban Cabbage was released by Spiegel & Grau in the US, and by Little Brown in the UK.

In 2012, he was named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch” and won the award for “Funniest Person on Twitter” at the Comedy Central Comedy Awards beating out such luminaries as Steve Martin and Stephen Colbert. He’s also been listed as one of “The Funniest People on Twitter” on such sites as the Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, Comedy Central, and Funny or Die.

Rob’s reach spreads beyond the US market; in the UK he sold out the Soho Theatre in 7 minutes via one “tweet” making him the fastest selling US performer in the venue’s history. His first TV series Catastrophe, which he co-wrote and co-stars with Sharon Hogan will premiere on Channel 4 (UK) in early 2015. His television credits include
Comedy Central’s Key & Peele, E!’s Chelsea Lately,  Burning Love, and TBS’ Cougartown.

His debut one hour special, Rob Delaney: Live at the Bowery Ballroom, is available on Netflix and from Comedy Central Records.

Rob also sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He currently performs stand up regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles, New York, and across the United States.