Picture This! The Live Animated Comedy Show
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Witness the comedy magic/gold of live comedy being animated in REAL TIME with some of the best comics and animators around!
About this Event
Picture This! (Live Animated Stand-Up Comedy)
Friday, November 20th, 2026
Doors 6:40PM // Show 7PM
$15 Pre-sale // $20 Day of // 18+
More info:
“What is Picture This!?”
PICTURE THIS! is your new favorite show from Brandie Posey & Sam Varela: two gals who want to push the boundaries of what a comedy show can be. Picture This! is a live comedy show with stand-ups performing while they are drawn live by some of the best animators, cartoonists, and other artists in Hollywood, CA, SF, NYC and Portland. Picture This! has also debuted in Toronto, New Zealand and Australia! The comedians don’t know what the animators are drawing and the animators don’t know how the comedians will react. We've been selling out shows all over the world for over 10 years, come see for yourself at our last show of 2024!
It may be weird.
It may different.
But it will be FUNNY!
“Stand-up comedy typically hinges on performers maintaining total power and control. Yet these shows put a premium on experimentation and vulnerability, humanizing the comics in the process.” - LA Weekly
“If you like animated comedies, how about animated stand-up comedy?… It’s just like having your portrait drawn at a fair, only instead of mildly insulting caricatures, you get to see one-of-a-kind depictions of what’s going on inside funny people’s heads.” - Vulture
“Often, the drawings are just as funny as the standup, enhancing and occasionally stealing the show.. A comedian might have a prepared set that gets thrown totally into a tangent when the illustrator adds their own input or sketches a crude figure that takes the joke to the next level. There’s also a high potential for verbal vs. visual banter.” - LAist
“The amicable marriage of sight, sound and more sight…each [artist and comedian] performing their due diligence to visualize this crazy thing called funny.” - Spinning Platters
“It’s a deceptively simple idea…a good exercise for the performers to keep their improv instincts sharp and it’s good entertainment watching funny people goof off.” - Portland Mercury
“The dynamic between comedian and illustrator can be push and pull, but when it works, they’re ultimately moving in the same direction.” - The Comic’s Comic
“An inherent irony existed in the disparity between two disciplines identified by the term “comic” - Spinning Platters
“The show is growing fast. Comedians perform while comedy’s best illustrators create masterpieces based on what they’re hearing on stage, live. You get to watch the process and it’s a really fun time.” - The Interrobang, Top Five Shows Out of Towners Need to See
”Brandie Posey & Sam Varela have something very cool going on here…the results are organic, highly entertaining and often times hilarious.” - The Interrobang
About this Event
Picture This! (Live Animated Stand-Up Comedy)
Friday, November 20th, 2026
Doors 6:40PM // Show 7PM
$15 Pre-sale // $20 Day of // 18+
We've reached the last show of 2026 and we're leaving you with one last BANGER of a show!!
Comedy by:
Paul Danke
Irene Tu
Wendy Wilkins
Erin Lennox
Solomon Georgio
Animation by:
Erika Sjule
Alex Salyer
Mike Mayfield
Alayna Cabral
Henrique Jardim
Mike Hollingsworth
& Pen Ward
Hosted by:
Brandie Posey
Poster Art by Henrique Jardim
Lineup subject to change without notice
Follow us!
PictureThisShow.com
FB.com/PictureThisShow
Insta: @PictureThisComedy
YouTube.com/@PictureThisComedy
More info:
- This performance will include an intermission.
- **Lineup subject to change**
- Late Arrivals will be turned away 20 minutes after scheduled event start.
- No Refunds or Exchanges.
- Tickets are Not Eligible for Resale and Resold Tickets Will Not Be Valid for Entry.
- For the protection of our audiences we reserve the right to refuse service.
- For Attendees requiring an Assisted Listening Device, you must submit a written request to venue operator 48 hours prior to listed show start.
- FREE street parking on Lyric Ave and Griffith Park Blvd
- At this time there are no additional safety regulations required of audiences - masking, etc. But if you do feel unwell please stay home. We continue to update our policies at times when health conditions change.
“What is Picture This!?”
PICTURE THIS! is your new favorite show from Brandie Posey & Sam Varela: two gals who want to push the boundaries of what a comedy show can be. Picture This! is a live comedy show with stand-ups performing while they are drawn live by some of the best animators, cartoonists, and other artists in Hollywood, CA, SF, NYC and Portland. Picture This! has also debuted in Toronto, New Zealand and Australia! The comedians don’t know what the animators are drawing and the animators don’t know how the comedians will react. We've been selling out shows all over the world for over 10 years, come see for yourself at our last show of 2024!
It may be weird.
It may different.
But it will be FUNNY!
The reviews are in!
“Stand-up comedy typically hinges on performers maintaining total power and control. Yet these shows put a premium on experimentation and vulnerability, humanizing the comics in the process.” - LA Weekly
“If you like animated comedies, how about animated stand-up comedy?… It’s just like having your portrait drawn at a fair, only instead of mildly insulting caricatures, you get to see one-of-a-kind depictions of what’s going on inside funny people’s heads.” - Vulture
“Often, the drawings are just as funny as the standup, enhancing and occasionally stealing the show.. A comedian might have a prepared set that gets thrown totally into a tangent when the illustrator adds their own input or sketches a crude figure that takes the joke to the next level. There’s also a high potential for verbal vs. visual banter.” - LAist
“The amicable marriage of sight, sound and more sight…each [artist and comedian] performing their due diligence to visualize this crazy thing called funny.” - Spinning Platters
“It’s a deceptively simple idea…a good exercise for the performers to keep their improv instincts sharp and it’s good entertainment watching funny people goof off.” - Portland Mercury
“The dynamic between comedian and illustrator can be push and pull, but when it works, they’re ultimately moving in the same direction.” - The Comic’s Comic
“An inherent irony existed in the disparity between two disciplines identified by the term “comic” - Spinning Platters
“The show is growing fast. Comedians perform while comedy’s best illustrators create masterpieces based on what they’re hearing on stage, live. You get to watch the process and it’s a really fun time.” - The Interrobang, Top Five Shows Out of Towners Need to See
”Brandie Posey & Sam Varela have something very cool going on here…the results are organic, highly entertaining and often times hilarious.” - The Interrobang
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Where is it happening?
Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe, 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, United States
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