Today we’d like to introduce you to Kane Holloway
Hi Kane, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
Going Dutch the Dating Comedy Event came from a concept I workshopped with my old podcast partner Greg Behrendt. Greg wrote the book He’s Just Not That Into You in the early 2000’s and was looking for a cohost of his new advice podcast called Don’t Take Bullshit From Fuckers. He asked me and we did 200 episodes from 2019-2021. During that time we had kicked around the idea of doing a live version of the podcast where we shared the stage together, answer people’s dating advice questions and introduced comedians on stage and possibly have a live band. However I moved to San Diego after the pandemic and we couldn’t get our schedules to lineup. So I started working on a version of a live show where I share the stage with a different cohost every show and answer peoples advice questions live. The show morphed into what it is today where I hold a singles event where people can meet before the show. I have wingmen and wingwomen there help singles meet each other. I have games and activities at the venues for singles to do together, we had a “tattoo station” where you use brush pens to create tattoos on the person you are interested. I also write ice breaker questions to get conversations started. Once the show is about to start and everyone is seated for the show I take all of the ice breaker questions used for the singles and I put them in a bowl that sits on a stool on the stage and myself and the other comics pull from the bowl and try and answer those questions in real time. The show becomes a mix of stand up and improv.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Every show has it’s struggles and its evolved from the this simple comedy show concept to this big dating comedy event that I run with Don’t Tell Comedy every month.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I have been a comedian for the last 15 years. I started in Seattle and have moved around to different cities before landing in San Diego. I am a story teller comedian that pulls material from my life. I also produce comedy shows with Don’t Tell Comedy, which is a pop up, speakeasy style of comedy shows. My shows are fun, hilarious and interactive. I want people leaving my shows feeling like they something they weren’t expecting. I work extremely hard on crafting my material, creating new games and concepts for Going Dutch and producing some of the best shows in California.
Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
If you are a comedy fan, interested in having a crazy, interesting and all around different kind of experience than I would love to see you at any of my shows!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://kaneholloway.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/kaneholloway
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaneholloway
- Other: https://www.youtube.com/@GoingDutchComedyShow
Image Credits
Brittany Harding, Nick Magwood, Jaime Loeza
