{"id":11373,"date":"2017-10-17T08:09:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=11373"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:49:34","slug":"jo-koy-live-in-manila-cebu-josep-is-coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2017\/10\/17\/jo-koy-live-in-manila-cebu-josep-is-coming-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo Koy Live in Manila &amp; Cebu: Josep is Coming Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Remember the guy who stood up on a big stage in Seattle and made people laugh out loud with stories of his Filipino upbringing and tales that involved his mom a lot? That same guy who made you crack up on\u00a0your couch while watching him on Netflix? Yes, that guy called &#8220;Josep!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_0009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11386 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_0009-652x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_0009-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_0009-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_0009-768x1207.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_0009.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i>IMAGE TicketWorld website<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Well, now you will soon have a chance to see <strong>Jo Koy<\/strong>, also popularly known as Josep (a mispronunciation of his real name &#8220;Joseph&#8221;), live on stage as he takes over the Philippine stand-up scene with back-to-back performances at <strong>The Theatre at Solaire in Manila (November 30 and December 3)<\/strong> and at the <strong>Atlantic Hall of Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu (December 1)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 46-year-old Filipino-American is an internationally acclaimed stand-up comedian who has been acknowledged as one of the top Asian comedians in the world. He has been doing tours in and outside of the US, and every performance is almost always a box office hit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For some time, he pursued his career at a comedy club and then in TV shows, until his big break came when he was given a guest spot on &#8220;The Tonight Show with Jay Leno&#8221; in 2005. That day, he received a standing ovation for his performance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Bicks Baporub&quot; | Jo Koy : Live from Seattle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jSXItMmP1s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another high of his career was when his self-produced comedy special &#8220;Jo Koy: Live from Seattle&#8221; recently made it to Netflix, letting him reach a wider audience all around the world, including the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ticket selling via TicketWorld will start on October 24, with tickets ranging from Php 2,625 to Php 6,825 (for Manila).\u00a0A piece of advice: we heard his\u00a0recent tours in the US, Hawaii and Canada sold out, and we are expecting the same in Manila, so grab your tix fast!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinfkntime\/status\/917181181774331905<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jokoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jokoy<\/a> sold out 8 shows in the islands and a bunch of my friends are still like: &quot;I can&#39;t get a ticket.&quot; How is this even possible?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Wong (@jennmwong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennmwong\/status\/917207841454227457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><i>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/07\/04\/jo-koy-fil-am-comedian-who-made-it-to-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reasons to watch Jo Koy<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What: Jo Koy: Live in Manila &amp; Cebu<br \/>\nWhen: November 30 &amp; December 3 (Manila), December 1 (Cebu)<br \/>\nWhere: The Theatre at Solaire, Para\u00f1aque City \/ Atlantic Hall, Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City<br \/>\nTickets:<br \/>\nManila &#8211; Php 2,625 (Balcony), Php 4,725 (Premium Gold), Php 6,825 (Orchestra) via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketworld.com.ph\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=JokoyatSolaire&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\">TicketWorld<\/a><br \/>\nCebu &#8211;\u00a0Php 2,500 (Patron B), Php 3,500 (Patron A), Php 4,500 (VIP) via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketworld.com.ph\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=JokoyAtCebuWaterfront&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\">TicketWorld<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/jokoy.com\/\">jokoy.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jokoy\/\">www.facebook.com\/jokoy<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i>Written by Rizelle &#8220;Rei&#8221; Lea\u00f1o<br \/>\nSources: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/life\/10\/15\/17\/netflixs-fil-am-comedian-jo-koy-to-hold-shows-in-ph\">ABS-CBN News<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jokoy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Jo Koy website<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We heard his recent performances in the US, Hawaii and Canada sold out fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,293,28],"tags":[1221,3018,3019,690],"class_list":["post-11373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paranaque","category-performance","category-solaire-resort-casino","tag-comedy","tag-jo-koy","tag-live-in-cebu","tag-live-in-manila"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11373"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11396,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373\/revisions\/11396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}