If attending a comedy show in the new year is one of your resolutions, you’re in luck. The city has a burgeoning comedy scene that is unveiled when one steps in the interiors of its comedy clubs, performance venues and open mics. But the secret to finding performers you resonate with requires some preliminary knowledge of what kind of humour you are into.

“I used to watch a lot of comedy shows. I was a regular audience member at whatever open mic happened to be ongoing,” Shreemayee Das, the co-founder of Grin Revolution, tells us. “A lot of people told me I should also try performing, and while I resisted it for a long time, I eventually gave it a shot.” It was after this, she says, that she realised her inclination lay more towards understanding the dynamics of curation—bringing together the right personalities, shaping the flow of the show, and setting the mood for the audience. Rohan Desai, her partner and co-founder says, “We put together shows that we would want to watch, knowing what audiences like us would enjoy.”