Keep the new bit off social media and in the club
A lockable phone pouch for a comedy show blocks both cameras while the phone stays on the audience member. Before The Internet rents phone pouches for phone-free comedy clubs, secret sets, work-in-progress rooms and filmed specials, so punchlines are not on social media before the special is out.
What goes wrong without it
Jokes leak before the special
Comedians spend years building an hour. One phone in the room puts the punchline on Reddit before the show ends.
Hecklers have a new weapon
Audience members fact-check, live-post and clip in the moment, which is a distraction that did not exist before smartphones.
The room never fully locks in
Comedy runs on collective energy. When part of the crowd is on a screen, the laugh drops and the set never gets there.
How it works here
A phone recording in the front row can kill a new joke before it has had a chance to work on the road. Before The Internet's lockable phone pouches let comedy clubs, venues and comedians run a phone-free comedy show without confiscating a single device.
Built for
Comedy clubs running phone-free nights
Comedians protecting new material during workshopping and secret sets
Filmed specials where a leak before release is a financial risk
Open mics and warm-up shows where the room needs to stay loose
What changes when the room is phone-free
Material stays yours
Nobody posts your punchlines before the special.
No in-room clipping
No fact-checking, live-posting or on-the-spot filming.
Collective energy
The room laughs together instead of watching in pieces.
Release on your terms
You choose when and how official clips go out.
Real engagement
Attention on the stage from opener to headliner.
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Frequently asked questions
Does the pouch stop people recording the set?
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Can a club offer phone-free nights as an option rather than a rule?
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Will the phone pouch fit every phone size?
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Ready to go phone-free?
Running a special, a secret set or a phone-free night? Send the date and the room size.
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