The Immigrant Comedy Show

In need of a good laugh? The Immigrant Comedy Show is comedy at its best! Unapologetic and diverse! Join us for a night of hilarity with the funniest immigrant comedians in the UK! featuring Njambi McGrath ( 🇰🇪 Kenya), Ashish Suri ( 🇮🇳 India), Yuriko Kotani ( 🇯🇵 Japan), Gatis Kandis ( 🇱🇻 Latvia) and Radu Isac ( 🇷🇴 Romania)

Featuring…

Njambi McGrath ( 🇰🇪 Kenya) Award-winning rising comedy star with a hit BBC Radio 4 Series Becoming Njambi and winner of the coveted Hackney empire New Act Of The Year (NATYS) Award 2019. She’s a political commentator with appearances on Channel 4, BBC One, Broadcasting House and LBC. She’s had successful Soho theatre and Edinburgh runs and filmed 4 comedy specials on Amazon Prime, NextUp, BBC iPlayer, BBC Two’s Edinburgh Nights and Virgin Trains. Njambi has performed all over Europe and Africa and Middle East. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Through The Leopards Gaze.

Ashish Suri ( 🇮🇳 India) Starting 2022 with his first solo show at Soho Theatre, London and getting nominated for the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022, Ashish was also awarded the judges’ pick Panel Prize at the Beat the Frog World Series and named the runner-up for the Brighton New Grin Comedy Award 2021 within the same week. Runner Up, Brighton Grin New Comedy Award, 2021 Nominee, British Comedian of the Year, 2021.

Yuriko Kotani ( 🇯🇵 Japan) Named as “One To Watch” by Time Out and won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2015. Featured on series 2 of Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, BBC Three’s Pls Like in 2017, CBBC’s The Dog Ate My Homework in 2018 and Paul Hollywood Eats Japan on Channel 4 in 2020. Winner: BBC New Comedy Award 2015 Winner: Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award 2015

Gatis Kandis ( 🇱🇻 Latvia) Britain’s Got Talent 2012 Semi Finalist and Big Brother comic legend. “For me, you’re the funniest Latvian comedian in the world” – (DAVID WALLIAMS). “It’s so terrible it’s fantastic. Your jokes are like something out of a Latvian cracker” (SIMON COWELL).

Radu Isac ( 🇷🇴 Romania)
BBC World Service – What Makes the World Laugh
BBC Radio 4 – Fresh From the Fringe
BBC World Service – The Arts Hour.

Eastern European Comedy Festival organises the only stand up comedy shows in English in the UK for visitors, expats and British people alike with only performers who hail from across the globe. Some have settled in the UK permanently, while others have travelled a long way just for this show!

Because the Eastern European Comedy Festival’s presentations have been continuously expanding in popularity, it’s a good idea to buy tickets ahead of time. Shows are held every month, with some of them taking place on the same evening. Because each show is unique, audiences are encouraged to come back every month. Some shows have specific themes and there’s always something new and unique to learn about.