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A Night of International Comedy

Stand-up comedy performance from the world’s biggest arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Stand-up comedy performance from the world’s biggest arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Some of the world’s best comedians explore our lives today on the planet…. from many different viewpoints. Africa, Asia, North America, Europe and Australasia – no matter where they’re living, there’s A LOT to talk about, and our global comedy voices find unique and hilarious reflections on where we all are now.

On Trump, Brexit, Immigration, Identity and much else, we’ll hear sharp, sideways, provocative and witty takes on life today.

Our line-up includes:-
German Comedy Ambassador to the UK’ Henning Wehn;
English-Nigerian comedian Nabil Abdulrashid;
2015 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ New Comedian of the Year finalist Athena Kugblenu;
American Emmy award winning comedienne, Sara Schaefer
British Kurdish newcomer, Kae Kurd
Australian Hannah Gadsby, winner of best show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Britain’s Got Talent finalist Daliso Chaponda
Chinese-Swedish Evelyn Mok, who claims to be the best thing to come out of Sweden since… IKEA

Photo: Nabil Abdulrashid Credit: Tricia Yourkevitch / ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Available now

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Aug 2017 23:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Aug 2017 14:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 08:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 17:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 23:06GMT