Gina Yashere, a Nigerian-British comic that’s been featured on the BBC, Comedy Central, The Conan O’Brien Show and The Tonight Show, plays Sunday at Comedy Club Bangkok.
The award-winning comedian’s routines focus on her experience being of Nigerian descent but born and raised in London. Her hilarious stories about feeling like an an outsider are something that many expats, immigrants and travelers will relate to all too well.
In addition to jokes about trying to find her roots in both the UK and Africa, she talks about how she causes confusion when she travels abroad, and how people don’t expect to hear a Nigerian woman speak with a heavy English accent.
She also delves into the common immigrant experience of pressure from parents to take a safe career route. Yashere’s funny and thoughtful observations about how, despite her massive success in comedy, her mom still longs for her daughter’s former career as an engineer will stay with you for their honesty as well as their hilariousness.
Find out more about the event here.
FIND IT:
Comedy Club Bangkok, Sukhumvit Soi 33/1, Phrom Pong
Sunday, Feb. 12, 8:30pm
Tickets: THB600 in advance, THB800 at the door.
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