Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) and Counterpoints Arts present an evening of standup comedy written and performed by people from refugee backgrounds.

Featuring a lineup of first-time comedians coached for this special event by Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, veteran of the sketch group Pappy’s and acclaimed director Tom Parry, this one-off night of unexpected laughter has been created uniquely for CPT’s ‘No Direction Home’ festival.

Line-up:

Arashk Farahani
Tewodros Aregawe
Majid Adin
Nur-ani Sisserian
Usman Khalid
Lucie Benk
Majid Zarei
Mohand Hasbo

Watch an interview of Tom Parry talking about the project with London Live News

Some nice feedback:

We were so proud of our hilarious actor Tewedros performing his first stand up set last night @CamdenPT! All the acts were brilliant, what a great evening. Thanks @CounterArtsand @tomosp! pic.twitter.com/iuaRuqFiwn

— Phosphoros Theatre (@WeArePhosphoros) November 5, 2018