EVENT: Fear Of A Brown Planet goes to Brisbane ...

I've just received word that the sell-out (no, not that kind of sell-out) show Fear of a Brown Planet is going to Brisbane for one night only. Here is what Aamer Rahman from FOABP has to say ...

On October the 3rd we will be performing a special show the weekend before Lex Wotton's trial begins. All proceeds will go towards Lex's defense efforts:

Friday Oct. 3rd, Ahimsa House,
26 Horan St, West End
>>TIME TBA

If you have friends or family in Brisbane who might be interested please let them know about this event.

Brisbanites, don't miss this wonderful opportunity to see one of the most awesome comedic duos Melbourne has to offer.

Words © 2008 Irfan Yusuf

COMEDY: Awesome energetic comedy

On Friday night I joined some 8,000 Brisbanites to watch Russell Peters and friends at the Convention Centre. At first Peters sounded a little flat. From his voice, it seemed he may have been recovering from the flu. However, it didn't take him long to warm up.

Peters brought too friends with him. One was Ahmed Ahmed, whose website can be found on the right hand side of this blog under the heading "Favourite Comedians". The other was Jo Koy

I wasn't sure of what to expect from Koy. Peters introduced Koy as an the kind of comedian that other comedians would fear performing after. If you're in a stand-up comedy line-up and Koy's before you, good luck.

Was Peters just being nice? Yes, he was. But he was also being honest. Koy had us all in stitches, making jokes about his Filipino family, their English mispronunciation, their obsession with bad R'n'B music, etc.

Koy really is an awesome comic who manages to find humour in all the strangest places. When a comic can make women laugh at the painful process of childbirth, he must be good.

And Jo Koy is awesome.

Words © 2008 Irfan Yusuf


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