| Main Performers | Omar Hamdi,
Maria Shehata,
Tamer Kattan - speakers |
| Performance Notes | Join some of comedys finest up and coming and established names on Friday nights in the Elgar Room as Late Night Laughs presents Arabs Are Not Funny the best in stand-up comedy from the Arab World.
Welsh-Egyptian comic Omar Hamdi has just finished presenting a BAFTA Award-winning show on BBC One, and is also a presenter on BBC Radio 2. A regular sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe, he was a recent finalist at the festivals So You Think Youre Funny awards.
Maria Shehata has traveled the globe charming audiences with her unlikely blend of Middle East and American Midwest perspectives. Most recently, she has won Best Comedian at the Hollywood Festival of New Cinema, and her web series My Super-Overactive Imagination won Best Comedy at the Miami Web Fest, where she was also nominated for Best Actress.
Egyptian-American comedian Tamer Kattan began his comedy career in Los Angeles and New York, but very quickly began to tour internationally. Tamer was most recently featured on Seth Rogens Hilarity for Charity event with Todd Glass and Hannibal Buress, and won the 2015 World Series of Comedy. |