The Passport Problem: A Comedy Night About Life Between Borders

What you will experience

Immigration is not funny. Except when it is. And if you've lived through it, you know that sometimes laughing is the only thing that keeps you from losing your mind. This is a stand up comedy night where every performer is from the diaspora and every set is about the experience of living between borders. The visa applications. The airport interrogations. The accent switching. The family expectations. The culture clashes. The food arguments. The specific pain of explaining to your boss why you need time off for a funeral that's happening in another country and no, you can't just "send flowers." The comedy is sharp, specific, and personal. It's not generic diversity humour. It's the kind of joke that makes one half of the room scream because they've lived it and the other half stare in disbelief because they had no idea. Both reactions are the point. Between sets there's African food and drinks. The room is warm and loud in the way that only a room full of people who share a specific lived experience can be. You'll laugh harder than you have in months. Not because the comedians are performing. Because they're telling the truth. And truth, when it's specific enough, is always the funniest thing in the room. This is for anyone who has ever found humour in the absurdity of the immigrant experience. For couples who want a date night that's actually memorable. For friend groups who want to laugh together about things they usually only talk about in private. For anyone who wants to spend an evening in a room where nobody has to explain the context because the context is shared. Bring someone who's never heard these stories. Watch their face. That's the bonus entertainment.

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