The Asian Comedy Showcase in Southampton

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The Asian Comedy Showcase with not 1 but 4 headline comedians including Yuriko Kotani





Yuriko Kotani at The Attic, Southampton

“★★★★ Funnier each time you see her!” – Broadway Baby

“★★★★ I urge you to go and see her!” – Entertainment Now

Yuriko Kotani is a UK-based Japanese comedian. She was named as ‘one to watch’ by Time Out and won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2015. She appeared on ‘Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central’, ‘Pointless Celebrities’ (BBC1), ‘Mandy’ (BBC2), ‘Pls Like’ (BBC3), ‘Paul Hollywood Eats Japan’ (C4), ‘Sorry, I Didn’t Know’ (ITV) and 'Comedy Central Live'.

Blank Peng Friday 23rd May

“★★★★.5 Fantastic, Brilliant!” – The Edge

Blank Peng is an incognito bilingual stand-up comic. She started performing stand-up in Mandarin and began performing in English after coming to the UK.

In just one year, she became the first female winner of the Top Secret Comedy Gong, King Gong, Rising Star New Act Competition 2022, Finalist of Leicester New Comedian of the Year, West End New Act Runner-up, Semi-finalist of Komedia Comedy Awards, Bath Festival New Act Competition Nominee and her star is set to rise on the very near future!

Runi Talwar

“★★★★ A winning blend!” – Fest Mag

Having moved from Sydney to London, Runi is an exciting up and coming stand-up comedian with a unique brand of canny irreverent comedy.

Alongside being an award-nominated stand-up comedian, Runi is an accomplished improviser, being among the first graduating class of Improv Theatre Sydney as well as training at iO Chicago and Second City.

As a writer, Runi has written for ABC Australia, SBS Australia in addition to TV and radio panel shows such as Hypothetical, Have I Got News For You, The Now Show and BBC News Quiz.

Token White Act TBC

Host MC Sam See

"★★★★★ A new voice which needs to be heard" - One4Review

Sam See is an award nominated stand-up comedian currently based in London. He has headlined in over 25 different countries, garnered over millions of views online, and has crowd-surfed three times.

Sam's shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has received the first Five-Star review for an act from South East Asia (On The Mic), and his 22’/23’ show, Government Approved Sex, was on Fest Mag’s list of The Best of the Edinburgh Festivals. He has been UK Tour Support for Ed Byrne (IRE/UK) and Asia Tour Support for Jim Jefferies (AUS/US), Bert Kreischer (USA), & Kevin Bridges (SCO).







Early Bird Tickets for £12 in advance online increasing to £18

Bar opens at 6.30pm for 7pm doors for a show starting at 7.45pm.

Southampton Comedy Club, The Attic, can be found @ River Studios, 32 Winsor Road, Totton, Southampton. SO40 9HQ

In the unlikely event that we cancel the event, we will offer a full refund. Unfortunately tickets are otherwise non-refundable. Please contact us if you wish to transfer your ticket to a friend if you cannot attend for any reason.

Seating is unreserved on a first come first serve basis.

There are NO physical tickets and all ticket holders will be on a list on the door and as back up we request you bring proof of purchase on your phone with your ticket confirmation order, so no need to print anything off.