The latest show in our Autumn season at Soho Theatre will be hosted by Michael Akadiri with guest headliner Rob Delaney. Performing alongside them from the No Direction Home Collective will be Lorain Mponela and Anastasia Chokuwamba.
Presented by Show And Tell with Counterpoints Arts, the gigs feature line-ups of new voices from refugee and migrant backgrounds alongside some of the biggest names in British comedy.
No Direction Home was established by Counterpoints Arts with Camden People’s Theatre and top stand-up Tom Parry, who has mentored the group.
They have already won over audiences in a variety of venues in London and around the country, and have now secured their second West End run.
TV comic and stand-up Nish Kumar, says: “The No Direction Home comedians are a very exciting, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny. The material is really good.”
No Direction Home performers are new talents with backgrounds in countries including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia and Mali.
Yasmeen Ghrawi says: “No Direction Home is a space to show up/stand up, a space to be seen and heard, a space of celebration. We come from places of varying remoteness to the UK, some of us fresh off the back of a truck, others migrated here years ago. We hope to keep sharing the love – and our jokes.”
Show And Tell is an award-winning production company of live comedy, with a national and international programme of events. With teams in London and New York, we seek to play an integral role in the live performance careers of many world-class and emerging talents in both the UK and US.
