Following a smash-hit run at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which included a nomination for Best Comedy Show, Show And Tell in association with Curtis Brown are thrilled to announce that Janine Harouni is heading off on her first ever UK tour with her brand new show Man’oushe with a stop off in Brighton on the 17th of Feb at the Corn Exchange.
Harouni kicks off her tour with a week-long residency at Soho Theatre before heading to Manchester, Reading, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Norwich, Leeds, Canterbury, London, Brighton and Bristol. Tickets are on sale now and available from www.janineharouni.com.
Man’oushe, Janine’s most personal show yet, delighted audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe – amassing critical acclaim and earning Janine her second Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination – all whilst 9 months pregnant. This makes Janine one of the few comedians to receive back-to-back Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations – the first in 2019 for Best Newcomer for her debut hour.
Now the quick-witted New Yorker returns with an insightful and beautiful hour that explores her Arab roots, pregnancy and what happens when your mail order DNA test does not go to plan. This is the BBC New Comedy Award winner at her finest, entertaining audiences with hilarious and, at times, moving personal stories.
Janine said: “I’m thrilled to be embarking on my first ever UK tour, and not just because it gives my nipples a break from the milk vampire that lives in my home. Or as my husband calls him ‘our son’.”
Janine Harouni is an American comedian who’s ‘ready for her Netflix special’ (The Times). Selected as one of The Guardian’s ‘Ten Comedians to Watch’. Her critically acclaimed debut hour ‘Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)’ was recommended by the critics at The New York Times and sold out venues in Edinburgh, London and New York. It has since been filmed as a special for Amazon Prime UK – available to stream now.
Recently Janine appeared as Carla in the DC Comics film The Batman (Warner Bros). She also stars in the ITV2 sitcom Buffering, for which she also served as a writer in series 2. She was a writer and performer for 2 seasons of ITV2’s sketch series The Emily Atack Show. Other appearances include: The Russell Howard Hour (Sky Max), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), Question Team (Dave), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility (ITV2), The John Bishop Show (ITV), and multiple appearances on The Now Show (BBC Radio 4).
Janine’s stand-up clips have been viewed close to 100 million times on social media and have gained her nearly half a million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
“incredibly smooth set” ★★★★ Evening Standard
“accomplished performer” ★★★★ The Scotsman
“immaculately constructed” ★★★★ The Skinny
“meticulously polished” ★★★★ The Sunday Post
“warm and entertaining” ★★★★ The Guardian
“polished and sophisticated” ★★★★ Fest
“exquisite piece of work” ★★★★ The List
“this is a show that has everything” ★★★★ Beyond the Joke
