Tonight A to arranged to see the comedian Omid Djalili at his (A’s not Djalili’s) old Uni stomping ground, the Bloomsbury (UCL).
Djalili is billed as Britain’s only Anglo-Iranian stand-up comedian and this really comes through in his performance as he takes advantage of his cultural heritage by contrasting his experiences of life in the west and the east. His performance tonight, as the title suggests – No Agenda, wanders from topic to topic and happily never got too heavy in the political aspects of life in western society as an Iranian. As a result it felt like we could relax and accept the comedy for what it was.
I’ve heard it said that with Djalili that you should always expect the unexpected – and there were definitely a few things I didn’t expect to see including an entertaining slide show in the background that played during his performance, and then there was the music and the dancing.
No Agenda was definitely not like any stand-up I’ve ever seen before.
But the guy has lived in London for most of his child and adult life?
When i saw him on TV he spoke with a thick Iranian accent for the first part of
his show and then a cut glass English accent for the rest of his act. making the
most of his novelty value?
Hey Chico, what you saying about novelty?
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