Paul Chowdhry
Tuesday, January 20 at 7:30 PM
Multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Paul Chowdhry is one of the UK's top-selling stand-up comics. He has completed several successful international tours, starred in films, released a global Amazon Prime special ( Live Innit ), and sold-out Wembley, Birmingham, and The O2 Arenas...
Paul Chowdhry
Paul Chowdhry
Multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Paul Chowdhry is one of the UK's top-selling stand-up comics. He has completed several successful international tours, starred in films, released a global Amazon Prime special ( Live Innit ), and sold-out Wembley, Birmingham, and The O2 Arenas. Over the past decade, Paul has shared the stage with comics Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Trevor Noah, Ken Jeong, and Chris Rock. His last tour attracted 80,000 attendees in the UK and included a groundbreaking performance in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, booked by the Royal Commission, making Paul the first British comedian to perform a solo show there. The show was performed internationally with stops in NYC, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Dubai Opera House and also sold out its entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023. In December 2024 the show was broadcast as a special on Sky Comedy and debuted at No.2 in the charts, second only to Marvel's Miracles . Paul's 2018 show Live Innit , sold out five nights at the Hammersmith Apollo and made Paul the first British-Asian stand-up comedian to sell out the Wembley Arena. The show won Best Live Event 2018 at the ITV Asian Media Awards and earned Paul the Comedy Award at the Eastern Eye's Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards 2019, as well as the Comedian of the Year Award at the Asian Voice Political & Public Life Awards 2019. Meet and Greet Package Includes: *Your photo with Paul will be taken on your own device.
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Multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Paul Chowdhry is one of the UK's top-selling stand-up comics. He has completed several successful international tours, starred in films, released a global Amazon Prime special ( Live Innit ), and sold-out Wembley, Birmingham, and The O2 Arenas. Over the past decade, Paul has shared the stage with comics Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Trevor Noah, Ken Jeong, and Chris Rock. His last tour attracted 80,000 attendees in the UK and inc...
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