Comic On Nights ft. Papa CJ Live and Uncensored

Headlines Presents Comic On Nights' featuring

Papa CJ Live & Uncensored

Host: Alfaaz Manghnani
Opening Acts: Winners of Comic On Open Mic Contest
Featuring: Adnan Nalwala
Headliner: Papa CJ

Language: English
Dress Code: Dress to Impress
Date: Fri, 19th Oct 2018
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Show Starts: 8:30pm
Venue: Headlines Cafe - IBIS
Event brought to you by: Aish Outt
After Party: DJ Mehdi + DJ Pierre

About The Featured Act:
An entrepreneur by day and entertainer by night, Adnan is endowed with a unique mix of management and creative skills. An established stand-up comedian, he is deft at turning social subjects into humor and is effortless in his presentation of observational humor and impersonations. He has performed with the Indian Comedy Club and recently did a solo show, ‘This Thing That Thing’ at Canvas Laugh Club. Known as ‘Oman’s Jokey Boy’, he splits his time between Dubai and Oman.

About The Headliner:
Papa CJ is a world-renowned stand-up comedian and has won awards for both Asia’s and India’s Best Stand-up Comedian. He has performed over 2000 shows in 25 countries and has had numerous appearances on NBC, BBC, Comedy Central, Showtime, MTV, Paramount, The Comedy Channel, ITV and a host of other international networks. He is the only Indian comedian to have shot his own solo special with Comedy Central Asia. Forbes Magazine called him ‘the global face of Indian stand-up’ and Harvard Business Review called him one of the most influential comedians around the world. He has taped a Showtime USA stand-up comedy special with Russell Peters and on the American TV show Last Comic Standing, he was placed in the top 10 from over 3000 contestants across the world.

Papa CJ has represented India at the Shared History Festival in South Africa and had standing ovations on Broadway in New York. He was the first Indian comedian to be invited to premiere at the prestigious Soho Theatre in London, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Just for Laughs Festival in London, and the Sydney and Perth Comedy festivals in Australia. Papa CJ was instrumental in starting off the English language stand-up comedy industry in India after he returned to the country in 2008.

Papa CJ holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and is often engaged as a motivational speaker. He has been invited to speak at Harvard Business School and the University of Oxford. As an executive coach he has trained over 50 blue chip companies all over the globe. He also consults brands on concepts and content strategy. Under his initiative called The Papa CJ Happiness Project he performs in support of charitable causes across the world.

Media Reviews:
"A world-class global comedian. A spellbinding storyteller" - Huffington Post, New York

"Accomplished stand-up that crosses continents and decades." - The Scotsman, Scotland

"You will walk out vowing to tell your friends about this comedian." - Herald Sun, Australia

"Promises non-stop laughter." - Australian Stage, Australia

"Comedy, courage and class." - Hindustan Times, India

"Devastatingly clever humour." - The Music.com.au, Australia

"Utterly engaging. Papa CJ won hearts universally." - X-Press Magazine, Australia

"An Indian Chris Rock" - Manchester Comedy, UK

"An unabashed master of the sideswipe" - Mirror