Edinburgh Fringe Preview - Njambi McGrath presents
African in New York - Almost Famous
by Njambi McGrath
Njambi recently filmed her comedy special, now on NextUp comedy, Amazon and Apple. She will be filming her second comedy special on 12 October and the questors theatre Ealing. Since her debut in 2010, she was voted 1 of 5 top up and coming female comedians 2012 by Fabulous magazine barely 14 months later. She was shortlisted for the BBC Radio New Comedy Awards x 2 a year later. She guested shows like Saturday Live BBC Radio 4 and ½ hour profile on BBC World service and has been showcased on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4Xtra, featured on STV, French TV(Business Africa/Initiative Africa) and Bloomberg Africa TV, Nigerian TV. She has been profiled in the Guardian / Daily Nation (Kenya) featured on Arise TV. She reached the finals of many comedy competitions. She has written and performed 4 Edinburgh shows to critical acclaim.
Njambi is an author currently working on her 2nd book, blogger and podcaster. Njambi is fluent in 3 languages. Writing Njambi is the author of Through the Leopard’s Gaze and is represented by Literary agent Emily Sweet currently working on her second book and contributor to HuffPost, Glam Africa and I-news. PRESS ON NJAMBI “Important Voice” THE TIMES “Compelling rarely heard perspective” FESTMAG “Cutting edge confident comedian” FRINGEREVIEW “A must see” THE SCOTSMAN “Trail blazing” THE GUARDIAN “Potentially major comedian” JOHN FLEMING “Extraordinarily powerful” KATE COPSTICK “Dark and refreshing’” BROADWAYBABY “Engaging, stark and vivid” THREEWEEKS Entry in 32 funniest dad jokes THE TELEGRAPH 2017 Entry in 60 funniest one liners THE TELEGRAPH 2017 Entry to 50 funniest jokes THE SCOTSMAN 2017 ★★★★ “The most unique show at the Edinburgh Festival” THE LIST ★★★★ “Harrowing confessional comedy” FEST ★★★★ “Sharp, edgy… an excellent comedian” THE MUMBLE |
Monday 23rd July at 7pm
Tickets: £6
Running time: 60mins Some strong language. Ticket purchases are non refundable. Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members; Portico Places cardholders. As a young venue we are still upgrading and developing the space, any additional donations are much appreciated and will be used towards improving the theatre even further and keeping the venue going in the long-term. |
