Upcoming comedy writer and actress Narin Özenci (aka Narin Oz) has appeared in BBC1’s hit show Man Like Mobeen and crime movie Hooligan Legacy, and taken shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Narin also co-wrote and starred in Channel 4’s 2016 prank television programme Girls Go Trolling, and recently won best comedy for her short […]
Cem Yılmaz is one of Turkiye’s biggest stars and a man of many talents. Not only is he an award-winning actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, but he also plays musical instruments, is a cartoonist and tells a lot of funny jokes. During his illustrious career, the 51-year-old has starred alongside Russell Crowe in “The Water Diviner” […]
Saban Kazim is half English, half Turkish Cypriot, and 100% Lewisham. The South Londoner has been gigging since 2010, performing at venues including The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cafe, Top Secret Comedy, Downstairs At The Kings Head and The Backyard Comedy Club to name a few. He has picked up a fair few accolades and […]
A comedy remake of key parts of King Charles III’s Coronation Day a fortnight ago, where the key characters speak in the Turkish Cypriot vernacular about everything from molehiya being on the menu to the soon-to-be crowned king asking for some zivaniya (Cypriot brandy) has had us in stitches. The 53-second clip called Kıbrıslı Kraliyet […]
A South Londoner of Turkish Cypriot origin has made it into the final round of this year’s Not So New Comedian of the Year contest. Saban Kazim was one of around 100 not-so-new acts who think they are still very funny and worthy of this year’s title. The standard for this year’s contest has been […]
Turkish comedy lovers in Britain are in for a treat as Zafer Algöz and Can Yılmaz finally get to perform in London. The pair, who are known for their family-friendly comedy talk show Burda Olan Burda Kalır [‘What Happens Here Stays Here’], will be live at the Bloomsbury Theatre in central London at the end […]
PRU is a BBC Three comedy series revolving around four teenagers Halil, Jaeden, Sienna and Belle who find themselves navigating through the trials and tribulations of teen life in a Pupil Referral Unit, or PRU for short, under the guidance of two teachers, who are more like the parental figures these kids need. Think of […]
Join the extremely witty Şaban Kâzım, his hilarious sidekick Asli Akbay and special guests for a daily serving of ‘Mixed Meze’. Between the zeytin, hellim and çörek, this wacky, light-hearted stand-up comedy show will feature side-splitting tales of everyday life and the cultural quirks of Britain. Part of PBH’s ‘Free Fringe’ programme this free […]
Already an Edinburgh Fringe veteran with ten festivals under his belt, the loudest third of acclaimed comedy trio WitTank, Naz Osmanoglu charges back up to Scotland for his latest comedy invention and debut solo sketch performance: The Naz Show. Featuring on this year’s Just The Tonic Edinburgh comedy bill, the award-winning stand-up will be […]
After a 12-year hiatus from the stage, award-winning actor, film director and screenwriter Yılmaz Erdoğan returns with a new one-man comedy show. Münaşaka takes its cue from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. First performed in 1913, it is about a professor who makes a bet that he can train a poor Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, […]
