Stand up comedian and viral internet sensation Nigel Ng has added three new dates to his first international tour The Haiyaa World Tour due to phenomenal demand. Nigel is currently on a run of global tour dates performing across Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and will now also be performing at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles on 7th May, Town Hall, New York City on 20th October and the legendary Hammersmith Apollo, London on 2nd February 2023. Tickets are available to purchase here.
Best known as the creator of hit social media persona ‘Uncle Roger’, Nigel is also the host of a brand new podcast series ‘HAIYAA with Nigel Ng’, part of a new wave of social media stand up stars he has amassed over 460 million views on YouTube, 5 million subscribers as well as 1.6 million Instagram followers.
Speaking of his tour, Nigel said “I'm really excited to take this character on the road, and also for fans of Uncle Roger to see me do standup as myself. I've been doing standup for 10 years now so to be able to tour internationally is a dream come true."
This announcement comes after Nigel completes the UK leg of his tour which included a run of sell-out dates at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, following this he will spend the majority of this year touring globally. He will also perform at this year’s NetflixIsAJoke Comedy Festival in Los Angeles.
Having started his career in the Chicago comedy clubs, Nigel has previously been nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and sold out multiple runs throughout the UK and Europe, his meteoric rise has taken the internet by storm accumulating over 14 million followers across all of his social channels.
His brand-new comedy podcast: HAIYAA with Nigel Ng has recently launched with Bill Burr’s company; All Things Comedy. He is developing a tv project with Gordon Ramsay’s company; Studio Ramsay, a sitcom project and an animated series based on his character - Uncle Roger.
His TV credits include Comedy Central’s East Mode, available now online and hitting screens on 1st April, as well as Comedy Central’s Stand Up Central and Roast Battle, BBC Two's Mock The Week, ITV’s Jonathan Ross Comedy Club and Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
