Janine Harouni
Following a hit run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which included a nomination for Best Comedy Show, Show And Tell in association with Curtis Brown are thrilled to announce that Janine Harouni is heading off on her first ever UK tour with her brand new show Man’oushe.
It is easy to work out by the picture on this page what Janine Harouni has been up to recently. At the time of writing she is 8 and a half months pregnant. Her first baby is due in the first week of September. Although apparently her mother gave birth early, so the end of August could be very interesting for Harouni, who was a Best Newcomer nominee in the 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Arab Women Artists Now or AWAN presents Cockney Stacking Doll with Fatiha El Ghorri and Arabs Are Not Funny with Ella Al-Shamahi, Celya Ab, Janine Harouni and Nadz with MC Farah Sharp
AWAN is the UK’s only contemporary multi-arts festival dedicated to showcasing Arab women’s artistic work, taking place each March, to coincide with International Women’s Day across venues in London.
Underbelly has announces a second swathe of artists performing at their major new summer festival, London Wonderground, which brings live entertainment back to the world famous Earls Court Exhibition Centre site.
London Wonderground’s programme showcases the very best in circus, comedy, music and family entertainment, with performances in Underbelly’s iconic upside-down purple cow tent, Udderbelly, and the magnificent Big Top.
2019 was a great year for Janine Harouni. The London-based New Yorker won the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award, the Amused Moose Comedy Award and was shortlisted for Best Newcomer in the Dave Edinburgh Comedy Awards. 2020 was, well, not quite so good in terms of competitions and we all know why. But Harouni's online work solo and with sketch group Muriel has done well and she recently landed a part in Iain Stirling's new ITV2 flatshare sitcom Buffering, so hopefully 2021 will be ace for this bright rising star.
A new clip from sketch trio Muriel has broken the record for the most views on Facebook and Twitter.
She's Asking For It, released as part of BBC Three's 'quickies' strand last week, has already clocked up a combined 21 million views on social media, making it the most watched Quickie since the strand launched 3 years ago. The strand has released over 70 sketches.
The Comic Relief Comedy Club will be returning for a virtual gig next week, with a special Edinburgh Festival Fringe twist.
I think it's fair to say that Janine Harouni had a pretty good Edinburgh Fringe debut this August. The London-based New Yorker won the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award, the Amused Moose Comedy Award and was shortlisted for Best Newcomer in the Dave Edinburgh Comedy Awards. I had an inkling Harouni's tales of growing up with a Trump-supporting dad and having a near-fatal car crash would do well when I interviewed her for the Evening Standard in June.
Janine Harouni comes from Staten Island, where everyone talks just like the Sopranos.
At the heart of her autobiographical show is the relationship between Harouni and her Catholic, Trump supporting father.
Harouni disapproves of her father’s voting record and is distressed about his views on gay rights and abortion.
As a liberal she rails against his beliefs and despairs at what is happening to her country.
There were five acts in this year's final, which made it a tight, fast-paced show: "I sound like this because I'm from New York," said first finalist Janine Harouni, who has already been receiving rave reviews for her solo full-length debut on the Edinburgh Fringe. Her short but sweet set here cherry picked some of her best gags, as she compared her parents to the Sopranos but without the crime or the excitement.
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