New venues and a fresh wave of comedians are winning huge audiences in Nairobi and beyond
From left: DJ Selekta OCS and comedians Greg Wahome, Ciru Mwangi, Dave Chappelle and Eric Lu Savali at Chappelle's show at the Louis Leaky Auditorium in Nairobi on 29 May.From left: DJ Selekta OCS and comedians Greg Wahome, Ciru Mwangi, Dave Chappelle and Eric Lu Savali at Chappelle's show at the Louis Leaky Auditorium in Nairobi on 29 May.K knows that a well-told colonial joke can excite a Kenyan crowd.
It’s a Wednesday night, and KK, whose full name is Kimathi Kaumbutho, is performing at an open-mic night featuring 19 other standup comedians in the packed outside area of Two Grapes. The boom is partly due to the establishment of several standup comedy collectives – such as Punchline Comedy Club, which was holding the open-mic event KK was performing at – that are credited with democratising the industry and giving it structure.
In May, Punchline Comedy Club hosted American standup comedy great Dave Chappelle at an event in Nairobi where Savali and fellow Punchline comic Ciru Mwangi were warm-up acts for him. Like Punchline, Nairobi Comedy Club, Standup Collective and Karura Comedy Club were founded within the past seven years and have a similar model.
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