Rana: Biggest Smile, Darkest Jokes

The Comedy Hole: English Standup in Europe

"Patrice O'Neal said it's good to have half the room uncomfortable and the other half laughing. And I kind of agree, but mostly I get the entire room uncomfortable." - Rana

Warsaw's most talented female Muslim comedian that performs in English, the mysterious ray of sunshine Rana (@ranaa_brg), joins Ariel (@arielbialski), Jordan (@jordanthomasgray), and the newly built Beatrice substitute Robo Bea Bot (@beatricerossano) for a deep discussion about dark comedy. The gang covers topics such as:

• How to deal with hecklers in your first-ever standup set
• The difficulty of being a female comedian in a male-dominated field
• The folly and joy of intentionally making an audience uncomfortable
• Can you reliably do dark material in Poland?
• In terms of speech, has culture become more restrictive or less restrictive in the past few years?
• Why does Jordan hate Alabama?
• Ariel loves cold calling people to sell them cell phones through emasculation
• Jordan explains what the alphabet is
• Are jobs worth it?
• Do groans make you feel powerful?
• The gangs discuss Open Mic Pet Peeves
• Ariel does his first standup set in Polish and it goes amazingly!
• Learning English and setup-punchline structure from the Simpsons
• Doing bits for yourself
• Rana reveals her screenplay idea for an Arabic coming of age vampire movie

The Christopher Walken Googly Eyes SNL sketch that Jordan's mom used to do without explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc7qJE9Nzo8

Jordan is touring all over Portugal, Spain, and The Netherlands in the next 60 days. Get tickets here: https://linktr.ee/jordanthomasgray

Beatrice is also touring all over Europe with Jimmy Pepperoni! Find tickets here: https://linktr.ee/thecomedyhole

The Comedy Hole (@thecomedyhole) is run by Beatrice Rossano (@beatricerossano), Jordan Thomas Gray (@jordanthomasgray), and Ariel Bialski (@arielbialski) - three standup comedians and comedy show hosts based in Warsaw, Poland.