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Wed 11/13 - Paul Chowdhry: Live at Arts at The Armory

  • Arts at The Armory 191 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA, 02143 United States (map)

The British-Asian, arena-filling stand-up brings you his debut North American tour! As seen on UK TV hits Taskmaster (C4), Live at the Apollo (BBC) and The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), plus his multiple, worldwide stand-up specials Live Innit, PC’s World and What’s Happening White People! on Amazon Prime.

Paul was the first British-Asian stand-up to sell out London’s 10,000 capacity Wembley Arena, and his previous live tour sold over 100,000 tickets across the UK, Europe and Middle East.

Paul Chowdhry has been a promiment stand-up comedian in the UK for almost three decades, and was the first British Asian to achieve star status, thanks to a string of sell-out tours and hit stand-up specials, now available on Amazon Prime.

His previous tour, Live Innit, sold out five nights at London’s prestigious Hammersmith Apollo (selling over 20,000 tickets) and also saw Paul became the first British Asian stand up to sell out the 10,000-seater Wembley Arena for a single headline show. The show won Best Live Event 2018 at the ITV Asian Media Awards and in 2019 saw Paul win the Comedy award at the Eastern Eye’s Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards 2019, Comedian of the Year award at the Asian Voice Political & Public Life Awards 2019.

His current tour, Family Friendly Comedian, has sold almost 100,000 tickets worldwide, since 2021.

In 2021, Paul launched his podcast The Paul Chowdhry PudCast, produced by Global Entertainment, which sees Paul interviewing celebrities on life’s turning points, with a third series out now featuring well-known names including Greg Davies, Eddie/Susy Izzard, Viggo Venn, Kerry Katona, Nick Mohammed, Stewart Lee, Tatty Macleod and James Acaster.

As an actor, Paul can be seen in the highest rated episode of Greg Davies’ comedy series The Cleaner (BBC One), alongside Helena Bonham Carter, as well as starring alongside Patrick Dempsey in two series of the Sky Atlantic TV series Devils. Paul featured in Disney’s Cruella alongside Emma Stone and is due to star in the upcoming Guy Ritchie Netflix series The Gentlemen.

Paul was a much-loved contestant on the third series of multi-award-winning hit TV show Taskmaster (Channel 4/Dave), and one of the most popular and frequent guests on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky Max). He has also hosted Stand Up for the Week (Channel 4) and has twice headlined Live at the Apollo (BBC One/Two).

Paul is a prolific presence on social media, and his videos have been viewed over 60 million times.