This show is in English
Get the scoop of the funnier side of life in from 3 locals as they share their struggles of living, fitting in and well, just speaking English in the cultural melting pot known as Hong Kong
Artist Biography
Vivek Mahbubani
Vivek Mahbubani is a Hong Kong-bred bilingual stand-up comedian performing in both Cantonese and English. Having been crowned the Funniest Person (in Chinese) in Hong Kong in 2007 followed by his victory in the English category at the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition in 2008, Vivek has had the opportunity to take his sense of humor all over Asia including Hong Kong, China, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Manila, Bangkok, Sri Lanka and India. Having been ranked as the top comedian in Hong Kong, in 2014, the World Famous Laugh Factory in USA ranked Vivek as one of the top 10 comedians in their Annual Funniest Person in the World Competition. In 2015, he was handpicked as one of the comedians to represent Asia’s best in Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s inaugural “Comedy Zone Asia” shows. In 2016, he was featured in Comedy Central’s first ever “Stand up Asia!” shows. One of Vivek’s passions is reading and his favorite book is Sun Tzu’s Art of War. Oddly, his favorite color is hot pink.
Matina Leung
Matina is now a full-time mom with 2 young daughters while performing both in English and Chinese regularly in various Hong Kong comedy locations. She has also performed in Mainland China, Macau, Malaysia, and Australia. She was a finalist in the 2009 Hong Kong Standup Comedy Competition and also performed in Kuala Lumpur’s KLICFEST 2015 (curated by the famous Harith Iskander) and Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2018 at the “Hall of Laughs Cantonese Comedy Adventure 2” show.
Tim Chan
The 2011 HK International comedy competition (Cantonese category) winner, Tim has experience performing for small parties of 20 to large events of over 3000. He was recently invited to open for Joe Wong during his Asia tour.