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Stand-up Comedy with William Childress

Night of stand-up comedy with American comic William Childress – twice a finalist of the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition, finishing second runner up in 2014.

The third professional comic to perform in Hanoi and Saigon who cut his teeth in the region, William began his standup career in 2011 in Shanghai, China as one of the earliest members of Kung Fu Komedy and helped open mainland China’s first standup comedy room. Moving to Myanmar, William founded the country’s first English-language standup group, Standup Yangon, which he still runs from afar.
Having headlined all over Asia, William has twice been a finalist of the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition, finishing second runner up in 2014. In 2015, he took the long way back home, stopping off at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he put on a successful full-run solo show. Now based in his native Atlanta, Georgia, William performs throughout the US.
In Hanoi: The MC for the night will be Estonian gagster Ari Matti Mustonen, with support coming from Nathan Sproule and Yasar Saleem, the top two comics in the recent Stand-Up Hanoi Amateur Comedy Competition.
In HCMC: Support comes from Estonian gagster Ari Matti Mustonen, who has also been doing some teeth cutting around the region, although in his instance there are no diamonds involved, just some damn funny comedy and some very good recommendations. Also on stage will be the three finalists from the Ho Chi Minh City leg of the Big V Amateur Comedy Competition.
In Ho Chi Minh city, Stand-up Comedy  will be held on 22 Feb 2017, 8 pm at Game On Saigon, 115 Ho Tung Mau, D1. In Hanoi, Stand-up Comedy will be held on 23 Feb 2017, 8 pm at Standing Bar, 170 Tran Vu.
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