Sasha and Nebulous are back on the couch—and this time they are joined by South-Carolina-based, Canadian-born Tamil comedian Shivani Nadarajah! (@igetitfrommyamma) Shivani spills the tea on transitioning from the hyper-competitive U.S. comedy scene to Singapore's surprisingly welcoming stand-up community, surviving “redneck rivieras”, and why American fireworks warehouses are, apparently, the ultimate places to broker world peace.

Catch Shivani’s headliner at Siao Char Bors Comedy on 10 September! Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/siao-char-bors-comedy-ft-shivani-nadarajah-tickets-1998167935083

Highlights:

• Southern Comfort & Culture Shocks: Shivani breaks down what it was like growing up as a brown person in rural Alabama and South Carolina, and why moving to Singapore feels like living on a permanent resort.
• Comedy Hierarchies: A deep dive into the wildly different unspoken rules of comedy scenes across continents, and why Singapore's comedy scene beats the "kill-or-be-killed" U.S. circuit.
• The Dry Bar Success: How pivoting to clean corporate comedy during COVID led Shivani to film a 28-minute special in Utah.
• Accents & Ancestors: Dealing with the hilarious confusion of having a deep Southern U.S. drawl paired with Indian heritage while traveling through TSA and international airports.
• Archie Comics & Life Goals: Nebulous goes down an unhinged historical rabbit hole about how the classic love triangle with Betty and Veronica shaped her entire worldview and sexuality.

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