Bollywood meets Breaking Bad?
What if Saddam Hussein had a love child with Britney Spears?
Hilarious storytelling, Punjabi Wabi Sabi is an irreverant, autobiographical and moving stand-up show by Tahina Awan: a middle-aged, delinquent, perverted, first-gen Canadian Muslim woman born in the '70s.
Growing up GenX is hard - especially when you’re a Muslim girl in a small town in BC, and you don’t want anyone to know! Join us as we follow our ill-behaved and sexually repressed narrator as she journeys through life trying to reconcile her identity amidst racism, self-rejection, deep trauma and raging hormones. Oh, and the 1980's.
This is a story about how the human spirit rages against it’s cages, how we are basically all the same with different packaging, and how we are perhaps more perfect because we're all fucked up.
Reviews for Punjabi Wabi Sabi
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“Tahina Awan’s Punjabi Wabi Sabi was funny, heartfelt, and refreshingly real. Tahina has a way of making you laugh while celebrating the beautiful chaos of Punjabi culture, family, and identity. Clever, relatable, and full of personality — definitely a Fringe show worth seeing!”
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“She honors both her Muslim Punjabi roots and her Canadian identity while making you laugh at the awkwardness of adolescence and cry at the weight of racism and trauma.”
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“Tahina Awan brings comedy gold in her show Punjabi wabi sabi. She does a wide range of impressions and accents that were so funny and her storytelling lands deeply. Thank you for such an unforgettable experience Tahina! My favorite show in the fringe!!”
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“From the moment she steps on stage, Tahina Awan throttles expectations and flips any assumption you could have made; an honest reflection of the rest of this show.
Tahina recalls events with an incredible fluidity, shifting from colonial factoids to lucid flashbacks with a natural ease that only adds to the production’s messaging… Tahina’s bubbly personality is the anchor of this show— her presence on stage feels more like a conversation between friends than a blunt, one sided retelling, which is honestly a feat in itself.”