FIVE STAR COMEDY ft Vivek Mahbubani, Isabella Charlton, Cassi Thomas & Aziz

Five Star Comedy returns to Terrible Baby at Eaton HK with a banger lineup!

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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 the world including Hong Kong, China, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, Canada and USA.

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.

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Isabella Charlton has performed Stand Up Comedy in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Berlin. She has performed in Hollywood at The Comedy Store, The Improv, and The Laugh Factory. As a stand up comic she was chosen to be in Hollywood Laugh Factory Fresh Faces in

2018 & 2019. She also performed at the Pasadena Ice House and Westside Comedy Theatre.

Isabella has travelled all over the US performing at comedy festivals. She performed at Trial by Laughter in Indianapolis, and at the She-Devil Festival in New York. The next year, she performed at Big Sky Comedy Festival in Montana and the Seattle International Comedy Festival. Isabella also performed at the Boston Women in Comedy Festival and the Laughing Skull Festival in Atlanta.

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Cassi FM chooses not to use her real last name because her family are already ashamed of her enough. Born and raised a Hong Kong "gwai mui", Cassi's number one interest in life is a bar in Lan Kwai Fong called Stormies. Other interests include ranting to people on a range of issues that that pretty much always fall on deaf ears such as: Hong Kong politics, feminism and the correct way to eat hairy crab. She can be seen around town performing stand up comedy or on one of her hit web shows, You Can't Sit With Us or Excuse My English and is usually being mobbed by a crowd of adoring fans.

In her spare time, Cassi enjoys making memes about english teachers on the internet. Cassi is a Hong Kong local though you wouldn't be able to tell it looking at her face and ability to wield an umbrella without poking out someones eyes. Her comedy style has been reviewed in quotes such as "abrasive" and "i wasn't aware there was even a show going on" and "that girl seemed really sad". She is the Founder, CEO, and Chairperson of the renowned shitposting group Chaotic Hong Kong Expats.

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Asif Mohammed Khan is a writer from India and Hong Kong. Asif spent his youth in between London and Hong Kong where he first began performing stand-up comedy at eighteen. Attempting to rectify the lack of Muslim comedians on the circuit, Asif developed his craft as he attended Northeastern University in Boston, frequenting clubs in both Boston and New York. Asif first dipped his toe into the waters of screenwriting in Boston, writing his first feature and creating the web series, Maddie & Me. Asif continued to write short films in partnership with young directors from Boston universities and NYU Tisch, create and produce comedy sketches, and perform stand-up, all while simultaneously completing his own degree in Theology and History.

After graduating, Asif continued to perform stand up in New York while focusing on writing his own original screenplays and pilots. Asif's writing draws heavily from his eccentric upbringing, his experiences and his studies, particularly in the fields of theology and history. After his time in New York, Asif returned to London, where he continues to feature on London’s stand-up circuit. Asif completed his Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Law in 2021. He is now embarking on his Masters in Law in concurrence with crafting singular stories for screen and stage and is, in his own words, “a dangerous basketball player”.