LaughterLaughs @ Aftermath ft Vivek Mahbubani, Tim Chan, & more!

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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Tim Chan is the main performer in stand up comedy group “Hall of Laughs." Tim started his comedy career in 2011, winning the 2011 Hong Kong International Comedy Competition and has since sold out dozens of shows in Hong Kong and Australia. He has also performed in Mainland China, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore.

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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.

Isabella has competed in the Comedy Store’s roast battle, which can be heard on the Roast battle podcast. And can be seen multiple times on the Kill Tony Podcast live from the Comedy Store.

Isabella spent most of the pandemic, performing in her home city of Hong Kong. Where she performed regularly at the long running Take Out Comedy Show. Isabella also spent time in the North East of England, where her mother is from, performing at the Stand Comedy Club, in Newcastle.

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Tim Lam is American Chinese and grew up in Singapore. Having originally worked in finance, he ended up in culinary school for a year, thus becoming the most disappointing Chinese first born son ever. He also showers regularly and lives with a cat.

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After immigrating to Canada at the age of 7, Tamby developed his sense of humor as a social defense mechanism in lieu of speaking fluent English. He has been continuously refining his comedic voice through trial and error ever since.

Tamby represented Hong Kong in Laugh Factory’s Funniest Person in the World Contest, was the winner of the Bangkok division of the Magners International Comedy Competition 2018, placed second at the regional finals, has been selected as a finalist at numerous international comedy festivals, and has appeared on TV like four times. His unique perspective, incisive writing, and adequate stage presence has made him a popular headline act around Asia.

In addition to stand-up comedy shows, Tamby emcees and performs at private events. Past clients range from the very prestigious New Millenium Hotel, to the somewhat prestigious Canadians in HK group, to the not-at-all prestigious some guy's birthday party. Tamby also produces a range of comedy shows around Hong Kong including showcases, storyteller shows, roast battles, and variety shows featuring the best of local talent, marquee performers from around the world, as well as the worst of local talent.

“He’s so easy. So natural. And what’s even better, he’s so topical. ” - Barry Hilton