EUTOPIE: Why do we need comedy at the end of the world?

What is socially and politically engaged stand-up? Can we be „seriously” funny?
Can we laugh at racism and patriarchy without becoming part of the problem?
When is it too soon or not-too-soon to address “sensitive issues” and in what capacity?
And what does migrant and queer stand-up in Poland even look like?
Join us for an evening of stand-up and conversation with Nezar Al-Ott (stand-up comedian and scholar of religion) and Agnieszka Matan (comedian, improviser, and stand-up performer). Together, we’ll explore all of these questions and more.
𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐳𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 – improviser, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and former city hall bureaucrat. She co-founded and co-ran Resort Komedii between 2017 and 2020. Member of the Kolektyw Śmiesznie and Queerszawa association. Online, she creates comedy content as @halomatan.
𝐍𝐞𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐥-𝐎𝐭𝐭 – Semi-Muslim, semi-academic, semi-comic. Jordanian with Palestinian roots, he received extreme Muslim education before moving to Estonia and later Poland. Along the way he picked up different degrees and various work experiences, mostly Arabic and Islam stuff. In Warsaw, he runs an open-mic every Friday and uses the rest of the time to do stand-up around Poland and Europe. Online, he works as @funnyarabmale.
From the seminar series 𝐸𝑈𝑇𝑂𝑃𝐼𝐴𝑆, 𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠.
Curated by Maj Smoszna, Elżbieta Zasińska
More information:
https://warszawa.krytykapolityczna.pl/dzialanie/eutopie/
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Graphics by Sketchy Joy
The series is organized by Krytyka Polityczna as part of the implementation of the public project “Jasna 10: A Social Cultural Institution,” funded by the City of Warsaw.