Ike Ufomado LIVE at The Blackbox

KANSAS CITY! The Emerald and STAMPTOWN presents:

Ikechukwu Ufomadu - the “gentleman-scholar of alt-comedy” (New York Magazine) - invites you to a rigorously nonsensical evening of comic absurdity in Kansas City at THE BLACK BOX. With a unique mix of words, songs, two books, one cup of tea, a slide show and more, “Amusements” promises to defy genre while operating safely within the bounds of international law.

PRESS / REVIEWS / ACCOLADES:

Sold-Out Run at 2023 Edinburgh Fringe
Off-Broadway Premiere at Playwrights HorizonsTelegraph (4 stars + Top 5 Shows of 2023)"A fresh, funny act, at once very clever and very silly"

The Observer (4 stars)"Endearingly nonsensical... frequently whimsical... we’ll be seeing a lot more of him."

Time Out (4 stars)"You could call it ‘anti-comedy’, but the sheer absurdity of it is extremely funny.”

The List (4 stars)"Bizarre, bewildering and at times almost unsettling, in the most enjoyable way possible... An absurd delight"

The Skinny (4 stars)"Amusements is an excellent debut. There is no emotional hook, no gut-wrenching revelation; just pure, unadulterated goofiness, with some technically brilliant voice and stage work to boot."

Voice Magazine (5 stars)"Laying up joke and anti-joke relentlessly… his commitment to 'the bit' is exceptional… Ike’s charm, stage presence and sense of timing had the audience like putty.”
Broadway World (5 stars)"Amusements is an absurdly brilliant hour of comedy that subverts every expectation one may have of a typical American standup comedian. It’s a dumb yet hilarious type of comedy in which Ufomadu takes the most mundane things and turns them into funny moments, a rare talent that deserves more recognition."

Vulture/New York Magazine"Weird, witty jokery... delightful and marvelously bizarre."

Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an Emmy-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actor, writer and comedian, named a “Comedian You Should Know” by New York Magazine and a “Comic to Look Out For” by Time Out New York. He's written for Ziwe (Showtime) and Tooning Out The News (Paramount Plus). On screen, he can be seen in the recent Sundance hit Your Monster, as well as Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros), Los Espookys (HBO), Three Busy Debras, Joe Pera Talks With You (Adult Swim) and more. As a comedian, he's performed at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, South by Southwest, New York's Public Theater, Joe’s Pub, the Netflix is a Joke Festival and more.

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