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Michael Herd: Deep Shanghai'd

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SHOW IS NOT FROM THIS YEARS FESTIVAL!


Michael Herd: Deep Shanghai'd

Home Bar

69 Home St
Basement: AUG 17-27 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Michael Herd: Deep Shanghai'd

Deep Shanghai'd - how did one Scottish guy end up turning one year in China into 14 years? Scottish Comedian Michael Herd takes you on his on re-education journey through the land of the hot pot, Terracotta Warriors and marriage markets. Prepare for a re-educating show of high energy laughter from East Kilbride's finest.

Michael Herd is a one-time Shanghai based Scottish stand-up active since 2016. He’s performed all over China and was the founder and host of Shanghai’s weekly Friday Night Laughs at the Park Tavern and was considered a senior comic on the circuit, being a regular at the city’s premier comedy club, Comedy Corner, showcases in the city before finally returning to live in Scotland after 14 years in the Middle Kingdom in the very non-Chinese Scottish city of Perth.

He is also the founder and host of the successful China Lockdown Zoom comedy series Front Tier Comedy, as well as nearby Nanjing’s monthly Saturday Night Laughs. He is described by Billy Connolly’s favourite comedian Des McLean has having “consistently strong material and great delivery” and has opened for top headliners including Phil Kay, Leo Kearse and Comedy Central’s Simeon Goodson as well as top Chinese acts Storm Xu and Norah Yang.

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.