
Naansense with Raj Suresh & Zahid Dewji ft. Nataly Aukar, Kaneez Surka, Shafi Hossain, Adam Mamawala, Danish Maqbool, and Anant Kumar
Sat, 28 Nov, 7:00 PM EST
Doors open
6:00 PM EST
Brooklyn Improv (The Main Room)
64 N 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
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Event Information
Age Limit
21+

Stand-up
Zahid Dewji
Zahid Dewji
Stand-up
Zahid Dewji is a Texas favorite that can most recently be seen tourin with comedy icon Whitney Cummings as well as internet sensation Noel Miller all across the country. He has also opened for other killer acts like Mark Normand, Mo Amer, JR DeGuzman & Dusty Slay. Zahid has placed in more than a handful of national comedy competitions, toured internationally and featured on over a dozen comedy festivals including Oddball Comedy Fest, Come & Take It Comedy Takeover and Desi Comedy Fest. Want to learn nothing at a comedy show? Need a break from extracting meaning out of every dying second? Don't miss the chance to see him now!

Stand-up
Raj Suresh
Raj Suresh
Stand-up
A comedian since 2013, Raj Suresh jokes about cats, India, and his comedy adventures in the US and abroad. His new special, "Break The Leg" (produced by Comedy Dynamics), is now available on AppleTV, YouTube, Prime Video, Google Play, Vimeo (international) and more. He lives in NYC with his girlfriend and their cat, Mr. Jack.

Comedy
Nataly Aukar
Nataly Aukar
Comedy
Nataly Aukar is a Lebanese born and raised writer and performer based in NYC. As a stand-up comic, Nataly has toured the world, opening for comedians such as Ramy Youssef (Ramy), Mo Amer (Mo, Black Adam), and Gad El Maleh (Huge in France) and was featured on Don’t Tell Comedy, and in the Netflix is a Joke Festival as part of the “Introducing…” showcase. She also starred, alongside Succession’s Hiam Abbas, in Noa Osheroff’s short film Sofa So Good which was highlighted in The New Yorker. Nataly can be seen in the Netflix feature The Life List, directed by Adam Brooks and just wrapped the indie feature Skit written and directed by Badr Mastrouq and Des Lombardo. She is touring her new hour all across North America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. She was recently featured on Vulture's 2025 "The Comedians You Should and Will Know of 2025".

Comedy
Kaneez Surka
Kaneez Surka
Comedy
You may recognize Kaneez Surka from her comedy specials on Netflix and Amazon Prime. Kaneez has also featured for comedians Hasan Minhaj and Akaash Singh. She has a huge following in India and has been taking over the comedy scene here in the United States and is already up to over 257k followers on social media. After moving to NYC from India 3 years ago, Kaneez has had success headlining in cities like DC, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Seattle, Mumbai, Dallas, Philadelphia, Boston, and LA.

Stand-up
Shafi Hossain
Shafi Hossain
Stand-up
Shafi Hossain is a comedian and writer currently working out of New York City. He moved to America from Bangladesh to study Chemical Engineering before falling in love with stand up comedy. Shafi has toured with national headliners, featured at multiple comedy festivals and he is also producing a Summer Comedy Festival in NYC. He has been published on various satire websites, and has been featured on comedy networks such as "ALL THINGS COMEDY" and "THE LAUGH BUTTON", and most recently on "Kevin Hart's LOL Network". He is the producer of "Penthouse Comedy Show" which has been described as one of the top comedy shows by TIME OUT NY.

Stand-up
Adam Mamawala
Adam Mamawala
Stand-up
Adam Mamawala is a stand-up comedian and actor based out of New York City. His debut album One of the Good Ones, released through Comedy Dynamics, debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in December of 2017. Named one of Funny or Die’s "Top 30 Under 30: Comedians to Watch. Adam has appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, BET and SeeSo and has headlined over 200 colleges across more than 35 states. Adam's festival appearances include the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, and New York Comedy Festival. He has been featured as Time Out New York’s “Joke of the Week”, has been a Freelance Contributor to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update and Someecards, and recently headlined Carolines on Broadway, one of NYC's preeminent comedy clubs!

Stand-up
Danish Maqbool
Danish Maqbool
Stand-up
Danish Maqbool is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor from New Jersey. A staple of New York’s comedy scene, his stand-up has amassed over 30 million views online. He’s appeared on Hulu’s Ramy, Subway Takes, and Don’t Tell Comedy, and has toured with comedians including Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer.
Before comedy, Danish was a professional gamer and later a producer and commentator for Major League Gaming. His debut stand-up special, Free Danish, was filmed at Zanies in Chicago and released in 2026.

Stand-up
Anant Kumar
Anant Kumar
Stand-up
Women call him tall & dark (sometimes handsome). His parents call him a disappointment. He calls himself a COMEDIAN. Anant Kumar stands a proud 6’2″, which in his culture is like a Caucasian man’s 7′ 1″. Anant’s Indian heritage, and his American upbringing give him a very unique “slice of life” perspective of society & the different racial cultures, stereotypes, & commonalities. Comedy is what we ALL laugh at, Anant Kumar brings us together to do just that.