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Njambi McGrath

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Venue

24: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Room: Blether

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Gilded Balloon logo. Credit: Gilded Balloon

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Njambi McGrath returns with a hilarious hour. Everyone wants to give Africans aid. Water, food, vision, sanitary towels, indeed everything except visas. We need a charity for Africans to get visas, they are bl**dy difficult to get.

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Fringe Dog meets Njambi McGrath

The canine journalist chats to the comedian and writer (and her best friend Willow the dog).

Fringe Dog, Fest Mag, 21st August 2024

Fringe 2024: Rarely Asked Questions - Njambi McGrath

Kenyan comedian & author Njambi McGrath returns to the Edinburgh Fringe and to the Gilded Balloon with her brand-new stand-up show Benevolence.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th August 2024

Njambi McGrath - "The cancer of my parents' trauma gnaws me unendingly."

Njambi McGrath on the mammoth task of writing a searingly honest, angry and uncompromising anti-colonial stand-up show steeped in half a century of cultural trauma.

The Scotsman, 1st August 2024

Njambi McGrath interview

"If I wasn't a stand up, I'd be a teacher as that involves performing".

The Herald, 26th July 2024

Fringe Quickies: 144 - Njambi McGrath: Benevolence

"With aching jaws from laughing, and then remembering what they were laughing at."

WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 20th July 2024

Fringe Quickies: 90 - Njambi McGrath: Benevolence

"Live performance is like sex. Every partner adds a new dimension to the fulfilment of both. Think of my show like your next partner."

WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024

On the Mic Picks: Njambi McGrath

Njambi is a Fringe veteran now, she's been bringing shows to Edinburgh for over a decade.

On The Mic, 17th May 2024

Performances

Date Time Venue
1st Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
2nd Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
3rd Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
4th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
5th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
6th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
7th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
8th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
9th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
10th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
11th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
12th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
14th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
15th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
16th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
17th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
18th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
19th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
20th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
21st Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
22nd Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
23rd Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
24th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
25th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)
26th Aug 15:00 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Blether)

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