Shahak Shapira

Description

Shahak Shapira is an Israeli-German comedian with Arab roots performing stand-up in English. It’s a mess. With origins stretching from Baghdad to Vienna, Shahak is a walking container for some of the planet’s most problematic identities, navigating a world that seems very invested in deciding who he is. Sounds like a downer, but even life’s most depressing stories can make for great comedy if you end them with a punchline. In »Selective Identity«, Shahak searches for those punchlines in roots, heartbreak, war, racism, depression, never fitting in, the search for a home, and many other light-hearted topics - with a success rate of about 80%.