ivor dembina profile shotOld Jewish Jokes

Regular Saturday 6pm performances at Camden Comedy Club, 100 Camden High Street, London NW1 0LU.

Information and tickets here.

 

The Book and the Show

And now the book of 'Old Jewish Jokes'. And it's less than a fiver! 'Old Jewish Jokes' is the most successful UK Jewish stand-up show of all time. With 5 star reviews, sell-out audiences and a 2019 'Pick of The Fringe' award at the Edinburgh Festival, the show's performer, Ivor Dembina (The Guardian ****) provides a selection of some of the best kosher gags from his show.

 

At only £4.95, including post and packaging (UK only), it's the most joyous and best value Jewish Xmas gift ever devised.


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Please check back here for all of Ivor Dembina's future performances including those of Old Jewish Jokes. Further details and tickets here

 

 

 

The Show

Old Jewish Jokes is the most successful ever UK Jewish comedy show. For over ten years it has played to sell-out houses and garnered four and five star reviews at the Edinburgh fringe. it has played countless residencies in London and has been staged as far afield as Berlin and Melbourne.

 

In 2019 it received the Editor's Pick of the Fringe award from ThreeWeeks.

 

Old Jewish Jokes tells the story of a modern Jewish comic who has been invited to perform at a synagogue benefit function. However, upon arrival at the gig, he is given a shopping list of subjects he must not joke about.

 

We enjoy the spectacle of an ethnic comedian encountering censorship by his own community. In the course of the show we see the comedian torn between his desire to present challenging subject matter and the audience's expectation to hear only material they are familiar with.

 

Old Jewish Jokes, is a fun, revealing and truthful story, drawing on both ancient and modern in the great tradition of Jewish humour.

 

Here's a five star review from ThreeWeeks (August 2019):

 

Ivor Dembina has been a stand-up comedian for 30 years. When he started out, a new scene was developing: out went the dad jokes and in came alternative comedy. Dembina’s dad had other ideas, however, advising his son to carry on with some ‘Old Jewish Jokes’. When he became an established comic, his local community synagogue wanted him to do a fundraiser, providing the content would be appropriate: imagine a modern Jewish comedian prohibited from telling jokes about money, sex or anti-Semitism. Though these themes seem brash and hard to swallow (the two walkouts might be testament to that), Dembina’s perfectly-crafted method of telling a joke – either from his own experiences or from a Jewish joke book – will have you howling with laughter.

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, until 25 Aug.
tw rating 5/5 [Kieran Scott]

 

 

ivor dembina at breakfast table