Karak After Dark improv performers on stage in Dubai with a live pianist

Karak After Dark

Dubai's improv comedy show. Every scene is invented on the spot from your suggestions, over a kettle of karak. The funniest night out you'll have without a script.

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Upcoming shows

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Past shows

Made up in Dubai, every night

Karak After Dark is a live improv comedy show created by Salman Qureshi and Asad Raza Khan. They built it around a simple idea: Dubai deserves a regular night of fast, funny, completely unscripted theatre.

A troupe of improvisers takes suggestions from the audience and turns them into scenes, songs and stories that exist only that night. No two shows are the same.

Salman Qureshi is a Dubai-based improviser, comedian and founder of The Other Room. Asad Raza Khan also produces theatre under Tall Tales.

Karak kettle and chai mug on stage as performers improvise a scene

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Two improvisers trading lines in a sceneImproviser mid-scene on the Karak After Dark stageTwo performers building a scene togetherPerformers reacting to an audience suggestionImprovisers on stage holding audience suggestion cardsThree performers around the karak table during a live showImprovisers on stage in Dubai

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Questions

What is Karak After Dark?

A live improv comedy show in Dubai, UAE. Performers create every scene on the spot from audience suggestions.

Do I have to go on stage?

No. You only give suggestions from your seat. Nobody is pulled on stage unless they want to be.

Is it my first time seeing improv. Will I get it?

Yes. No experience is needed. If you can laugh at a good story, you are ready.

What language is the show in?

Mostly English, with the occasional Urdu and Hindi when a scene calls for it. EDIT if this is wrong.

Who runs the show?

Salman Qureshi and Asad Raza Khan founded and produce Karak After Dark.