Afghanistan Is Not Funny
A Comedian In A War-zone Is No Laughing Matter.
A close-shave with a landmine, menaced by a warlord and abducted by the Mujahedeen, this is the extraordinary, true story of a British comedian and photographer in war-torn Afghanistan.
In 2002, whilst researching a comedy, triple Fringe First winner Henry Naylor and two-time Scottish Feature Photographer of the Year Sam Maynard went to the Afghan war-zone. It was a trip which changed both their lives and their art. Performed by Naylor himself, in front of Maynard’s pictures, this docu-play takes us back to the start of a modern tragedy.
After premiering in Adelaide, Australia in February 2022, Afghanistan Is Not Funny became one of the year’s leading award-winners on the international fringe circuit, winning top prizes at the Edinburgh, Hollywood and Adelaide fringes. This January the show won the best award of them all, the IFES World’s Best Fringe Theatre 2022/23 at the ‘Best of All Fests’ – the Fringe Encore Series - at legendary off-Broadway venue, the Soho Playhouse in New York.
