Tomboy Tirade Ep 20: Backstage Bitchin' with Sharul Channa

It's 9pm and the night is still young here in one of Singapore's dodgiest but oh-so-hangable comedy clubs. Prostitutes aside, Raven and Persis manage to barge in before opening time to get a chance to talk to one of Singapore's funniest female comics on the block, the acid-biting, Sharul Channa who has more jokes up her sleeve than your favourite cup of masala tea. In her dressing room backstage, the Tomboy Tarts find themselves forced to sit on real snake chairs as they chat about Sharul's entry into comedy, Asian women and comedy and of course, the all important racist and mother complex jokes that Sharul's act is famous for. Sharul Channa who multi-performs in various comedy joints around town started her career as an actress and moved to Mumbai to seek her fortunes but Bollywood Dreams eluded her when she realised that it wasn't all it was cut out to be. So she returned to Singapore, hung out at Home Club where her hubby, Rishi was already performing stand up comedy. After a couple of months of hanging out at the place, Sharul was persuaded by Comedy Masala show creator, Uma Rana to just get up onstage and let it all hang, which she did and the rest is, as they say, 'her-larious'. [emoji face with stuck-out tongue] Rated TOTALLY BITCHIN'!  ABOUT SHARUL CHANNA: Sharul Channa performs at Top Cop Comedy, Comedy Club Asia@Blu Jazz. See her MC once every month, Monday nights at the Moshi Moshi Bollywood Comedienne Showcase featuring local and overseas, established and up and coming comics. On Tuesdays, she is a regular at Home Club's Comedy Masala created by the uber-funny and talented Uma Rana and on Thursdays, she is up with Kumar, Singapore's best-loved drag-queen maestro comedian also at Home Club. There's no dearth of laughter here in Singapore, so drop in at these shows when you can. It's worth every hangover you get the next day. :) Find out more about Sharul Channa in our exclusive Tomboy Tarts blog article here and go like Sharul's Facebook page and follow her on twitter: @SharulChanna & Instagram: thesharulchanna to keep up with this comic's latest gigs and shows.  If you liked this episode, subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review there or in the comments box below. Yes, we DO read these.  For more tomboy-related stuff, visit us at Tomboy Tarts, the official online home of Tomboy Tirade, the comedy chat podcast. Follow us also on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook! We are EVERYWHERE! For all podcast sponsorship enquiries or if you want to be a guest on our show, want us to guest on your show or collaborate on the world's next greatest podcast, email us at [email protected] and we will be happy to help in any way. Lubba Dubba Y'all! xx