Curry & Catharsis

  • January 11 - 12, 2025
  • Harold Dixon Directing Studio

    1025 North Olive Road
    Tucson, Arizona 85719
Ticket Price $15.00 This event is now over
Description

In Curry & Catharsis, Azhar Bande-Ali takes audiences on a laugh-out-loud journey of cultural clashes, identity crises, and hilariously unexpected hijinks. This award-winning comedy storytelling show chronicles the life of an Indian immigrant struggling—and thriving—as he discovers what it truly means to be an American. Premiered at the 2024 NYC Fringe Festival to critical acclaim, the show offers a fresh, funny, and heartfelt look at finding your place in a country that’s still finding itself. Whether you’re an immigrant or someone just trying to make sense of it all, this show will leave you laughing, reflecting, and deeply moved. 

Content Warning: All Ages.

Artist Bio: Azhar Bande-Ali is an Indian American storyteller based in New York City. A Moth StorySLAM Brooklyn winner and 2024 Artist in Residence at Keepsake House, Azhar crafts tales infused with humor, heart, and cultural exploration. His work often grapples with themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of modern life. Known for his sharp wit and engaging presence, Azhar invites audiences to laugh, reflect, and connect through his award-winning performances.

Date & Time

Jan 11 - 12, 2025

Venue Details

Harold Dixon Directing Studio

1025 North Olive Road
Tucson, Arizona 85719 Harold Dixon Directing Studio
Tucson Fringe Festival

The Tucson Fringe Festival is an unjuried, uncensored performing arts festival. Since 2011, following international fringe tenets, the festival provides artists with low-risk, low-cost opportunities to perform by using economies of scale to reduce venue rental costs and by taking only 20%, and sometimes 0%, of the artist’s earnings. Tucson Fringe also provides the Tucson arts community with avant-garde, non-traditional performing arts at low-cost ticket prices.

The festival does not curate or select the performances, maintaining an environment in which everyone and anyone can perform. This ensures that underrepresented artistic voices, such as people of color, the LGBT+ community, women, and other marginalized genders, are championed in our community.

The festival takes place in January every year across multiple venues in downtown Tucson. On average, every year the festival has 20+ shows with between 50-60 performances during the festival weekend.


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