Janine Harouni Man'oushe

Comedian Janine Harouni performs two very special performances at Theatre Royal Stratford East, as her acclaimed show Man’oushe is filmed for her next stand-up special. 

2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show (Nominee). Janine thought she knew her family. Then she took a DNA test and things got messy. One of the most critically-acclaimed stand-up shows this year, that explores Janine’s Arab roots, pregnancy and what happens when your mail order DNA test does not go to plan. 

Star of ITV2’s Buffering and her own Amazon Prime stand-up special. As seen and heard on The Russell Howard Hour, The John Bishop Show, Comedians Giving Lectures, Question Team, The Stand Up Sketch Show and The Now Show.

  • How Pranksters Had Fun With My Ultra Conservative Dad
  • Janine Harouni's Staten Island parents
  • Strangest Proposal Ever
  • 'Harouni is the smoothest, most controlled of comics. And she delivers a perfectly wrought hour… a marvel to behold'

    ★★★★ The Guardian
  • 'Ready for her Netflix special'

    ★★★★★ The Times
  • 'Ripe for a standing ovation'

    ★★★★ The Telegraph
  • 'Immaculately constructed'

    ★★★★ The Skinny