The concept of stand-up comedy, an individual armed with a microphone and delivering witty and observational humour to a live audience, has been a foreign notion until relatively recently.

Bangladeshis have a great sense of humour, whether it be witty banters at tea stalls or coming up with the most brilliant memes every time our cricket team loses a match. However, when it comes to stand-up comedy, there seems to be a disconnection.

In conversation with Poushi Razzaque, a young stand-up comedian.

It is not easy to make people laugh. In a stand-up comedy show — where the stage is a battleground and laughter is the grand prize — Sami Doha does a pretty good job bringing smiles to the faces of the audience.

In a time where content creation and digital marketing are evolving at breakneck speed, Rafayat Rakib stands out as an outlier. Armed with ten years of experience in content creation and a decade-long tenure in the corporate world, Rafayat has manoeuvred through diverse landscapes only to come full circle — returning to the world of content creation, albeit with a new vision: Digital Dropouts.

The local stand-up scene has often disappointed, but it can do better.

As connoisseurs of comedy would like to say, “the stand-up comedy scene in Bangladesh is still in its infancy.” But what does it actually mean? It might be because of the lack of freedom of speech, easily offended ego of the audience or the performers or maybe the lack of open-minded approach of the crowd in general. Despite such hurdles, Amin and Ashik, the stand-up comedy duo are working on the art of comedy and nourishing the playing field that is stricken with drought.