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Upon landing in London, the mood was optimistic and exciting. We spent the day prior to the show preparing, where I had to create my shot list of what to capture during Max’s performance, and Max spent the day writing jokes about his experience in London. The day of the show, we arrived at the Art Depot in North London, where I met the opener for Max’s show, Iranian comedian Peyman Khorshandi.

When Max got on stage the energy was electric and his performance was well received. The London audience connected with Max’s humor right away when he opened with discussing the difference between Americans and the British. Max walked off the stage to a huge ovation and spent hours after the show taking pictures with the fans. The next day, Max was invited by his good friend actor/comedian Omid Djalili to his show at the Pelican Theatre. After Omid’s show, I had a chance to meet his wife for the first time and we all had tea and shared stories about our experience in London so far. The next day, the perks of being a cameraman who happens to work for his cousin came to light…

…we got a chance to visit our cousin Bita, who I had never met and discovered is also an artist and a lovely mother to two beautiful kids. Before heading back to Los Angeles, Max decided to drop by the “Comedy Store” in London and the Manager was happy to oblige and gave him a guest spot, where he got a chance to try his humor on the British audience.

Overall, it was a fantastic experience and it honestly felt like one week was not enough time to spend in London. Looking forward to coming back!!

Cheers!

-Martin

Just this past November the Max Amini crew headed to see all the good people in Vancouver, British Columbia for a show at the Centennial Theatre. These are busy times here at the Max Amini camp, so like most trips this one started with a mad dash to the Airport just in time to catch our flight via Air Canada!! From beginning to end Vancouver was an incredible experience. When we arrived in Vancouver, the A3Entertainment promoters, Ebi and Qatar, greeted us. They took us to a local restaurant where one of the Iranian Chefs recognized Max immediately and we got some appetizers and Persian tea on the house! Quite the warm welcome to Vancouver!

When we travel, our schedule is always jam-packed before the show. Prior to the show, we planned a lunch with Max’s opening act Amir K and Melissa Shoshahi. Right after we went for a quick sound check at the Theatre. From there it was a rush back to the Hotel to get dressed and ready for the show that night.

The show went amazing! It was a sold out show with 700 in the audience.  If you have never seen Max just come up with material on the fly 

and interacting with the audience then you have to see him live! Max went all out on the “VIP” front row, one right after the other. But don’t worry, it was all in good fun, I remember seeing the people from the front row at the merchandise table purchasing Max’s DVDs.  A night they will never forget!

When the show ended, our work kept on going! For the first time Max sold DVD copies of that nights set available just to the audience members that attended, so we had to get right down to business capturing all the amazing HD footage shot that night.  Meanwhile, Max headed out to check out the after party in Downtown with the promoters. After a long flight, hanging out with comedians, promoters, fans, a show, and a night out, everyone was pretty wiped! The trip ended with a good night sleep and a plane ride back to LA…

Overall, we’re all very happy with how the the show went, and the sold out crowd walked away very happy!!

Vancouver, Much Love from the Max Amini Crew!

Personally,  I enjoy challenges and daring situations, so deep down I was nervous yet excited at the same time.  Interestingly enough, I discovered that I was not the only one who had  felt that way.  Two of the major generals there also had the same concern. They had raised their concerns to the Army booker and said “Of all comedians, you had to book a Middle Eastern comedian?!”

Upon arrival, they greeted us very warmly and  then quickly escorted us to meet one of the” big cats.”  The soldier introduced me as “he’s our Middle Eastern comedian, Sir!”  I extended my hand and said “Hi, I’m Max Amini,” he intensely examined me and said “Looking forward to seeing your performance, son.”  The duration of the day,  I feverishly went over my set trying to find the best material for the gig.  I called a couple of my other Middle Eastern comedian friends to inquire if they’ve ever done an army gigs and if they have any advice… neither had and they both sarcastically said “Good Luck” lol.  The night of the show there were 800 soldiers. Esau started the show, did  40 minutes, and then brought me on stage. I started the show by dancing to a Punjabi MC/Jay Z song, they found it very funny and from there I introduced myself as ” I’m a Middle Eastern Comedian and I’m scared as a mother f*cker!” The crowd received me so well, that I ended up doing an hour and half set; this turned out to be one of my strongest and most memorable performances! I had the time of my life with these soldiers and learned so much the few days I was there. This year I have another offer to go, but it’s conflicting with a cruise gig, hmmm??? decisions, decisions??…

I’d like to title the first post card the “Gangster of Comedy”. This was from a photo shoot Of Don Bishop Magic Juan’s TV show. It was a pretty funny Episode where he puts his years of skills into action. I hosted the Players Ball 2010 and this was they’re way of interducing the concept of the event to me. The out fits are fascinating and bold.

Second post card came out of a random photo shoot I did, and  I fell in love with it. Since then  it’s been my main logo and signature pose.

These were the high lights of this year’s Norooz events. Look forward to see what next year is gonna bring me! Peace.

Pics from GMU (Taken by: Ali Khaligh)

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