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Brown Sauce
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DO YOU ever get sick of going to a comedy night, and finding your entertainment for the evening is largely interchangeable guys called Dave?
Sharlin Jahan sure did, particularly as she’d find herself on alongside them as the token non-white performer.
So she set up her own night, the excellent Brown Sauce, to provide a platform for the best south Asian performers and “other Asian friends.”
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