- Celebrate Valentine’s season with Stand-Up Comedian Mike Unson & Friends in “Crisis: Mayhem One” and “Caffeinated Mayhem”
- Tickets for “Crisis: Mayhem One” and “Caffeinated Mayhem” are at P300 per person and half of the price is consumable for the later event.
The best way to celebrate the Valentine’s season is through laughter and giggles. Valentine’s Laugh Fest of stand-up comedian Mike Unson and his troop of artists in “Crisis: Mayhem One” will be held during the Fringe Festival on February 15, Thursday, 8pm at the 4th level, Century City Mall, Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City and “Caffeinated Mayhem” on February 16, Friday, 8pm at Hineleban Café, 830 A. Arnaiz Ave., Makati City.
Couples in love and even groups of friends relishing Singles Awareness Day will have a good time in “Crisis: Mayhem One”, a variety show of comedy, musical performances and spoken word. Unson headlines the event and other featured comics are Sergio Belarus, Korte Supremo, Eric Salazar, Sheena Pena and Herman Gacosta. Spoken word artists Mark Hhosn, Ristichen, Abe Herma & Kenneth Monserrate will take the stage for urban poetry on different dimensions of love. Jana Garcia will perform rock ballads and Guil Sanchez will host the event.
For a Friday laugh-out loud night combined with coffee fix, “Caffeinated Mayhem” showcases Unson together with the same band of stand-up comedians. He will also stage another show in Hineleban Café on March 16, 2018, 8pm.
Unson is featured in the 1st episode of iFlix comedy series, “Hoy, Bibig Mo,” and is currently filming his own special. His classic observational comedy skit on taxis can be seen in the iFlix teaser:
https://www.facebook.com/iflixPH/videos/1579190128860787/
He is a 2016 Aliw Award Nominee for Best Stand-Up Comedian. His previous shows: “Mayhem in the First and Second Degree,” were held at Century City Mall last year. This time around, he will bring a new line up of diverse artists from spoken word, stand-up comedy, musical performances.
In his 15-year career, he is known for building up comic rhythm with impeccably time punchlines and thought-provoking insights, leaving the audience in stitches and wanting for more.
Unson and his brand of point of view stand-up comedy puts emphasis on everyone’s head-scratching, cringe-worthy or even absurd life experiences.
His arsenal of wholesome jokes includes his views on urban life, childhood memories, relationships and interactions with everyday people as he dishes out his original material on annoying encounters with cab and jeepney drivers; street vendors; mall security guards; (un)talented bands; his childhood nanny; dealing with middle child syndrome; being in the friend zone, breakups and many more relatable true to life situations.
Currently, he is part of the creative team of GMA 7’s “Pepito Manoloto,” the number one TV sitcom in the Philippines. Earlier in his career, he was one of the hosts of an alternative comedy show “Front Act” on TV5. He was also part of the “Men’s Room” on Studio 23 and a recurring guest on Jojo Alejar’s “The Medyo Late Night Show.”
Unson has opened for Rob Schneider and performed with Rex Navarette. His list of performances in major venues included Newport Performing Arts Theatre, Resorts World Manila; Grand Ballroom, Solaire Resort; and Pacific Grand Ballroom, Waterfront Hotel, Cebu.
Tickets for “Crisis: Mayhem One” and “Caffeinated Mayhem” are at P300 per person and half of the price is consumable for the later event. For other updates and information, visit www.facebook.com/mikeunsoncomedy or connect on IG @mikeunson @comedymayhem or call Marco Aventajado of Cardinal Events & Comedy Mayhem at +639209281681 or email aventajado@aol.com.
