Our Story
Dubomedy was founded on April Fool’s Day 2008 by veteran Broadway entertainer Mina Liccione and Dubai’s awarding comedian Ali Al Sayed. Their mission was to create a sustainable local comedy community by providing professional training and platforms for comedians to perform.
Over the past decade, thousands of students have graduated from the Dubomedy Arts School, the Middle East’s premier comedy training school. With our continued support, many have gone on to launch successful comedy careers, performing across the region and filming specials with Comedy Central Arabia.
As well as staging our own comedy shows and festivals, Dubomedy works with corporate clients, providing full event production, brand campaigns, team building workshops, script writing, professional hosting and moderating, choreography and a whole lot more.
Mina and Ali lend their energy and support to many community and charitable initiatives. Through the Clowns Who Care project, Dubomedy has taken comedy arts workshops and events to refugee camps in Jordan and to underprivileged communities in Uganda. In 2015, Dubomedy launched Autism Smiles UAE - a comedy club, teaching young people circus skills, musical and physical comedy routines, joke telling, laughter yoga, magic and other fun things.
Our Founders and Directors
What do you get if you put together a trapeze artiste, a Broadway dancer, an award-winning comedian and MC, and a performing arts professor? Mina Liccione! Mina is the grand dame of comedy in the UAE. She brought her larger-than-life personality and incredible talents and experience gained as a professional performer and educator in America to Dubai in 2007 with one aim – to get the Middle East laughing, and she has never looked back. Through co-founding Dubomedy Arts School with Ali Al Sayed in 2008, she has inspired thousands of people to take up comedy. She has also taken comedy to new audiences around the region. As a comedian and MC, Mina captivates audiences with her boundless energy and infectious enthusiasm. A life-long performer, she has made numerous television and film appearances and can regularly be seen on Comedy Central Arabia.
“The UAE’s Queen of Comedy” Ahlan! Magazine
The trail-blazing comedian Ali Al Sayed is a leading name in the UAE’s entertainment sector. His long list of television credits includes current co-host of Comedy Central Presents on OSN, former host for MBC Action, and comedy correspondent for Abu Dhabi TV’s ‘The Beautiful Game’. As well as being the co-founder and co-director of Dubomedy Arts School, Ali is CEO of Viva Arts event management company and a comedy coach for Comedy Central Arabia. As a comedian, Ali has performed across the globe, participating in major festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe and the Montreux Comedy Festival. Whether headlining at Caroline’s on Broadway in New York or performing during a power outage in South Africa, Ali establishes an easy rapport with audiences using his lightning fast wit and affable manner.
“Impossible not to laugh at” Timeout Dubai