Q. Why did you name your show, Son of Abish?
A. For the longest time, my opening joke used to be how my name sounds a lot like “a bitch”. So, when I started my website I called it Son of Abish. It was kind of catchy, and everybody liked it. So, I decided to call my live gigs Son of Abish as well. It’s actually two shows in one — a live gig consisting of a monologue, a chat show with funny guest interviews and a sketch comedy, and the other is an online show where I take excerpts from all my performances over a month and compile them in a video.

Son of Abish, a live show by Abish Mathew, will be hosted at the Canvas Laugh Factory on Friday