Joseph Ewonde.
Best Special at the 2026 MICF Awards, for Pata Negra, his stand-up hour in Spanish.
The show
Pata Negra.
Joseph Ewonde Jr. was born in Nigeria and grew up in Spain. He says he has been doing comedy all his life without knowing it, from school plays to professional acting, with an economics degree along the way to throw people off.
Pata Negra takes its name from a song someone once sang at him in the street. He turned that moment into an hour about his life in Spain, and about how we are not so different after all.
- When: Friday 2 October 2026, 22:00
- Where: El Chulo de Madrid
- Language: Spanish
The award
Why Pata Negra.
A good special takes something that stung and gets a whole room laughing at it, without losing the point. Pata Negra did that. Joseph started from a line someone threw at him in the street and built an hour that was personal, sharp and generous with the audience.
It was a busy festival for him. The night before, he co-hosted the Opening Gala at Picnic with Alicia Montoya.
Thank you, Joseph, for trusting us with this show and for opening the festival with us. Congratulations.