Ever accidentally said something completely wrong in another language... and only realized it too late?

Yeah. This show is about that.

MISTRANSLATED! is a hilarious and wildly relatable solo comedy show about the failure and triumph that come with learning languages.

It is a master class in linguistic survival that
• Offers hacks and tips on how to (badly) learn a foreign language
• Features tales of languages fails, tonal triumphs and finally being able to understand what those Thai masseuses are saying
• Explores the value of learning foreign languages in 2026 – because who needs AI when you can show off your basic Mandarin to steal the heart of someone else’s grandmother?

Erica Jean (@ericahatesfun) is a traveling polyglot comedian who has performed standup in 7 languages (English, Spanish, French, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese and Italian) in 30 countries and is no stranger to being the stranger onstage. She performed in Italian just two weeks after moving to Italy and in Japanese over twenty years after studying (and forgetting) the language. Swedish next? We'll see!