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BBC Asian Network Comedy to visit Glasgow

The BBC's next Asian Network Comedy night will be in Glasgow on 29th February. The gig will be recorded for TV and radio.

British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2024

Edinburgh focus: What can be done to save the world's biggest and best arts festival?

As Edinburgh's annual summer spectacular kicks off amid cost-of-living hikes, rising accommodation costs and ongoing concerns about its sheer size and direction of travel, Fergus Morgan asks voices from the industry and beyond about the one thing they would change to secure the festival's future.

Fergus Morgan, The Stage, 4th August 2023

#EdFringe 2023: Lubna Kerr talks Tickbox 2!

Comedian, actress, and writer Lubna Kerr has been a regular face across the Scottish arts scene since 2013.

WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 26th July 2023

'It's tougher than ever to be a comedian'

Even for comedians, the cost of living crisis is no laughing matter. Soaring travel costs, unaffordable accommodation, stagnant fees and cash-strapped audiences have made it harder than ever to make a living on stage, BBC Scotland has been told.

Angus Cochrane, BBC, 29th March 2023

Lubna Kerr: Why do you need to know where I am really from?

What is the most popular question a person of colour gets asked? "Where are you from? No, where are you really, really from?"

Lubna Kerr, The Scotsman, 21st August 2022

Pharmacist prescribes laughter as the best medicine at Fringe

Lubna Kerr balances her day job with one-woman show about 1960s migration from Pakistan.

STV, 13th August 2022

Three migrant stories

Three migrant stories at Edinburgh Festival 2022...

Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 3rd August 2022

10 Fringe performers on how to improve the world's biggest arts festival

With a fresh start following two years of pandemic restrictions, what should the Edinburgh festivals be doing better? We asked some festival performers for their thoughts.

The Scotsman, 3rd August 2022

Pakistan to 60s Glasgow - a mother and daughter's cultural journey as New Scots

Actor and comedian Lubna Kerr is returning to the Fringe with a freshly updated version of her acclaimed show Tickbox.

The Edinburgh Reporter, 1st July 2022

Lubna Kerr: Will they laugh or will I be laughed off?

After two years of not gigging live, what were the chances of two gigs coming along at the same time, like buses?

Lubna Kerr, Broadway Baby, 8th April 2022

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