Maria Shehata
Maria Shehata

Maria Shehata

  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings

Comedy Central Live Series 2 line-up revealed

Comedy Central Live, the online stand-up series, is to return for a second series from Monday 9th January. The list of 40 comedians involved has now been revealed.

British Comedy Guide, 5th January 2023

Maria Shehata: interview

Failed love, crippling debt and living with an angry 83-year-old. Not exactly what Maria Shehata had in mind when she left LA for the UK.

Keira Brown, The Fountain, 18th August 2019

Nightmare audience members

We asked performers going to the Fringe who they would least like to see in the audience of their show...

British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2019

Maria Shehata recalls her most memorable gigs

'Why don't you all just boo me? It would be better than this'

Chortle, 6th August 2019

British Comedy Guide's top tips

The British Comedy Guide team selects the best Edinburgh Fringe shows they've seen so far in preview.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd August 2019

Maria Shehata: the Edinburgh interviews 2019

Interview with Maria Shehata.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 24th July 2019

+3 interview: Maria Shehata: Hero

"It's about my life in the UK after my move for love didn't work out."

Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 20th July 2019

Maria Shehata talks heroes, Bill Burr & the Fringe

Award-winning comedian Maria Shehata is taking her brand new show Hero to the Edinburgh Fringe, in which she shares the story of her move from LA to London all in the name of love - only to end up sharing space with an octogenarian.

Funny Women, 11th July 2019

Edinburgh preview: Maria Shehata: Hero

Award winning Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand new hour of charmingly intimate and brutally honest comic storytelling.

Theatre Weekly, 17th June 2019

Canned Laughter review

Canned Laughter have been running charity comedy nights for about a year now and it's a pretty fantastic idea. Tickets are just five pounds each but then you take five items with you which are donated to a food bank.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 26th January 2019