Shaparak Khorsandi
- 51 years old
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Exclusive: Latitude festival comedy line-up announced
Latitude's full line-up is announced tomorrow but we can exclusively reveal the star comedy names today. Stand-ups include Jason Manford, Alan Davies, Jack Dee and, most excitingly, America's Rob Delaney, who has just made a splash in the UK as co-star of painfully realistic C4 romcom Catastrophe. There is also a strong selection of female comics, with pithy feminist Sara Pascoe, storyteller Sarah Kendall, frighteningly frank Shappi Khorsandi and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 2nd March 2015Shappi Khorsandi: does satire influence politics?
Shappi Khorsandi investigates satire and its relationship to politics? Does it help or hinder?
Shappi Khorsandi, BBC, 28th February 2015Shappi Khorsandi: I'd be happy to fill a comedy quota!
Shappi Khorsandi has joked that she would be "quite happy" to fill a quota on a comedy panel show.
Digital Spy, 20th November 2014Shappi Khorsandi review: gags about porn & prejudice
Shappi Khorsandi review - perky gags about porn and prejudice. Soho Theatre, London.
The Anglo-Iranian comedian ranges entertainingly from racism to combative encounters at the school gate.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th November 2014Shappi Khorsandi, Soho Theatre - comedy review
Shappi Khorsandi's most distinctive material was a series of potent anecdotes about her father, an Iranian satirist living in exile.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 18th November 2014Shappi Khorsandi interview
Although she talks about her children, from 'kids do the funniest things' type stories to deeper concerns about her parenting, it's her father - the exiled Iranian satirist Hadi Khorsandi - who's the biggest character in the show.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th October 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Shappi Khorsandi
I've been intrigued by Shappi Khorsandi ever since she first made waves on the stand-up circuit around a decade ago.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th July 2014Glastonbury 2014: 10 questions for Shappi Khorsandi
I've played at three or four Glastonburys. When I was a student I came with the Workers Beer Company, and promised myself I'd come every single year for the rest of my life. I've kept that up, except for when it's not been on, and with time off for pregnancy.
The Guardian, 28th June 2014News: Balham comedy festival line-up announced
The 2014 Balham Comedy Festival, running from July 11-19, has announced its line-up. Among the names confirmed are Susan Calman, Paul Daniels, Robert Newman, Phill Jupitus, Reginald D. Hunter, Tim Vine, Stephen K Amos, Marcus Brigstocke, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Mark Steel, Richard Herring, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Kevin Day, Gary Delaney, Kerry Godliman, Tony Law, and Fred MacAulay with more performers to be announced.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd May 2014Shappi Khorsandi: Funny side of life as single mother
Shappi Khorsandi talks about life as a single mum and being a woman in comedy.
Roz Laws, Coventry Telegraph, 2nd May 2014