Shazia Mirza
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Stephen Fry to narrate fencing comedy film Touché
Stephen Fry is lending his voice to Touché, a forthcoming British comedy film about a British Sikh who decides to turn her life around by entering the world of fencing.
British Comedy Guide, 10th April 2025Shazia Mirza and Eddie Kadi set for The Apprentice
The comedians will be taking part in the BBC show in a special series marking its 20th anniversary later this year.
Chortle, 6th March 2025Shazia Mirza writes her memoirs
Shazia Mirza is writing her memoirs about her life before becoming aomedian.
Chortle, 28th December 2024Lounges.tv launches online stand-up competition
Video platform Lounges.tv has launched a new digital stand-up comedy competition in partnership with Omid Djalili. The prize package includes a management contract with InterTalent.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2024Tez Ilyas and Shazia Mirza join Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins
Not only are the directing staff taking the celebrities further away than ever before - halfway across the world - for winter warfare training in the south islands of New Zealand, they have also got a trick up their sleeves to turn up the heat.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th September 2024Shazia Mirza: 'The man I hired to install my toilet was arrested for murder before finishing the job'
Stars In Their Homes: the comedian discusses gardens and forgetting which flat is hers.
John Wright, The Telegraph, 16th June 2024Stoke-on-Trent to host its first comedy festival
Stoke-on-Trent is to host its first ever comedy festival this May, the city council has announced.
Richard Price, BBC, 18th April 2024Shazia Mirza on finding box office gold with her halal comedy supergroup
After years as the only Muslim woman on the comedy circuit, the stand-up is now making history with a female touring troupe. She relives the attacks she faced on the way, from "letterbox" burqa taunts to Isis allegations.
Shazia Mirza, The Guardian, 25th March 2024Comedy extravaganza in support of Refuge
This features a stellar all-female line up of comedic brilliance, including Shazia Mirza (pictured above), Tiff Stevenson, Harriet Kemsley, Esther Manito, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Fiona Ridgewell and hosted by MC Leslie Gold, ensuring a diverse range of comedic styles to keep the audience in stitches.
Rachel Verralls, Funny Women, 28th February 2024Shazia Mirza on entering the BBC cookery programme
'I prepared for MasterChef by burning two kitchens down'.
Chortle, 1st August 2023