Shazia Mirza
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Review: Funny Women Awards Final 2016, Koko
If we wanted to get all political about it Funny Women shouldn't exist. Comedians are comedians, why should gender even enter into it? But it does and the Funny Women organisation is clearly tapping into something. This year's final was staged at a bigger venue than usual and it was absolutely packed. For the first time in as long as I can remember I had to review a gig perched on a step at the back of a room.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th September 2016The best jokes from Edinburgh festival
These are the funniest lines we've heard so far from this year's standup shows.
The Guardian, 15th August 2016Edinburgh Fringe: Why comedians need to get serious
found myself sitting at a comedy gig at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the other day and having a Richard Pryor moment. It was a decent show, by an established comic, musing on the vagaries of life. It was funny and well observed but all I could think was, what am I doing here? I wanted something different. A comic who would use his or her wit to interrogate some of the big issues we're facing.
Will Gompertz, BBC News, 12th August 2016Shazia Mirza interview
Shazia Mirza talks about her show The Kardashians Made Me Do It.
The Herald, 11th August 2016Shazia Mirza: 'I would never go on a reality show' (Link expired)
In the latest in our series of Campervan Confessions from the Edinburgh Festival, Shazia Mirza reveals her favourite film and chocolate bar, the title of her future memoir - and explains why reality TV isn't for her.
Alex Watson, WOW247, 10th August 2016Interview: Shazia Mirza - The Kardashians Made Me Do I
Shazia Mirza interview.
Rosie Gillott, Fresh Air, 10th August 2016My first Edinburgh: Shazia Mirza
My first Edinburgh show was about 10 years ago at the Gilded Balloon in the Dining Room.
John Byrne, The Stage, 9th August 2016Shazia Mirza: 10 Edinburgh Fringe questions
Shazia Mirza answers 10 questions about her 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show.
British Comedy Guide, 8th August 2016Political comedy isn't dead
Serious issues are back on the stand-up agenda. Here are the Fringe's hottest topics.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 7th August 2016Shazia Mirza: 'Mocking Isil doesn't mean I'm brave'
Shazia Mirza had problems when it came to naming her latest show. The Birmingham-born comedian originally called it The Road to Al-Baghdadi, a reference to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of Isil. But the Tricycle theatre in north London, where the show ran last year, had other ideas. "They said: 'You can't call it that. We're worried it will attract the wrong sort of attention.' I said: 'I don't think you should worry, Isil aren't comedy fans, Abu Hamza won't be coming with his mates,'" relates Mirza, 40, a practising Muslim.
Julia Llewelyn Smith, The Telegraph, 5th August 2016