Amrou Al-Kadhi
- Actor, writer, drag artist and director
Press clippings
Glamrou: Drag Mother
Al-Khadhi's commentary on their earlier life is grimly sarcastic, not allowing much room for ambiguity- though perhaps they can be forgiven for not wanting to dress up the stereotyping they endured.
Chortle, 22nd January 2025Glamrou: From Qur'an to Queen review
Amrou Al-Kadhi's drag alter ego, poised between self-absorption and self-irony, delivers a tart, funny and swaggering tale.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th October 2021Channel 4 launches sketch series with a host of comedians
Nick Helm, Jen Brister, Hal Cruttenden, Felicity Ward and children's television presenter Dave Benson Phillips are among the wealth of comic talent to feature in a new Channel 4 sketch series.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Bameshow, the chaotic panel-show parody
Comics of colour are hitting back at tokenism, stereotyping and people mispronouncing their names, with a mould-breaking new show. We meet the team behind it.
Jamal Khadar, The Guardian, 26th November 2020Edinburgh Unlocked review
A carnival of comedy from the festival that never was.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd August 2020August without Edinburgh fringe
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers - and our comedy critic - bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th August 2020Edinburgh Unlocked audiobook to be released
Edinburgh Unlocked, an audiobook featuring Edinburgh Fringe performers, is to be released this August to help raise money for the festival.
British Comedy Guide, 13th July 2020Shappi Khorsandi set to play Glamrou's mother
Shappi Khorsandi is being lined up to play the mother of drag queen Glamrou in a semi-autobiographical TV comedy.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 11th February 2020Demin's Amrou Al-Kadhi picks their Perfect Playlist
'I long to lack irony like this'
Amrou Al-Kadhi, Chortle, 11th August 2018Drag queen band Denim developing TV comedy drama
Denim, the drag queen band who 'infuse pop with LGBT politics', have signed a deal to turn their fictional 'uplifting life story' into a TV comedy drama series.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2018