Ayesha Hazarika
- Scottish
- Stand-up comedian and journalist
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Ayesha Hazarika, Soho Theatre review
What a day to open your political stand-up show, entitled State of the Nation, a few hours after Theresa May had announced a snap election. If Ayesha Hazarika needed any extra material, yesterday morning's events would certainly have supplied it.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th April 2017Ayesha Hazarika on swapping politics for stand-up
The stand-up comic who was previously advising Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband on speeches, media and policy, is embarking on a nationwide tour of her new show 'The State of the Nation'.
Michael Curle, The Independent, 12th April 2017Why aren't female comedians funny? You asked Google
Every day millions of internet users ask Google life's most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries.
Ayesha Hazarika, The Guardian, 1st February 2017Brexit puts UK comics in the Thick of It at the Fringe
At this year's Fringe festival in Edinburgh, political comedy takes center stage. With recent upheavals in Britain, the country's comedians are scrambling more than usual to keep their material current.
Anna Russell, The Wall Street Journal, 11th August 2016Rarely asked questions - Ayesha Hazarika
Ayesha Hazarika spent eight years as political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband, but before that she had been a stand-up comedian. For reasons which or may not be obvious she is now doing stand-up again more regularly. In her new show Hazarika draws on her experiences around Westminster to ask where did it all go wrong for Labour, where are the women and how on earth did a hard-core feminist end up touring the country in a pink bus?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th August 2016Ayesha Hazarika on sexism within the Labour Party
Ayesha Hazarika, former special adviser to Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman, tells Rosamund Urwin how she came to make an Edinburgh Fringe show about the Labour Party.
Rosamund Urwin, Evening Standard, 29th July 2016Ten politicial Fringe shows
As politics gets more manic, and possibly depressing, than ever, here are ten shows that try to find the funny in the tumultuous times.
Chortle, 25th July 2016Ayesha Hazarika interview
She advised Ed Miliband and wrote gags for Harriet Harman. Now Ayesha Hazarika is turning her heady Whitehall days into standup.
Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 6th July 2016Hugh Grant brands Ayesha Hazarika 'f**king arsehole'
Hugh Grant has apologised after calling comedian and Labour party activist Ayesha Hazarika a 'f**king arsehole' at the party conference earlier this week.
Tim Clark, Such Small Portions, 7th October 2012