Bisha K Ali
- Writer, stand-up comedian and producer
Press clippings
BBC Comedy Festival will be in Cardiff on 24th to 26th May
The second annual BBC Comedy Festival - which features sessions for comedy creatives - will take place in Cardiff from Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th May.
British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2023Deborah Frances-White on gaslit women leaving UK
Female creatives in Britain such as Gina Yashere and London Hughes are less likely to be allowed to create original dramas and comedies than men. So they are heading off across the Atlantic.
Deborah Frances-White, The Guardian, 14th July 2021Michelle De Swarte to star in comic horror The Baby
Sky has announced that Michelle De Swarte will star in The Baby, the forthcoming darkly comic horror series.
British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2021How Bisha K Ali went from stand-up to superhero
She was living on beans. Now she's in LA writing Ms Marvel, the eagerly awaited TV series starring MCU's first Muslim superhero. The writer talks about joyriding premiers and how to silence trolls.
Poppy Noor, The Guardian, 16th November 2020Fringe quick Q&A with Bisha K. Ali
Yo it's Alison Spittle and I'm picking the best people to have quick words with at the biggest arts festival in the world, Edinburgh fringe festival. First on my trails is TV writer and comedian, Bisha K. Ali.
Alison Spittle, Head Stuff, 9th August 2018Fringe: The best comedy shows to see
If the London previews have tickled your fancy and you've made the decision to go up to Edinburgh, you're bound to be looking for some lols.
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 19th July 2018Comedians say faces used in Canada artwork are theirs
UK comedians say it is no joke that their faces, initially featured in an Edinburgh Festival brochure, are being used in an art installation in Canada.
Emma Harrison, BBC, 29th November 2017Statement from Derek Besant over using comics photos
Beyond The Joke has received the following email from Derek Besant this evening. Besant is the artist whose blurred images of strangers in a Calgary underpass exhibition turned out to be pictures of comedians who had appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015. The case was revealed through social media by stand-up Bisha K Ali after a friend told her he had spotted her photo on the wall. Bisha K Ali's picture was taken by fellow comedian Jayde Adams.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th November 2017Fringe 2017 - Nasty Women on the Fringe
Guests include: Ayesha Hazarika, Lucy Porter, Shazia Mirza, Yuriko Kotani, Viv Groskop, Juliet Meyers, Rosie Wilby, Susan Murray, Jane Hill, Pippa Evans, Janey Godley, Jo Jo Sutherland, Kate Smurthwaite, Desiree Birch, Jenny Collier, Kelly D Hunter, Jing Lusi, Bisha K Ali and more.
Kara Alberts, The Edinburgh Reporter, 25th July 2017Standard Issue at the Fringe: part two
As the Edinburgh Fringe dives into its first week proper, we thought there was no better time to offer up part two of our round-up of Standard Issue contributors who are up there, doing their talented thing.
Standard Issue, 8th August 2016