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Sarfraz Manzoor

Sarfraz Manzoor

  • Writer and comedian

Press clippings

Blinded by the Light review

Racism, Thatcher and Luton. Gurinder Chadha's Springsteen-inspired comedy drama has moments of greatness but today's charged politics add a bitter taste.

Cath Clarke, The Big Issue, 9th August 2019

Bob Monkhouse's joke book now open to the public

For the first time Bob Monkhouse's legendary joke books are being opened in public.

Sarfraz Manzoor, Daily Mail, 30th May 2015

East Is East: being a British Pakistani has changed

Nearly two decades after it first hit the London stage, Ayub Khan-Din's play has been revived. How have racial stereotypes altered - and does the leading character seem any less detestable?

Sarfraz Manzoor, The Guardian, 4th October 2014

Jim Davidson: 'If I could say sorry I would'

Jim Davidson has written a play about a bigoted, middle-aged comedian - and it's only loosely based on himself.

Sarfraz Manzoor, The Guardian, 6th March 2011

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