Shaparak Khorsandi
- 51 years old
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Help Save Live Comedy review
For public health reasons, the country might not yet be ready for normality, but every glimpse that a return pre-pandemic life might be possible remains a fillip for the soul.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th August 2020Save Live Comedy review
It was brilliant to see entertainers in the flesh again.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 17th August 2020Save Live Comedy at the Grand review
Magical and emotional night as live comedy returns.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 17th August 2020Mark Watson's Carpool Comedy review
'This is not a perfect way to do comedy,' Mark Watson admits during the first of more than two dozen of his Carpool Comedy drive-in gigs.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th July 2020Shappi Khorsandi: the circuit is being left to die
I wish I could at least say that we were at the bottom of the food chain, but our industry is getting zero government money. We aren't on the agenda at all.
Shappi Khorsandi, The Independent, 10th July 2020Why female comedians have been speaking out
While the live comedy circuit has been non-existent during lockdown, another, darker side of comedy has reared its head. And this one is no laughing matter. In recent weeks we have seen its ugly side emerge into the light as a grassroots #MeToo movement has sprung up, with allegations of sexual misconduct dominating social media feeds and making headlines.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th July 2020Comedy has its MeToo moment
The British comedy scene is facing a MeToo scandal with performers accused of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour.
An industry organisation said that abusive male comics must be held accountable after dozens of women recounted experiences of degrading treatment.
Some have described being molested before shows and mocked with rape jokes, alleging that misconduct by some prominent acts had been covered up by the comedy establishment.
Matthew Moore, Marc Horne & Kaya Burgess, The Times, 3rd July 2020Khorsandi: Ladette culture stopped misconduct talk
Shappi Khorsandi has said that female comedians stayed silent about the 'horrible stuff' going on in the comedy circuit in the Nineties partly because the 'ladette' culture encouraged women to laugh off any sexual misconduct.
Chortle, 1st July 2020Shappi Khorsandi: Making comedy online takes effort
Even before the pandemic some stand-ups had become pros at internet entertainment - now the rest of us are stumbling around in the dark trying to learn an entirely new skill.
Shappi Khorsandi, The Independent, 24th April 2020Shappi Khorsandi, Soho Theatre On Demand review
She talks about the moment she knew she wanted to be a comic.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 23rd March 2020