
Shazia Mirza
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Five fast Fringe questions with...Shazia Mirza
With over 3000 shows at the world's biggest arts festival, here at The Reviews Hub, we want to make the job of choosing your Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows that little bit easier. So here's Shazia Mirza answering our annual Five Fast Fringe Questions.
The Reviews Hub, 20th July 2016Dapper laughs: comedians with a sense of style
Some of the Fringe's top comedians reveal why they dress to impress on stage.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 12th July 2016Fringe 2016 - shows with some politics in them
Many shows explore political themes in 2016, a year that has the potential for significant political change with the forthcoming referendum on EU membership in the UK and presidential elections in the USA.
Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter, 11th June 2016Shazia Mirza talks truth and honesty in comedy
Shazia Mirza is a hilarious British Asian stand-up comedian. Her personal, honest and unapologetic humour makes her one of the funniest women in the UK.
Nazhat Khan, DESIbiltz, 29th May 2016My comedy hero: Shazia Mirza on George Carlin
The former teacher and acclaimed stand-up picks the late, great rabblerousing US comic as her hero.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 20th May 2016Six all-female comedy gigs not to miss this spring
Where have all the funny women gone? They're organising some excellent nights of comedy for ye laughter-seeking Londoners. There's tons of all-female comedy action this spring - here are a few shows you shouldn't miss.
Samantha Baines, Time Out, 4th May 2016Last episode in the current run of Ross's chatshow. As is often the case, it's a thinly veiled plug for an upcoming movie, in this case the imminent Eddie The Eagle. Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman both appear, just in case we hadn't quite got the message from their earlier encounter with Ant & Dec. Plugging another new film - an adaptation of JG Ballard's High-Rise - is Luke Evans. Comedian Shazia Mirza is also on the bill, and there's music from Primal Scream, touting their hilariously titled new album, Chaosmosis.
Andrew Mueller, The Guardian, 19th March 2016Shazia Mirza: my life in luggage labels
Shazia Mirza on why her scrapbooks of luggage labels are a 'diary without words'
Shazia Mirza, The Big Issue, 11th March 2016Shazia Mirza on Isis
"These girls are horny teenagers - and Isis are the One Direction of Islam," says comedian Shazia Mirza.
Shazia Mirza, The Big Issue, 25th January 2016Seven questions with... Shazia Mirza
Shazia Mirza is a comedian and columnist from my home city of Birmingham. Where others may stay well back, Mirza tackles difficult political topics head-on, effortlessly demonstrating to us all why comedy is so vital in this day and age and using her stand up as a platform to get us talking about important social issues.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 27th November 2015