Tez Ilyas
- 41 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian
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Full Live At The Apollo line-up revealed
The latest series of Live at the Apollo has just been filmed over the last three nights in Hammersmith and the full line-up can now be revealed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th September 2018BBC launches Late Night Laugh for smart speakers
BBC Late Night Laugh launches on smart speakers today, celebrating the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a quick blast of comedy every night of the festival (August 3-27).
BBC, 3rd August 2018Tez Ilyas: Edinburgh Comedy Awards 'have a racial bias'
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards are biased against acts from ethnic minority backgrounds, comic Tez Ilyas has alleged.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 2nd May 2018Tez Ilyas review
His new show Teztify is a jumble of familiar, subversive and incongruous humour, put it all pulls together for a powerful denouement.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st April 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Tez Ilyas
Tez Ilyas is definitely a comedian with a difference. There aren't many stand-ups out there with the manner and patter of a prime-time entertainer and the material and passion of a hard hitting satirist.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2018Standups on their home town's humour
Does a regional accent give you a headstart in standup? Are some places funnier than others? Jayde Adams, Tez Ilyas and Ardal O'Hanlon explore laughter and locality.
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 5th February 2018Man Like Mobeen: BBC comedy defies Muslim stereotypes
Comedy has the power to reflect or to challenge mainstream values. Laughing at difference or "otherness" can reinforce damaging social norms, while shared laughter at a flawed or failed system tends to work more subversively. The new BBC comedy, Man Like Mobeen, is a subversive comedy that implicitly challenges ways in which British Muslims have often been badly represented through lazy caricature and stereotyping - as in the terrorist, the submissive hijabi, or the interfering Auntie.
Sarah Ilott, The Conversation, 31st January 2018The comedians who are putting their faith in jokes
While great stand-ups are often revered as latter-day preachers and holy fools speaking truth to authority, comedians have generally displayed a recalcitrant attitude towards religion. Nevertheless, comedy is a broader church than its reputation for militant atheism suggests.
Jay Richardson, i Newspaper, 2nd January 2018Tez Ilyas announces 2018 tour
Stand-up comedian Tez Ilyas has announced he will tour the UK with his show Teztify between March and May 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2017Review: Pascoe, Brookes, Ilyas, Pritchard-McLean
If you like your comedy to make you think as well as laugh then this is definitely a welcome addition to the stand-up world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2017