Shazia Mirza is an award winning British stand up comedian and writer.

‘But what do awards mean anyway? Everyone’s got an award. You get awards these days just for leaving the house and recycling your yogurt pots.’

Shazia’s new ‘Coconut‘ show has been nominated for ‘Best Stand Up Tour’ in Channel 4’s National Comedy Awards.

Shazia’s TV appearances include; ‘QI’ (BBC), ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ (ITV), ‘The Hit List’ (BBC), ‘House of Games’ (BBC), ‘Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains’ (Comedy Central), ‘Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls’ (C4), ‘Travel Man’ (C4), Top Gear (BBC), ‘The One Show (BBC), ‘Celebrities v Child Genius’ (C4), ‘Celebs In Solitary’ (C5), ‘Loose Women’ (ITV), ‘The Late Late Show’ (RTE) ‘Have I got News for You’ (BBC) and ‘The Wright Stuff’/’Jeremy Vine’ (C5) as well as the ever popular ‘F*** Off, I’m aa Hairy Woman’ (BBC).

Other TV credits Include: ‘Amanpour’ (CNN), ‘60 Minutes’ (CBS), ‘Last Comic Standing’ (NBC), ‘The World Stands Up’ (Paramount Comedy), ‘Tipping Point Lucky Stars’ (ITV), ‘Pointless Celebrities’ (BBC), ‘The Dog Eat My Homework’ (BBC), ‘Larry Grayson: Shut That Door!’ (ITV), ‘Muslim Driving School’ (Voiceover BBC), ‘Beautiful People’ (BBC) ‘Richard and Judy’ (C4) and ‘28 Acts in 28 Minutes’ (BBC).

Radio includes; ‘The Graham Norton Show’ (BBC), ‘My Teenage Diary’ (BBC), ‘Elephant In The Room’(BBC), ‘Loose Ends’ (BBC), ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ (BBC), ‘The Museum of Curiosity’ (BBC), ‘Quote Unquote’ (BBC), ‘Steve Wright in the Afternoon’ (BBC), ‘The Now Show’ (BBC), ‘Arthur Smith’s Comedy Club’ (BBC), ‘Saturday Live’ (BBC), ‘Midweek’ (BBC), ‘Woman’s Hour’ (BBC), ‘With Great Pleasure’ (BBC), ‘Between Ourselves’ (BBC), ‘A Good Read’ (BBC), ‘Vanessa Feltz Show- Pause For Thought’ (BBC), ‘The Frank Skinner Show’ (Absolute Radio) ‘The Craig Ferguson Show’ (SiriusXM).

Shazia’s latest show; ‘Coconut‘, was on tour – but then… well heres how she put it; “My new tour ‘Coconut’ has been cancelled due to the world ending. It will either resume in the afterlife or in 2021 whichever happens first”. New tour dates for ‘Coconut’ are now rescheduled and you can catch it live during 2022 and a ‘Coconut’ Press Kit is available on request.

Her previous stand-up shows; ‘With Love From St. Tropez’ toured internationally in 2017/18, “Dry as they come, sharp socio-political sass on Brexit, burkinis & butt plugs” and the critically acclaimed; ‘The Kardashians Made Me Do It’, played for 103 nights internationally across the UK, US, Sweden, Ireland and France and completed four sell out runs at London’s Soho Theatre in 2016/17. Discribed as; “A powerful show from a powerful woman…  fearless, brutal and beautiful” by THE SCOTSMAN, the show featured on CNN’s Amanpour,  France24, Reuters and ITV News.

You can also listen to Shazia with journalist John Kampfner on their podcast; ‘Pale, Male and Stale’ where they take an irreverent look at current affairs and chat with some fab guests.

During lockdown Shazia did one of the BBC ‘Culture in Quarantine Masterclass’ series which UK visitors can check out on iPlayer here.

Her parents just want her to get married.

∗∗∗∗ EVENING  STANDARD
“A fearless comedian… thoughtful and thought-provoking… funny and illuminating”

∗∗∗∗ THE  TELEGRAPH
“Shazia Mirza is provoking laughter and large intakes of breath once again… brave and urgent”

∗∗∗∗ MAIL ON SUNDAY
“Vital, deftly handled, rammed with provocation… As brave a piece of comedy as you’ll see”

∗∗∗∗ METRO
“she’s effective at getting under your skin… strikes a blow”

∗∗∗∗ THE SKINNY
“at this moment in time – post-Brexit, post-Nice, post-Orlando – it’s on point chilling and superb”

∗∗∗∗ SUNDAY TIMES
“Mirza has stepped up a gear… the bravest thing you’ll see on a comedy stage this year… a remarkable finale”

8 Out of 10 Cats writer and Joe Lycett’s tour support – Karen Bayley, was the first female winner of the prestigious Comedy Store King Gong Award! Karen’s bold, no-nonsense attitude and occasionally twisted sense of humour strikes a perfect pitch with men and women alike. Karen is an established writer, performer and guest with a mass of media credits covering radio, TV & film!
 

Andy White is An energetic, confident and silly Brummie who combines silly voices and a mad afro to devastating comic effect. Andy has numerous media appearences, including the BBC New Comedy Awards on BBC Choice, Brand Spanking New on BBC Radio 7 and his winning performance on the Weakest Link comedianís special! His appearance on the BBC quiz show featured in his five star (***** Three Weeks) Edinburgh show, It Started With A Quiz in 2007. This followed on from his well-received one man show at the 2005 Leicester Comedy Festival: Young, Gifted and Beige.

Andy escaped from a call centre to become a stand up comic who mixes silly voices and faces with observational humour, topical humour and his mixed race background. He can do material that's clever, cheeky, sick or just silly and his performance can shift from deadpan to loud and physical. Andy has played to a wide variety of audiences, adults and children, both at home and abroad, in comedy clubs, theatres, universities, radio and TV shows, and at corporate entertainment events. He regularly headlines up and down the UK and has worked with all the major chains and comedy promoters along the way. Overseas, he's performed in Monte Carlo (Laughing Horse), Berlin (Bleu Montag), Abu Dhabi and Dubai (Laughter House) amongst others.

Dharmander Singh was born in Birmingham in the mid 70's as a first generation British Asian. He started in theatre from a young age and graduated to stand up comedy in his late 20's. He successfully ran the Birmingham comedy club "Custard Balti".

In 2008, Dharmander did an early "Brexit" and moved to Germany. Based in Berlin, he has been entertaining crowds as compere and solo artist from Amman to Zurich for over 20 years. He supported Ardal O'Hanlon, Judah Friedlander as well as Steve-O and performed with Jeff Ross.

A comedy festival regular, Dharmander has performed at Edinburgh Fringe and Birmingham Comedy Festival with his acclaimed one-man show "Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and 
Brexit". This production has since been a vital part of Edinburgh Fringe, Utrecht International Comedy Festival and Brighton Fringe for many years. It travels through European countries such as Austria, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Italy. Dharmander’s comedy and storytelling also made its journey to the Arabian Peninsula like Jordan, Oman and The United Arab Emirates.

His style of comedy has been described as light-hearted, captivating, warm, entertaining and energetic with smatterings of social and political commentary. He has appeared on BBC radio on several occasions and featured in the Scottish BAFTA winning film "Crying with Laughter".

Dharmander is also the regular compere and co-promoter of the popular comedy club “Cosmic Comedy Berlin”. Cosmic Comedy Berlin is the first English-speaking comedy clubs in Berlin that produces sell-out shows up to three times a week.

"Dharmander's mega-watt smile and brilliantly energetic style will win you over." Sonya Nemec (Blog: The Girl with the Edinburgh Tattoo, https://sonyanemec.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/dharmander-singh/)  

"Dharmander Singh is an energetic, lively, fun MC and comedian. He is extremely likeable and audiences warm to him immediately.” Nik Coppin (Stand-up comedian & producer, Art of Comedy)

"Dharmander is an amazing and mesmerising presence on stage.” Lynn Ruth Miller (Stand-up comedian, entertainer)