Having just finished a nationwide tour of Coconut, Shazia has announced that due to demand, an extra Didcot tour date has been added for 2023.
Shazia will perform at the Didcot Cornerstone on Friday 3 March.
A spokesperson said: “In her latest show, Shazia takes on the burning (and infectious) issues of our time in this searing and urgent exploration of life, love and Jihadi brides. She has also recently been invited to perform Coconut at Boston’s prestigious The Jar in February.”
Shazia said of ‘Coconut’: “I wrote this show three years ago. It was relevant, funny, timely and I knew every single bit of it. Then one day in March, the world ended. I had nothing to do, nowhere to go, and I did what everyone else was doing.
“I sat on the settee in my pyjamas, stuffing myself with Nutella whilst watching documentaries on Ted Bundy. I thought I’d better change my show and make it more relevant: no one cares about reality TV, celebrity and me starving in a jungle; let’s get real.”
Recently seen on BBC1’s Would I Lie To You, BBC 2’s The Pilgrimage, Channel 4’s Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls, BBC2’s Top Gear and Channel 4’s Travel Man – 48 Hours In… Côte d’Azur, Shazia has also guested on ITV’s Jonathan Ross and Loose Women, BBC1’s The One Show, and is a regular panellist on Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff.
Her other TV credits include Have I Got News For You (BBC), F*** Off, I’m a Hairy Woman (BBC), Celebrities v Child Genius’ Christmas Special 2018 (Channel 4), Celebs In Solitary (Channel 5), NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Beautiful People (BBC2), The World Stands Up (Paramount Comedy) and The Late Late Show (RTE).
She has also appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Graham Norton and Steve Wright, Radio 4’s The Now Show and Saturday Live, and her Pause For Thoughts can often been heard on Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz Show.
In 2008 she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, won ‘Columnist of the Year’ at the prestigious PPA Awards for her fortnightly column in The New Statesman and won The GG2 Young Achiever of the Year Award.
She has performed all over the world, selling out performances from Singapore to Kosovo, and regularly writes for various publications, including The Guardian, The Financial Times and New Internationalist.
Shazia was also nominated for the Best Stand-Up Tour in 2021 at the National Comedy Awards.
Review information:
**** - “A fearless comedian… a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece… funny and illuminating” - THE EVENING STANDARD
**** - “The bravest thing you’ll see on a comedy stage this year “- SUNDAY TIMES
**** - “Shazia Mirza is provoking laughter and large intakes of breath once again … brave and urgent” - THE TELEGRAPH
**** - “One of the bravest and funniest comedians in the world” - METRO
**** - “As brave a piece of comedy as you’ll see” - MAIL ON SUNDAY
**** - “Properly funny, chilling and superb” - THE SKINNY
**** - “Delightfully written…an accomplished hour” - ONE4REVIEW
**** - “Shazia Mirza is dry as they come, sharp socio-political sass” - FRINGE BISCUIT
For all up-to-date tour dates, those interested can visit https://www.shazia-mirza.com/tours/