"Don't be fooled by her innocent looks, she packs a deceptively powerful punch." Evening Standard
"Has a fascinating story to tell, married to one of the warmest, most engaging performance styles I have seen" The Observer
"Britain's best young female comic by any yardstick" The Guardian
Following a sell-out run of her one women show Asylum Speaker at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival and an extended run at The Soho Theatre London, Shappi is due to hit our screens this autumn on BBC1's Lenny's Britain and BBC4's Never Mind the Full Stops. In September, she appeared on the popular Radio 4 panel game Quote... Unquote and also contributed Radio 4's From Tehran with Laughter.
Shappi has also taken part in BBC4's 'The Big Read'
Shappi is a sought after cultural commentator appearing on ITV's Sunday Edition, Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service & LBC and also in The Guardian, The Independent, Metro and on BBC News website. She was also a panellist on BBC's Question Time this autumn! Shappi has presented a series for Open University and is a regular roving reporter for BBC South's Inside Out.
She has gigged internationally in the States, the Middle East, Singapore and Amsterdam.
Comedy is a family business for the Khorsandi's. In Los Angeles, Shappi performed in a seven week sell-out run with her brother in a show called How to be Iranian as well as starring in her own one hour show. Other work in America included a month-long tour supporting her father in his extremely popular stand-up show.
Feisty, flirty and effortlessly funny she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously dizzy delivery and endless charm.
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