Carry on Shappi

One of the most inspirational comics Evening Standard

Remarkable The Independent

Whip-crack jokes The Sunday Times

the warmest, most engaging performance styles I've ever seen The Observer

Don't be fooled by her innocent looks, she packs a deceptively powerful punch. Evening Standard

Britain's best young female comic by any yardstick The Guardian

Has a fascinating story to tell, married to one of the warmest, most engaging performance styles I have seen The Observer

In the early 80s Shappi became a refugee, long before it became fashionable. Nevertheless, having left Tehran for London, Shappi and her family were still not safe. As assassins chased after them, they went into hiding and tried to leave a normal life - seeing friends, going to school, checking under the car for bombs. Shappi tells her true story in her brilliantly intelligent and funny show...
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