Comedian brings her The Kardashians Made Me Do It tour to St Albans

Comedian Shazia Mirza is coming to St Albans [Picture: Linda Nylind] (Image: © Linda Nylind 2015)

Following numerous sell-out runs in London and throughout the country, Shazia’s searing and brave exploration of life, love and ‘jihadi brides’ heads to The Alban Arena on Sunday, February 19, 2017.

Inspired by three girls who left Bethnal Green to join ISIS, and an unrelated radio piece Shazia contributed to the BBC, which subsequently received a record number of complaints, the show tells of the confusion it caused as she looks into the nature of offence.

The British Asian female stand-up comedian from Birmingham looks at the dangers of politically correct liberalism versus the sinister and terrifying intrusion of ISIS into the lives of young British Asian women, and explores the phenomenon of ‘jihadi brides’.

The revered, applauded, loved and reviled comedian and columnist has appeared on various TV and radio shows, including Have I Got News For You, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Beautiful People, The World Stands Up (Paramount Comedy), and a regular slot on Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz Show and Radio 4’s The Now Show.

She has performed internationally from Texas to Kosovo and has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times, the Daily Mail and wrote a weekly column in The Guardian entitled ‘Dairy of a Disappointing Daughter’, and was recently a guest on ITV’s Jonathan Ross Show and Loose Women.

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.

Tickets for the St Albans date of Shazia’s The Kardashians Made Me Do It UK tour cost £16.

• For tickets for show, call The Alban Arena box office on 01727 844488 or book online at www.alban-arena.co.uk

• For more information on Shazia Mirza, visit www.shaziamirza.com or follow her on Twitter @shaziamirza1