Olympia Theatre
26th September
Tickets €20 including booking fee

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 has had her own Comedy Store Special on Paramount Comedy and has also appeared as a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, The ‘Apprentice Your Fired’. In 2008 Shappi was the highlight of the Amnesty International Secret Policeman’s Ball, where she not only performed stand up but did the annual call to action previously performed by Jeremy Irons.  Later that year Shappi also made a critically acclaimed appearance on BBC1’s flagship stand up show ‘Live At The Apollo’.

Shappi is a sought after cultural commentator appearing on BBC1’s Question Time.  ITV’s Sunday Edition, Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service & LBC and also as a columninst  for the Guardian, The Independent, Metro and on BBC News website.   Other Radio Appearances include, ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’.  Colin Murphy’s Great Unanswered Question’s and 2009 sees the debut of Shappi’s own radio show ‘Shappi Talk’ on BBC Radio 4.

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. 

2009 also sees the release of Shappi’s first book, entitled ‘A Beginners Guide to Acting English’ . A funny and heartwarming memoir about an Iranian girl growing up in 1980s Britain.  Five year old Shappi and her beloved brother Peyvand arrive with their parents in London - all cold weather and strange food - without a word of English. If adapting to a new culture isn’t troubling enough, it soon becomes clear that the Ayatollah’s henchmen are in pursuit. With the help of MI5, Shappi’s family go into hiding. So apart from checking under the family car for bombs every morning, Shappi’s childhood is like any other kids – swings in the park, school plays, kiss-chase and terrorists.