Shappi Khorsandi

As she wanders nervously onto the stage, you begin to get the impression that Shappi Khorsandi is massively uncomfortable in her own skin and even more so with the sheer number of clamouring fans who have turned out to see her. After witnessing assured performances on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Live at the Apollo, and listened to her on Radio 4, there is a palpable air of tension in the audience as they seem to be wondering if she’ll be as good as she has been on air. As she begins to engage the audience and get some back-and-forth with Glasgow's patter merchants; the audience realise they are in for a real treat. 

A lot is made of her Iranian heritage and Khorsandi gives a lot of stories regarding motherhood, family and spins a hilarious yarn about her family, the generational gap and the all or nothing nature of stand-up comedy.

Overall, Khorsandi brings something of a disjointed persona to the stage but it soon becomes clear that this serves as her style of delivery, in a show full of asides and quiet observations which give the audience a sense of having an insight into the very workings of her mind. An Evening With Shappi Khorsandi shows that she is every bit the accomplished comedian that she appears to be on television.