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Shazia, seen you a few times in London and on the telly as well, fantastic material, and we loved the way you tell your stuff, a unique and refreshing style. keep doing your stuff - you got an edge and a presence.

Matthew, July 2008

I was really excited about seeing Shazia at the Fringe and even though she was more expensive than a lot of acts i went! it was the most painful show I have ever been to. she wasn't funny. she looked pissed off that there were only three rows of people and kept saying "stop being so PC, you boring audience" as no one was laughing. the audience weren't boring love - you were. There wasn't one single original line in her limp act - that relied on overused stereotypes. awful. She was rude to people who had paid to seen her. Not bloody cool

girlwholikesdecentcomedy, August 2007

A novelty act not a comedian.

Billy, August 2007

Ive just seen Shazia on telly on a programme about hairy women. Why has she gone from a headscarf wearing hijabi to a bikini wearing "I'm more western than the westerners" non practising Muslim? You either cover or you don't. Dont make a joke out of your faith. The only way this women gets her laughs is from laughing at her faith and allowing others to laugh at it.

Nassreen ali, May 2007

Seen Shazia on numerous occasions in Birmingham and she does not engage with the audience at all, she has no natural flow with her jokes and they dont follow on from one another. She has huge pauses inbetween her material and writes most of her stuff on the back of her hand. He show ' vary much. I have even seen people leave her shows beacuse she has offended them.

sneaker, May 2007

The "can't be bothered" attitude that some people have referred to is nothing of the sort, in my opinion. It's a carefully crafted deadpan delivery that she has, and it works very well. She plays on Western expectations/interpretations of Islamic females as downtrodded and feeble and twists this with a humour that is intrinsically embedded in her own culture, but more importantly, British culture, too. A very funny, very clever lady.

Jo, September 2006

Saw here at the Theatre Royal Stratford last night - she tries too hard to be funny, laughs at her own jokes and pauses for a response from the crowd. Very cheap and weak material

Asif, July 2006

She's very hostile and unengaging with the audience. Leaves me cold and I feel her material is under worked and aggressively delivered.

Jess, July 2006

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