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The hill I will die on: Fan fiction is real literature, whatever the snobs say

Yes, it’s messy, derivative and occasionally incomprehensible – but so is life, says comedian Urooj Ashfaq

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3

Urooj Ashfaq: How to Be a Baddie review – the edgiest One Direction fanfic on the fringe

The 2023 best newcomer winner rebuts her ‘mild’ reputation with choice quips and boyband erotica

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2025

Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 golden comedy shows to see this summer

Desiree Burch returns, Bridget Christie drops in and Toussaint Douglass flies while Joe Kent-Walters goes beyond the grave and Jazz Emu has a midlife crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025

Mumbai-based Urooj Ashfaq carves a niche in comedy circuit

Mumbai-based stand-up comedian Urooj Ashfaq recently won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for her show 'Oh No!'. She is the first India-based comedian and South Asian origin heritage to win the award in 40 years. Urooj's jokes draw on her personal stories and experiences, which she…

The Hindu · Sep 15, 2023

‘I need to have a big party and show off!’ Edinburgh comedy award-winners reveal what’s next

For the first time ever, both the ‘Oscars of comedy’ have gone to standups with South Asian heritage. So what do the two performers who set the fringe alight have planned? Lots of boasting, finds our writer

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No! review – Indian standup makes an endearing debut

Material about Hindu-Muslim relations aside, this award-winning performer’s gags covers familiar confessional ground, delivered with engaging skill and grace

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

Ahir Shah arrived at Edinburgh with a work-in-progress but leaves as comedy champ

The Edinburgh comedy award-winning show Ends is a superb set about Shah’s grandfather, the standup’s imminent wedding and multicultural Britain

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Edinburgh festival fringe: Ahir Shah’s Ends wins best show at comedy awards

32-year-old comedian whose set explores race, class and migration becomes first British-Asian to take prize

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Our round-up of Edinburgh Fringe comedy, from Lorna Rose Treen to Paddy Young

As the festival enters its third week, Isobel Lewis gives her verdict on some of the biggest stand-up shows so far

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

Urooj Ashfaq at Soho Theatre: a fast-talking, quick-thinking pre-Edinburgh treat for Londoners

The theatre is championing south Asian comedians at the Fringe - if they’re all as good as this smart stand-up the festival will be a hoot

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2023