SHAPPI Khorsandi is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of her arrival in Britain with a tour which will take in Dorchester and Bridport.

She's reclaiming patriotism and sending a love letter to her adopted land.

Please don’t come if you’re a skinhead (though naturally bald folk are welcome).

Following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and autumn UK tour, star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News for You and Q.I. Tickets for Oh My Country! From Morris Dancing To Morrissey are on sale now.

Shappi has whip-crack jokes and is effortlessly funny as she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously mischievous delivery and endless charm.

Shappi is the best-selling author of A Beginners Guide to Acting English, released in 2009 and her debut novel Nina Is Not OK was published by Ebury in July 2016 to much critical acclaim and has just been released in paperback.

Shappi has notched up numerous high profile television appearances including; Live At The Apollo (BBC ONE), Channel 4’s Comedy Gala At The O2 (Channel 4, 2010 - 2016), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE), The Graham Norton Show (BBC ONE), Have I Got News For You (BBC ONE) and her own Comedy Store Special for Comedy Central.

She also had the honour of being nominated at the prestigious British Comedy Awards in the Best Female Comic category up against fellow nominee’s Jo Brand and Sarah Millican.

Shappi has also appeared as a panelist on ITV1's Loose Women and BBC ONE’s Question Time.

In December 2015, Shappi was also elected president of the British Humanist Society.

*Shappi will be at Bridport Arts Centre on Friday March 10 and Dorchester Corn Exchange on Thursday May 4. Contact the box office for tickets.

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