A Beginners Guide to Acting English

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  • ENGLISH

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  • 320

    Pages
  • 9780091922924

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  • 2 mm

    Width
  • 14 mm

    Height
  • 341 gram

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  • PAPERBACK

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  • 2 JULY 2009

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    In the tradition of Nancy Mitfords The Pursuit of Love and Gerald Durrells My Family and Other Animals , comes a story of a young narrator in the midst of her eccentric family. But rather than landed gentry or bohemian travelers, its a mad extended Iran clan who flee Tehran to 1980s Britain after the fall the Shah. Five year old Shappi and her beloved brother Peyvand arr In the tradition of Nancy Mitfords The Pursuit of Love and Gerald Durrells My Family and Other Animals , comes a story of a young narrator in the midst of her eccentric...  Read More

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    Shappi Khorsandi

    Shaparak "Shappi" Khorsandi (born 8 June 1973) is an Iranian-born British comedian.

    The daughter of Hadi Khorsandi, her family was forced to flee from Iran to London after the Islamic Revolution following the publication of a satirical poem her father composed. The poem was perceived as being critical of the revolutionary regime. Shappi was raised without any religion.
    Khorsandi graduated from the University of Winchester in 1995, with a degree in Drama, Theatre and Television, then moving onto pursue a career in comedy. In 2010, the University honoured her by awarding her an honourary doctorate.
    Khorsandi was married to fellow comedian Christian Reilly, by whom she has a son named Charlie. They divorced in 2010. She lives with her son in west London near Richmond Park. Her father and brother are also stand-up comedians.

    Khorsandi performs stand-up comedy, having been a noted performer at Joe Wilsons Comedy Madhouse throughout 1997. She has appeared on many BBC Radio 4 programmes, including Quote... Unquote, Loose Ends, You and Yours, Midweek, Just A Minute, The Now Show and The News Quiz, as well as BBC Televisions Have I Got News For You. In July 2009 she hosted her own four-part series, Shappi Talk on BBC Radio 4, examining what it is like growing up in multi-cultural families. She also writes an occasional column for online magazine Iranian.com.
    In 2007, she made her first trip to Australia and the Melbourne Comedy Festival with her show Asylum Speaker. She also appeared live on the Australia comedy talk show Rove. Later, she was nominated for best breakthrough act at the 2007 Chortle Awards. In December 2008, she appeared on the BBC stand-up television show Live at the Apollo alongside Russell Kane and Al Murray. She also made an appearance on Michael McIntyres Comedy Roadshow on 20 June 2009, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 26 June 2009 and 8 Out of 10 Cats on 10 July 2009.
    Khorsandis memoir, A Beginners Guide to Acting English, was published by Ebury Press on 2 July 2009. She performed her show, The Distracted Activist, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 6–31 August 2009.
    She was a panellist on Question Time in 2006, and returned on 14 January 2010. During that show, she mentioned that her political support goes to Labour. She performed on the second episode of Lets Dance for Sport Relief 2010.
    In 2010, Khorsandi took part in Channel 4s Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March. She appeared as a guest in Genius hosted by Dave Gorman on 31 October 2010. Khorsandi appeared on Channel 4s The Celebrity Bank Job in March 2012 and won £59,000 for her chosen charities.

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