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Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Urooj Ashfaq: How to Be A Baddie, Monkey Barrel

Two years ago Urooj Ashfaq came to Edinburgh and carried off the prize for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
 
She also received a review – and she’s been thinking about it ever since.
 
A male comedy reviewer, let’s call him Steve, described Urooj as conservative, saying her material lacked edge – so she’s come back blazing to prove him wrong.
 
Normally I’d suggest that bearing a grudge against a reviewer is not a terribly strong premise for a comedy show – b

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Debut UK Tour For Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Urooj Ashfaq

Fresh from her Fringe success Urooj Ashfaq announces her debut UK tour.
 
Returning to Soho Theatre for two weeks in January 2024, she will follow up with a nine-date tour to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, Coventry, Manchester, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, and Leeds.
 
In her taboo-breaking, intensely likeable show, she reflects on cultural differences, her experiences in therapy and her parents’ divorce.

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