Comedy from The Other Side of Fear: Zahra Noorbakhsh (Apr 12, 2019)

Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2019 08:30PM
Price: $30, $27 Friends, $22.50 students and seniors
Includes same-day Museum admission (redeem at Ticket Desk)
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Don’t miss the Canadian premiere of fearless Iranian-American comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh, co-host of the hit podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim. She takes the stage in her hilarious new show, On Behalf of All Muslims: A Comedy Special Work-in-Progress, to be followed by a Q&A. In development with Golden Thread Productions, the show will debut at San Francisco's historic Brava Theatre in June 2019. 

In her inquisitive and unapologetic comedic style, Noorbakhsh dives deep into her “long-time role as an unofficial, unqualified, professional Muslim.” Comedian W. Kamau Bell calls her voice “an asset in the polarizing and often violent political turmoil we live in."

Opening the evening is Nour Hadidi, a Toronto-based comedian who has performed at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival; written for CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes; and recorded a half-hour special with Comedy Central Arabia.

The series is jointly programmed with podcaster and artist Aliya Pabani, and stems from our 2018/19 Performing Arts season, The Other Side of Fear, featuring acclaimed artists who have transcended fear through music, dance, and spoken word.

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Bio:

Zahra Noorbaksh is an award-winning comedian and cohost of the podcast, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim, which was invited to record an episode at the Obama White House. In 2017, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts named her one of the Top 100 people shaping the future of culture, and in 2018, she joined the Pop Culture Collaborative as a Senior Fellow on Comedy for Social Change. Her personal essays have been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, and in the New York Times. She is a contributor to the anthology Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women. Her one-woman show, All Atheists are Muslim: A Romantic Comedy was named a highlight of the New York International Fringe Festival by The New Yorker. Find out more at ZahraComedian.com.

 

In the News

CBCQ Radio, April 11, 2019
Comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh speaks 'On Behalf of All Muslims' at Toronto's Aga Khan Museum