Lou Sanders, Bilal Zafar

They present two great shows from two fantastic stand-ups as they hone their performance for the famous Edinburgh Festival...

Lou Sanders
Lou Sanders has just performed a live stand-up set for BBC1 as part of the Russell Brand stand-up hour for Comic Relief. Her second appearance on Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled (DAVE) has just been released. She has also appeared on on Comedy Up Late from the Melbourne Comedy Festival (ABC1), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) and Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (E4), and been heard on Radio 4’s The Unbelievable Truth.

She has written for 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, Stand up for the Week and Miranda Hart. Lou was recently awarded funding to write a feature film.

Her fifth stand-up hour was critically-acclaimed in Edinburgh and London’s Soho Theatre and is now available on NextUp.

Bilal Zafar
2016 Best Newcomer nominee and Hackney Empire New Act of the Year. He has appeared on Channel 4, BBC Three, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Asian Network, and has written for the Independent.
'Catch him before he hits the mainstream’ (Guardian).
‘Fascinating and hilarious in equal measure' (i-D).