32-year-old comedian whose set explores race, class and migration becomes first British-Asian to take prize
A show about multiculturalism has won best show at the Edinburgh comedy awards., the first British-Asian to win the prestigious award, says in Ends that to be of immigrant origin in the UK is no longer to be “other”.
Urooj Ashfaq, from Mumbai in India, won the best newcomer award, worth £5,000, for Oh No!, an hour of observational comedy. Ashfaq was performing in English, and in the UK, for the first time. The awards – previously known as the Perrier awards – very nearly did not take place this year, after Burns announced in May that the television company Dave would not be continuing its sponsorship.
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