Join Pakistan-born journalist turned comedian Sami Shah for what is set to be a humorous and highly original tour of ACCA’s NEW16 exhibition, featuring eight newly commissioned projects by emerging artists around Australia.
Comedian and Writer Sami Shah has been profiled in the New York Times and ABC’s The Australian Story, and appeared on BBC Radio 4, BBC Asian Network, TEDx, The Project and the Soho Theatre. Sami wrote and performed a 2-part series for BBC Radio 4 – ‘A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO PAKISTAN’, and appeared as a panelist on QI with Stephen Fry. Sami won the award for Best Local Act at the 2013 Perth International Comedy Festival and Best WA Comedy at 2016 Fringe World. His autobiography, ‘I, MIGRANT’ has been nominated for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Sami produces a weekly podcast, ‘SAMI SAYS’. He has written columns for Fairfax Media, the Brisbane Courier Mail, SCOOP Magazine as well as many other publications and is a frequent contributor on ABC RN.
