Bilal Zafar is an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee and winner of The Hackney Empire Competition. His new show has been nominated for Best New Show at The Leicester Comedy festival and he has appeared on BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4. As well as live performance, Bilal has built an active online audience through creating short films and sketches on YouTube, Instagram and Tiktok. Meanwhile, his popular surreal improvised show as an unhinged Football manager, Hot Peppsy, features on his successful Twitch channel. Bilal has written for The Guardian, Metro and The Independent.

An accomplished actor, he has appeared in Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe, Sky sitcom Sick of It, Kat Sadler’s acclaimed BBC sitcom, Such Brave Girls, and the Paul Feig directed feature film Last Christmas.

“Endearing, relaxed and naturally funny… Hilarious” ★★★★★ – Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

Bilal Zafar: Rubicon

Bilal Zafar’s Rubicon is set to a brand new never-before experienced experience, bringing the interactive and innovative joy that Bilal used to entertain thousands on Twitch to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time The show will feature some satirical humour about class and race (but in a fun, non depressing way) as well as some games and prizes to be won. Bilal will be showcasing his skills with audio in video to create a surreal immersive atmosphere that blurs the line between live performance and digital entertainment.

Bilal wants to take a risk with his new show and showcase his multimedia talent as well as create a memorable and joyous event, rather than just another storytelling stand up show.