About this episode

Bilal Zafar discusses his jokes and experiences as a comedy newcomer.

Edinburgh Comedy Awards best newcomer nominee, Bilal Zafar, joins us to chat through some of his jokes that he's not quite happy with yet. See Mark on tour here https://marksimmons.co.uk/live-dates/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Simmons

Guest: Bilal Zafar

Topics covered

• comedy
• jokes
• Edinburgh Comedy Awards
• newcomer
• tour

Keywords

• Bilal Zafar
• Mark Simmons
• comedy
• jokes
• Edinburgh Comedy Awards
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Great Lines, Acast

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