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Bilal Zafar discusses his journey as a comedian and football manager, including his new show Rubicon and experiences on Twitch.

Bilal Zafar is an award-winning stand-up comedian who first broke through with a lastminute.com Best Newcomer Award for his debut show, CAKES. He’s now back with Rubicon, a multimedia, interactive hour with games, prizes and stories, promising a genuinely life-changing experience. Bilal has appeared on screen in Catastrophe, Sick of It and Paul Feig's Last Christmas and to many people, he’s known best as a full-time football manager embroiled in scandal on his hugely popular Twitch channel. We discuss: diving headfirst into football management through Twitch in lockdown on Limmy's advice and building an audience through him the challenge of sustaining momentum after his 2016 best newcomer nomination , and carrying that history into this year's Fringe and touring his debut show Cakes , and filming it for YouTube years later when he had the resources to do so finding unexpected happiness in a new career and developing new show Rubicon with Nick Helm , and being pushed to play a more arrogant, less "nice" version of himself Join the Insiders Club at Patreon.com/ComComPod where you can instantly WATCH the full episode and get access to exclusive extras where we discuss his 2017 show…

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