Long-term FUN contributor Miriam Elia is putting on an Amnesty benefit comedy gig on September 29th at The Bloomsbury Theature. The gig is in honor of Hengameh Shahidi; an Iranian journalist and human rights activist who is currently being imprisoned and tortured in Iran, simply for participating in the recent peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations.
The line up is as follows;
Stewart Lee
Shappi Khorsandi
Shazia Mirza
Dan Antopolski
Jessica Stevenson
Julia Davis
Bridgette Christie
Lucy Porter
Pippa Evans
Danielle Ward
Miriam Elia
Sarah Kendall
Arthur Smith
Roisin Conaty
Jodie Kamil
+ more to be announced.
Tickets are available from thebloomsbury.com
All money I raised from ticket sales will go towards Amnesty's 'Equality for Women Campaign.'
As a result of the gig, Amnesty have issued an Urgent Action appeal to release Hengameh Shahidi: http://amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=627&LetterID=587
People can sign the form and it will go to the Iranian government via Amnesty
The line up is as follows;
Stewart Lee
Shappi Khorsandi
Shazia Mirza
Dan Antopolski
Jessica Stevenson
Julia Davis
Bridgette Christie
Lucy Porter
Pippa Evans
Danielle Ward
Miriam Elia
Sarah Kendall
Arthur Smith
Roisin Conaty
Jodie Kamil
+ more to be announced.
Tickets are available from thebloomsbury.com
All money I raised from ticket sales will go towards Amnesty's 'Equality for Women Campaign.'
As a result of the gig, Amnesty have issued an Urgent Action appeal to release Hengameh Shahidi: http://amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=627&LetterID=587
People can sign the form and it will go to the Iranian government via Amnesty
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