Comedy: Omid Djalili, Bloomsbury Theatre, Wc1

Evening Standard - London › October 03, 2005

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DESPITE calling his current show No Agenda, Omid Djalili has two big agendas. The Anglo-Iranian may not be addressing global terrorism, as in previous outings, but he is tackling multiculturalism and also trying to reposition himself as a populist comic. The resulting routine is a jolly yet indecisive stand-up muddle.

Like many portly men, Djalili is impressively dainty, shimmying onstage like a featherweight boxer as he rattles off stories of growing up in Kensington in the Seventies, "caught between Ayatollah Khomeini and Dickie Davies".

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Comedy: Omid Djalili, Bloomsbury Theatre, Wc1

Maybe the contradictory sides to ...

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