Saban Kazim is half English, half Turkish Cypriot, and 100% Lewisham. The South Londoner has been gigging since 2010, performing at venues including The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cafe, Top Secret Comedy, Downstairs At The Kings Head and The Backyard Comedy Club to name a few. He has picked up a fair few accolades and […]
A South Londoner of Turkish Cypriot origin has made it into the final round of this year’s Not So New Comedian of the Year contest. Saban Kazim was one of around 100 not-so-new acts who think they are still very funny and worthy of this year’s title. The standard for this year’s contest has been […]
A new Turkish comedy concept Şaka Maka will launch later this month with four young British Turkish talents, who will be drawing on their ethnic roots to present an all-Turkish evening of comedy. Aslı Akbay, Şaban ‘Shaban’ Kâzım, Hassan Dervish and Rusen Tuzcu are part of the brand new Eastern European Comedy Festival, and […]
Join the extremely witty Şaban Kâzım, his hilarious sidekick Asli Akbay and special guests for a daily serving of ‘Mixed Meze’. Between the zeytin, hellim and çörek, this wacky, light-hearted stand-up comedy show will feature side-splitting tales of everyday life and the cultural quirks of Britain. Part of PBH’s ‘Free Fringe’ programme this free […]
Their show may be called Three Amigos, but Şaban Kâzım, Peter de Basio and Simon Wozniak don’t actually all know each other, and there’s nothing Mexican about them or their act. Yet fate has decided to bring these three upcoming stand-up comedians together in a one-hour show at the Bourbon Bar at this year’s Edinburgh […]
Saban’s Turkish Cypriot dad still doesn’t know he does stand-up. Sarah’s Czech grandmother knows she does it, but doesn’t know what it is. Next weekend this newly paired comedy duo will perform the world premiere of their show at the Camden Fringe Festival. During their hour-long comedy narrative, Comedy Store King Gong December 2014 winner […]
Şaban Kazim emerged the winner from last month’s competition for amateur stand-up comedians at the world famous Comedy Store in Leicester Square. The 31-year-old competed against 25 other acts to make it through to the final, where he beat five others to take the King Gong award. The southeast Londoner wasn’t on the original line-up […]
