BBC's Noreen Khan hosts funny girls night in Wolverhampton
"Desi women are funny" - that is the message from the BBC's Noreen Khan after she hosted a sell-out comedy night as part of a special arts festival.
Ms Khan, a presenter on the BBC's Asian Network, hosted Funny Girls at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on Thursday night.
She was joined by her favourite stand-up comics Sukh Ojla, Sindhu V and Shaista Aziz who entertained the crowd at the packed out gallery.
After the gig, which started at 7.45pm, Ms Khan took to social media site Twitter to proudly proclaim the night was a success and 'proved desi women are funny'.
She said: "What a brilliant night! Thank you to everyone who turned up to our first comedy night, we proved desi women are funny."
Speaking to the Express & Star she added: "It was the first of a kind, you do not often see four Asian females fronting a stand up night.
"I was told it was one of the best events as part of the Alchemy festival. The comedians were great, we did a Q&A at the end and people were asking for us to take it on a tour.
"I have done a stand up stint before after my listeners told me to do it and after that I decided I wanted to do a comedy night.
"All the audience were engaged and loved it. I was hoping just to inspire the audience to go for it if they want to, go to open mic nights, upload videos to the internet and just give it a shot."
The comedy night was part of the Alchemy Black Country Festival, which finishes tomorrow.
Starting on May 20, with a launch event at the art gallery entitled ‘India Rocks… or Not’, the Black Country fesitval aims to celebrate the best in arts and culture from South Asia and the UK.
It is being run by Wolverhampton council in partnership with Black Country Touring, Cast Doncaster, Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Southbank Centre.
Events, which have taken place all across the Black Country this past week, included music, theatre, spoken word, art exhibitions, films and workshops.
