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Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman.

Join the star of Live at the Apollo for this “unapologetically funny” (Telegraph) exploration of empathy, morality and political contradiction.

4 Stars - Evening Standard

As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, The Big Narstie Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Unapologetic.

Directed by Jet Vevers

Reviews for The Purple Pill (August 2023)

4 Stars - The Guardian

‘Abdulrashid is emerging as one of comedy’s most honest chroniclers of life’s complexities and contradictions’

4 Stars - Time Out

‘It’s never predictable, often hysterical – and overall a joy’

4 Stars - The Scotsman

‘Mischievously entertaining’

4 Stars - The List

‘A unique perspective’

4 Stars - Broadway Baby

‘Abdulrashid's presence on stage is magnetic’

4 Stars- Fest

‘Abdulrashid is never far away from a punchline, and the laughter, sometimes his own, spreads around the room with contagious joy’

4 Stars - The Reviews Hub

‘One of the freshest and funniest voices on the circuit’

4 Stars - The Skinny

‘A natural storyteller’

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