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Cansu is a UK comic who recently made the move to NYC

Since moving to New York, Cansu has become a regular on the comedy circuit. Her show Diversity Hire was featured in the New York Comedy Festival in 2023.

She was a regular on the London circuit and performed in more than 15 cities across the UK. She is the founder of the non-profit Laugh 4 Change, an organization that produced more than 50 shows in 10 different cities across the UK to raise relief aid for refugees in Greece.

Laugh 4 Change hosted by Cansu played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019.

Cansu was the producer of the highly acclaimed comedy trio show FootDarks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2019) that was featured in The Guardian. In 2018, she performed on The Guilty Feminist Live Tour, an award-winning podcast and live show hosted by Deborah Frances-White.

A joyful new very funny voice with a lot to say!
— Deborah Frances-White

Credits:

  • New York Comedy Festival, 2022, 2023

  • BBC New Comedy Award nominee, 2018

  • Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2018, 2019

  • Brighton Fringe Festival, 2019

  • Leicester Comedy Festival, 2018

  • Cambridge Fringe Festival, 2019

  • Producer of FootDarks at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2019

  • The Guilty Feminist Live Tour, 2018