Ahir Shah
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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BBC launches Late Night Laugh for smart speakers
BBC Late Night Laugh launches on smart speakers today, celebrating the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a quick blast of comedy every night of the festival (August 3-27).
BBC, 3rd August 2018Best free comedy shows at the 2018 Fringe
Newcomers and established comedy favourites performing free or pay what you want shows this year.
Craig Angus, The List, 31st July 201850 unmissiable shows at the Fringe
Once again, the To Do List team will be jetting up to the Edinburgh Fringe to check out the very best that the festival hast to offer, and we'll be sharing with you the best quirky, offbeat, and downright amazing events at this years Fringe!
To Do List, 30th July 2018Edinburgh Festival: the best of the fest
From the NHS at 70 to Nina Conti's Monkey shtick, our critics pick the must-sees this summer in comedy, theatre, art and dance.
Alexandre Galliez, The Times, 29th July 2018Edinburgh Food and Drink: Tips from the Tops
Acts recommend Fringe food.
Fest Mag, 24th July 2018The best comedy to see in Edinburgh, part one
A drag queen who impersonates Nicola Sturgeon, Gujurati home life and a truly terrible novelist... we meet the comics behind the hottest Edinburgh festival shows.
Michael Hogan & Ralph Jones, The Guardian, 22nd July 201828 of the best comedy shows at the Fringe
We took a look at the huge lineup of comedy gear at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe and selected a sample of the shows that are already tickling our tickly bits.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 20th July 201815 free comedy recommendations for the Fringe
Laugh Out London brings you a list of some of the best free comedy shows you will see at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018.
Laugh Out London, 16th July 2018Review: Ahir Shah's Control
Ahir Shah's new show deals with Brexit and Trump, with the rise of fascism across the world and the decline of kindness. Big tragic hypocrisies and insidious, personal ones. All the thorny stuff.
Fortunately Control is more than up to the task. It's true the lolz are frontloaded in the show. The final third becomes more reflective, the earlier mix of personal and political shifting in favour of the latter. It's far from uneven, though. By the end of the show, Control is an equal mix of comedy and poetry, Shah's fired-up invective landing like Kate Tempest dropping bars. Control's not light-hearted -- not remotely -- but the energy of Shah's anger and defiance, and the deftness of his delivery keeps it buoyant.
Lydia Manch, Londonist, 19th February 2018Review: Ahir Shah's Control
Ahir Shah's new show deals with Brexit and Trump, with the rise of fascism across the world and the decline of kindness. Big tragic hypocrisies and insidious, personal ones. All the thorny stuff.
Lydia Manch, Londonist, 19th February 2018