Ahir Shah
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Review: 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 2018Ahir Shah: Control - The STUDIO, Birmingham REP review
Shah's is a skewered eye-view of a fractured world seen through a cracked lens clouded by the halitosis-breath of panting, haranguing bullies and bigots.
John Kennedy, The Reviews Hub, 9th February 2018Ahir Shah: Control - The Lowry, Salford review
The fusion of talented comedian and serious subject matter is a winning combination. This funny thought-provoking show leaves its mark on you long after you have left the theatre.
Paul McGuire, The Reviews Hub, 5th February 2018Ahir Shah - Control, 16/01/18 review
The show is so engaging that I've forgotten to mention how funny it is.
Morrison Grah, Hammy's Comedy Reviews, 17th January 2018Ahir Shah interview
The 2017 Edinburgh comedy award nominee on the things that make him laugh the most.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 5th January 2018Twitter to live stream Dave-Avalon stand-up show
Dave is to sponsor a comedy special made by Avalon, to be shown exclusively on Twitter this Sunday evening.
British Comedy Guide, 15th December 2017Comedians on how to banish festive fear
From faking illness to binning Brexit chat, standups including Rachel Parris, Milton Jones and Phil Wang share advice on taking the hassle out of the holidays.
The Guardian, 3rd December 2017Comedians provide jokes for charity Christmas card range
Alex Horne, Angela Barnes, Josh Widdicombe, Josie Long and Sara Pascoe are amongst the comedians who have contributed jokes to a range of Christmas cards raising funds for the charity shelter.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017Ahir Shah, Control: review
From Brexit to Nando's in one dazzling hour.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 2nd October 2017