Ahir Shah
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 27th December 2023The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2023
Julia Masli comes top in the Guardian's favourite live comedies this year, although she insists her show is not a comedy.
Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 21st December 2023British theatre is a shadow of its former self - but our comedy scene is thriving
Our theatre and comedy critics round up the best and worst shows of 2023 - and look ahead to an uncertain future.
Dominic Cavendish and Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2023Ahir Shah: Ends review
The show packs so much in: politics, class, race, grief, colonialism, marriage and the ubiquity of Ottolenghi cookbooks.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th November 2023Ahir Shah: how Rishi Sunak inspired my comedy show
The winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award opens up to Dominic Maxwell about his show Ends, his childhood and the comedian that makes him laugh the most.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 18th October 2023Ahir Shah: Ends review
It's clear why Ahir Shah won the Edinburgh Comedy Award with this remarkable piece of storytelling, setting the affecting tale of his immigrant grandparents' duty, sacrifice and achievement against broader changes in society.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th October 2023Ahir Shah: Ends review
Meet British stand-up's Next Big Thing.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 17th October 2023BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 heats details
Tickets are now available to watch the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 heats in Sunderland, Leith, Ballymena, Bethnal Green, Nottingham and Bangor.
British Comedy Guide, 31st August 2023Edinburgh comedy award-winners reveal what's next
For the first time ever, both the 'Oscars of comedy' have gone to stand-ups with South Asian heritage. So what do the two performers who set the fringe alight have planned? Lots of boasting, finds our writer.
Anya Ryan, The Guardian, 29th August 2023Ahir Shah arrived at Edinburgh with a work-in-progress but leaves as comedy champ
The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show Ends is a superb set about Shah's grandfather, the stand-up's imminent wedding and multicultural Britain.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th August 2023