Ahir Shah
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Best of 2023: Comedy
Comebacks, emotional journeys and assured debuts.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2023My most memorable comedy gigs of 2023
A personal look back from Chortle editor Steve Bennett.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th December 202310 best comedy shows and stand-up tours to book tickets for in 2024
Our pick of the biggest, funniest stand-up shows of the new season, from Rhod Gilbert to Bill Bailey.
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 2023