Ahir Shah
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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The Island review
I watched Dave's new comedy format The Island, not knowing it had been devised by stand-ups James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John Robins when they got stranded in New York by a storm. That fact came as something as a surprise, given the show feels less than an idea created organically by some fine comic minds, and more like the brainchild of a UKTV exec trying to engineer something to fill a Taskmaster-shaped hole left after their biggest show got poached by Channel 4.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2022The Island, Dave, review
Comedy panel shows are over - this predictable refresh proves it.
Emily Watkins, i Newspaper, 23rd March 2022Ahir Shah interview: why cancel culture is no laughing matter
Asked if cancel culture is killing comedy, Shah said, "As far as I am aware, comedy's not dead. So, if it's killing comedy, then it hasn't succeeded yet. Is it seen as less desirable now to be cruel for the sake of being cruel? Yes. And is that necessarily a bad thing? In my view, no."
Nylah Salam, Eastern Eye, 23rd November 2021Ahir Shah, Soho Theatre review
Disappointing show feels like a work in progress.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 12th November 2021Ahir Shah - Dress at the Soho Theatre review
This new show from one of comedy's deepest thinkers still feels a little undercooked.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th November 2021Ahir Shah: Dress review
Coronavirus and woke capitalism lead to pleasing, if patchy, polemics in the comic's latest show.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th November 2021Ahir Shah: Dress review
Ahir Shah is one of the most astute stand-ups around, so he's well aware of the pitfalls of basing a show on the past 18 months, in which we've all observed the exact same things and are in no rush to have some comedian remind us of them.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th November 2021Ahir Shah: Dress - Soho Theatre, London review
The set is cyclical rather than ascending, so you don't get a big room-shaking laugh to end the night, but Shah is effortlessly charming throughout, and he doesn't really need that one big call-back joke in order to have the audience leave feeling sated. Instead, we leave feeling like we've spent an evening with an old, very funny friend we haven't seen in eighteen months. Let's not leave it so long next time.
Miriam Sallon, The Reviews Hub, 4th November 2021Edinburgh Fringe 2021: a crazy comedy experiment
Thanks to Covid, stand-ups at this year's slimmed-down festival have been unable to refine their routines. The results are wild.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 10th August 2021Comedians Giving Lectures Series 2 and 3 line-ups revealed
Filming is underway on two more series of Comedians Giving Lectures, the Dave show hosted by Sara Pascoe. The list of comedians taking part has now been revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 16th July 2021