Omar Ibrahim
- Actor
Press clippings
BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2023 - Review
I've judged two comedy competitions recently and despite most of the names being unknown to me, the standard has been incredibly high.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th December 2023BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2023 finalists
Omar Ibrahim, Kit Loyd, Low Effort Sketches, Jane Postlethwaite and Maxine Wade are the BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2023 finalists. Ollie Fox has been named as the Starter winner.
British Comedy Guide, 24th November 2023Omar Ibrahim: Decolonise This
Omar Ibrahim offers a more nuanced take on the hypocrisies and rigidity of left-wing thinking, especially regarding race. His take is detoxified by coming from a largely sympathetic standpoint, from playing up his own stupidity and - of course - from not being white.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2022Fringe 10x10: Ten contrarians
Ten acts challenging the liberal consensus.
Chortle, 17th July 2019Working Christmas review
The story keeps your attention, as our characters become more rounded - and crucially more vulnerable - while the playfulness of the performers provides a suitably festive wrapping for that engaging yarn.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th December 2017Live Review: Ricky Whittington & His Cat
The result is a clever up-to-the-minute adult version of a traditional theatrical form with lots of good knowing lines, good subversive humour and good catchy tunes.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2017Ricky Whittington & His Cat review
Ricky Whittington is a modern-day panto that's got everything, not least a sense of raucous fun with intelligent lines mixed with the nonsense, a social astuteness to underpin the big-and-daft comedy, and a tightly directed cast of talented people.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th December 2016