Ahir Shah
British comedian
Ahir Shah | |
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Born |
(
1990-12-28
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28 December 1990
(age
32)
[1]
London , England , UK |
Medium | Stand-up |
Education | Clare College, Cambridge ( BA ) |
Genres | Political comedy |
Website | Official website |
Ahir Shah (born 28 December 1990) is a British comedian. He was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award [2] at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 and 2018, and was a finalist in the 2008 So You Think You're Funny? competition for new acts. [3] He has been called "one of his generation's most eloquent comic voices". [4]
Early life
Shah was born and raised in London. [5] His parents, Vikram and Ulka, are originally from India. [6] Shah's mother is a state primary school teacher. [7] His grandmother, who had been living with the family in the UK, was deported to India when Shah was five years old. [8]
He attended Preston Manor comprehensive school in Wembley [9] [10] and went on to the University of Cambridge . He graduated in 2012 with a degree in Politics, Psychology and Sociology (PPS) from Clare College . [11]
Career
When he was 15, Shah started doing comedy at open mic nights. His father had encouraged him to try different extracurricular activities, and stand-up comedy "struck a passion". [7] He performed all through his school and university years, taking his debut show Astrology to Edinburgh in 2011. [12]
In 2019 he toured the UK with his show Dots . [13] His previous shows are Astrology (2011), Anatomy (2013), [14] Texture (2014), [15] Distant (2015), [16] Machines (2016), [17] Control (2017), [18] and Duffer (2018). [8] [19]
Shah is a writer and performer on BBC Two's satirical news show The Mash Report . [20] He has appeared on TV panel shows including Frankie Boyle's New World Order , Have I Got News For You and Mock the Week , on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz , and has performed on Live at The Apollo . His acting credits include roles in Campus , Brotherhood , and Catastrophe . [7] [21]
In December 2019, it was announced that Shah would be joining fellow comedian Suzi Ruffell on her new radio panel show entitled Explicable Me on BBC Radio 2 . [22] [23] In 2021, Shah had an HBO special called Dots. [24]
Personal life
Shah has suffered from depression , and has discussed coming off medication for it during his stand up routine. [25] He has spoken about his reluctance to be a "nodding dog" (an unthinking advocate) for white guilt in relation to European colonialism. [26]
During the November 2015 Paris attacks , Shah was performing at Le Paname Art Café in the Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, only a few doors down from the Café Bonne Biere that was one of the attack sites. [7] The experience formed part of Shah's 2016 show Machines . [17]
References
- ↑ Ahir Shah [@AhirShah] (28 December 2020). "I am now 30 years old, a fact I hope will lead to a decline in the amount of clowning around I must tolerate" (Tweet) . Retrieved 31 January 2023 – via Twitter .
- ↑ "Record NINE nominees for Edinburgh comedy award" . Chortle . 23 August 2017 . Retrieved 19 October 2017 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah, comedian" . Chortle . Retrieved 20 October 2017 .
- ↑ Saunders, Tristram Fane (17 August 2017). "One of his generation's most eloquent comic voices – Ahir Shah: Control, Edinburgh Fringe, review" . Retrieved 20 October 2017 .
- ↑ Hogan, Michael; Jones, Ralph (22 July 2018). "All the fun of the fringe: the best comedy to see in Edinburgh, part one" . The Guardian . ISSN 0029-7712 . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah : New Order" . Beat Magazine . 29 March 2017 . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- 1 2 3 4 "RHLSTP 249 - Ahir Shah" . www.rhlstp.co.uk . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- 1 2 "Ahir Shah: Duffer review - Political Standup gets personal" . The Guardian . Retrieved 29 September 2021 .
- ↑ Raffray, Nathalie. "Former students return to Wembley school for WOW talk event" . Kilburn Times . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Standing up to the crunch" . getwestlondon . 12 February 2009 . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Spotlight on: Ahir Shah — Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)" . www.polis.cam.ac.uk . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Ahir Shah - Edinburgh Fringe 2011" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ Logan, Brian (6 August 2019). "Ahir Shah: Dots review – humour and poetry in existential angst" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ Brown, Rivkah. "Theatre: Ahir Shah: Anatomy" . Varsity Online . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah – Texture (Ahir Shah) | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh" . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah: Distant: 5 star review by Jake A Ellamen" . broadwaybaby.com . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- 1 2 "Ahir Shah: Machines" . Edinburgh Festival . 8 August 2016 . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ Laing, Morgan (9 August 2017). "Ahir Shah: Control" . Edinburgh Festivals Magazine . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ Richman, Darren (16 February 2018). "We shadowed a weekly satire show to find out how they work" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 20 February 2018 . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah" . IMDb . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Explicable Me - Radio 2 Panel Show" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Radio 2 show for Suzi Ruffell and Ahir Shah : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide" . www.chortle.co.uk . Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah: Dots (TV Special 2021) - IMDb" . IMDb .
- ↑ Saunders, Tristram Fane (22 August 2018). "Ahir Shah: Duffer review, Edinburgh Fringe: a blazing talent firing on all cylinders" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 10 May 2019 .
- ↑ "Ahir Shah: Dots, Soho Theatre, review: a captivating, energising hour" . The Telegraph . 18 September 2019.