Ahir Shah
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Channel 4's Jokes Only A ... Can Tell back with immigrants & NHS staff
Channel 4 has ordered an expanded second series of its diverse stand-up showcase Jokes Only A ... Can Tell, featuring immigrants, NHS workers, the neurodivergent, Muslim, Indian, Scottish and Northern Irish comedians.
British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2023Dave drops The Island
Tom Allen-fronted comedy format The Island has been cast away after one series.
Chortle, 24th January 2023A funny old year: 2022 in comedy
The Skinny's Comedy Team share their highlights of the year featuring big gigs, sitcoms and hidden gems.
Polly Glynn, Laurie Presswood, Emma Sullivan and Yasmin Hackett, The Skinny, 5th December 2022The 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 2022The Island review
This nautical panel show is so laugh-free it's a wreck.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 23rd March 2022The Island is proof that lazy podcasts are ruining TV comedy
Dave's new panel show challenges a group of comics to come up with strategies for how to survive after a shipwreck. But why?
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 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 - 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 2021