“The most important stand-up of the year, if not decade.”
Stephen Armstrong
“It’s clear why Ahir Shah won the Edinburgh Comedy Award with this remarkable piece of storytelling” ★★★★★
Steve Bennett, Chortle
“this is truly outstanding stand up” ★★★★★
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“A show so magnificent on every level…Absolutely my show of the Fringe”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
★★★★★
Brian Logan, Guardian
“an astonishing comedy hour… takes audiences to the highest of highs of human emotion” ★★★★★
Isobel Lewis, The Independent
“A beautiful, lyrical love letter…Shah is an electric performer, super-intelligent, his material densely packed with insight, yet never far from a gag” ★★★★★
Mark Wareham, Mail on Sunday
Ahir Shah brings his ‘Best Show’ award winner, Ends, to London’s Royal Court Theatre. Following an incredibly successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year and a sold out run at Soho Theatre, Ahir returns to perform his award winning and critically acclaimed show about immigration, family, generational sacrifice and beans. He will be performing on Saturday 16th March 2024 and tickets are on sale from Friday 1st December at www.ahirshah.com
On TV and radio, Ahir’s appearances have included Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), QI (BBC Two), Mock the Week (BBC Two), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two), The Mash Report (BBC Two), and The Now Show (BBC Radio Four). He has also created, written and starred in Ahir Shah’s Summer (Sky Arts) and Ahir Shah’s Life Lessons (BBC Three). Ahir has performed sold out shows across the world including tours of the UK and India and runs at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Adelaide Fringe and Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
Previous praise for Ahir Shah:
“intricately crafted, profoundly moving, howlingly funny… he’s a blazing talent firing on all cylinders” ★★★★★
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Daily Telegraph
“Tremendously thoughtful, woundedly candid and self-laceratingly funny” ★★★★
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman
“Shah’s set, a terrifically smart examination of family, religion and depression, is by turns furiously nihilistic and desperately warm and loving”
Rebecca Nicholson, The Observer
“No young British comic has greater promise…electrifying…Shah’s breadth of vision is peerless”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
For more information and interview requests, please contact: Jasmine Ruparelia on 07768776081 or jruparelia@avalonuk.com
