“The most important stand-up of the year, if not decade.”
Stephen Armstrong
“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
“intricately crafted, profoundly moving, howlingly funny… he’s a blazing talent firing on all cylinders” ★★★★★
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Daily Telegraph
“an astonishing comedy hour… takes audiences to the highest of highs of human emotion” ★★★★★
Isobel Lewis, The Independent
★★★★★
Brian Logan, Guardian
HBO and Netflix star Ahir Shah (Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, QI) has announced a brand new tour. The award winning comedian will perform a new hour, ‘Golden’ across the UK, including a 12-night Soho Theatre run from Monday 5th – Saturday 17th October.
Pre sale for ‘Golden’ on Thursday 5th March, sign up to the mailing list at www.ahirshah.com for access
General on sale Friday 6th March at www.ahirshah.com
Ahir is one of the most critically acclaimed stand-up comedians of his generation, cementing his place on the comedy scene as an outstanding writer and performer with his signature style of intricately crafted gags and electric performance. His previous tour with his Edinburgh Comedy Award winning show, ‘Ends’, saw him do a 5-week sold out residency at London’s Soho Theatre and sold out extra shows at London’s Royal Court Theatre – where ‘Ends’ was recorded and released as his debut Netflix stand-up special. Ahir has performed across the globe, at the Netflix is a Joke festival in Los Angeles, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Just for Laughs in Montreal and has toured across India.
On TV, film and radio, Ahir’s appearances have included Jurassic World 3, Foundation (Apple TV), 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), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC 2) and The Now Show (BBC Radio Four). He has also created, written and starred in Ahir Shah’s Summer (Sky Arts), Ahir Shah’s Life Lessons (BBC Three) and Seven Blunders of the World (BBC Radio 4). The international smash-hit show Ends, which was notably listed in Vulture’s ‘5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch’, was Ahir’s second recorded comedy special following Dots, which was released on HBO Max in 2021.
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR AHIR SHAH:
★★★★★
Mark Wareham, Mail on Sunday
“It’s clear why Ahir Shah won the Edinburgh Comedy Award with this remarkable piece of storytelling” ★★★★★
Steve Bennett, Chortle
“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: Florrie Sheehan on fsheehan@avalonuk.com
