Ahir Shah Announces Nationwide Tour Following Second Consecutive Edinburgh Comedy Award Nomination

In hot pursuit of receiving a Best Show nomination for the coveted Edinburgh Comedy Award for the second time in a row and recording appearances on BBC Two's Live At The Apollo and Comedy Central'sStand-Up Central which will transmit later this year, Ahir Shah embarks on his biggest nationwide tour yet with new show Duffer. From 11th October to the 28th February, Ahir is set to perform his latest offering about life and what comes after, death and what comes before, and Bohemian Rhapsody over twenty-nine dates across the country which kick-starts with a two week run at London's Soho Theatre with further dates being announced shortly.

Duffer is Ahir's seventh critically-acclaimed sell-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, succeeding Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Control (2017), Machines (2016), Distant (2015), Texture (2014),Anatomy (2013), and Astrology (2011). As well as touring nationwide, Ahir has also been making a name for himself internationally, performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Adelaide Fringe, and the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. On TV and Radio, Ahir has appeared on shows including Frankie Boyle's New World Order (BBC2), The Big Asian Stand-Up (BBC2) and The Now Show (Radio 4), written and starred in Ahir Shah's Summer (Sky Arts), and has appeared in Brotherhood (Channel 4), The Midnight Beast (E4), Live at the Electric (BBC Three), Campus (Channel 4) and The Seven Ages of Love (Channel 4). As a writer he is developing a sitcom for Channel 4, and has also written for The Mash Report (BBC 2), Skins (Channel 4), The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4) and Newsjack(BBC Radio 4 Extra).

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