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Edinburgh Preview: Ahir Shah & Bilal Zafar
26 June 2025 @ 7.30pm
About Edinburgh Preview: Ahir Shah & Bilal Zafar
Join us for an exciting preview from two brilliant comedians before they head to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival…
2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Ahir Shah is one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation and is known for his sharp, intellectual brand of stand-up featuring a blend of philosophical inquiry, political vigour, and sweet gags. Ahir is a regular on television and radio and has performed stand-up on Live At The Apollo, The Now Show, and Stand Up Central.
Outside of stand-up, Ahir has been seen on shows including Have I Got News For You, QI, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Mock the Week, The Mash Report/Late Night Mash, Guessable, Rob Beckett’s Undeniable, and Catastrophe.
Bilal Zafar was nominated for the lastminute.com Best Newcomer Award for his debut show, CAKES, at the Edinburgh Fringe. Bilal also won the New Act of the Year award, joining the company of previous winners such as Stewart Lee, Ardal O’Hanlon, Joe Wilkinson, and Linda Smith. He was the runner-up at the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year competition. He has appeared on BBC3, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Asian Network, and has written for The Independent.
He also runs a successful Twitch page, which has racked up over 12.3K followers. He streams an interactive, improvised comedy show three times a week where he plays a football manager embroiled in scandal, featuring various special guests. The show is growing every day and has been picked up by multiple radio shows and newspapers.
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Dates & times:
Thursday 26 June 2025 at 7.30pm
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