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Award-winning stand-up star Ahir Shah set for Netflix debut

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The 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award winning stand-up Ahir Shah is to release his debut stand-up special on Netflix.

The smash-hit stand-up show was recorded earlier this year at London’s prestigious Royal Court Theatre and features Ahir’s trademark intricately crafted gags and electric performance. Launching on September 10, ‘Ends’ is an optimistic exploration of generational sacrifice spanning themes of immigration, family and politics.

‘Ends’ was the runaway hit of the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with the show originally starting life at the beginning of the month as a work in progress show. Three and a half weeks later, the show was crowned the Best Show of the festival before a sold out five-week run at London’s Soho Theatre. The show amassed a slew of five-star reviews and has been called the “show of the Fringe” and “the most important stand up of the year, if not the decade”. He later took the show to the US as part of the Netflix is a Joke festival in Los Angeles. Ahir will be touring the show across the UK from January 30, 2025.

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On TV and radio, Ahir’s appearances have included Live at the Apollo (BBC 2), Have I Got News For You (BBC 1), QI (BBC 2), Mock the Week (BBC 2), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC 2), The Mash Report (BBC 2), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), Jurassic World 3, and will be starring in BBC Radio 4’s new sitcom ‘Do Gooders’ as of July 30.

In 2021, Ahir launched his first special, Dots, on HBO Max. 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, Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal and Netflix is a Joke festival in the US.

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‘Ends’, commissioned by Netflix, is produced by Avalon and Executive Produced by Ahir Shah, Richard Allen-Turner, Julien Matthews and Jon Thoday.

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