Shadi Ahmed
A fast-rising voice on the London comedy circuit, and one of eight finalists in the inaugural BCG Stand Up and Deliver competition in November 2025, British Comedy Guide's first open mic contest aimed at discovering emerging stand-up talent. He is a Welsh-born Sudanese comedian whose style blends observational humour, sharp cultural insights, and personality-driven storytelling rooted in the experience of living between cultures. The material draws on a life that spans Wales, Sudan, and London, and the particular vantage point that gives someone on the British comedy circuit.
He performs regularly at London clubs including Top Secret Comedy Club, Backstreet Comedy Club, and AstroKitty Comedy, and in his first year on the scene he toured with Ola Labib, the Sudanese British comedian who has appeared at The Comedy Store London, the Frog and Bucket Manchester, and the O2 Arena as part of Mo Gilligan and Friends: The Black British Takeover. Beyond stand-up, he co-hosts the Ebony and Ivory comedy night and podcast, and hosts the Happy Doomsday podcast by Till The Roach Studios, a weekly show covering film and television news.
He is also a writer and filmmaker, making him one of the more creatively broad acts currently working the London open mic scene.
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