Hasan Al-Habib
Hasan Al-Habib is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer & actor.
Hasan performed at the Midlands regional heats of the BBC New Comedy Awards 2024, won the 2023 Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award and was a finalist at the 2022 Chortle Student Comedy Awards
After selling out his double act show 2 Muslim 2 Furious at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024, Hasan made his solo debut in 2025 with Death To The West (Midlands) – a love letter to his Iraqi heritage and upbringing in Birmingham – selling out his run and multiple extra shows. DTWM has already received a nomination for Best Debut at the 2025 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards.
Awards
Nominee: Leicester Comedy Festival Awards Best Debut Show 2025
Regional Heats Performer: BBC New Comedy Awards 2024
Winner: Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2023
Finalist: Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2022
Credits
TV
- BBC New Comedy Awards – Midlands Heat (Stand Up, BBC3, 2024)
Radio & Podcasts
- Upload with Nina Das Gupta (Guest, BBC Upload, 2024)
- Sunday Programme (Guest, BBC Radio 4, 2024)
- Open Mic Podcast (Guest, 2024)
- Hyphenated Podcast (Guest, Hyphen, 2023)
Live
- Death To The West (Midlands) (Edinburgh Fringe, 2025)
- 2 Muslim 2 Furious (Edinburgh Fringe, 2024-2025)
Press
“Deliciously funny and challenging in the way [he] engages with race, class and privilege.”
The Guardian
“Hasan Al-Habib will be famous in at least two languages very soon with an emphatic stage presence and mainstream appeal.”
Rolling Stone
“There’s material here for Live at the Apollo…Entertaining stuff.”
★★★★ The Scotsman on Death To The West (Midlands)
“Excellent timing and a genial energy belie his relatively short time behind the mic… A solid hour with plenty of laughs.”
The List on Death To The West (Midlands)
“Fine comic skill…An accomplished debut.”
★★★★ Chortle on Death To The West (Midlands)
“Infectiously effusive, Al-Habib revels in that rollercoaster tone, swooping from fascinating insights to well-timed gags, crowd-pleasing chant-alongs and a good dose of the mischievously provocative.”
★★★★ Fest Mag on Death To The West (Midlands)
“Al-Habib’s confidence and his brilliant delivery are reminiscent of a comedian who’s been on the circuit for years.”
★★★★ The Skinny on Death To The West (Midlands)
“Death to the West (Midlands)’ is an entertaining show thanks to the stage presence and charisma of Al-Habib, who also ensures that its more serious message of self acceptance isn’t overlooked.”
★★★★ The Wee Review on Death To The West (Midlands)
“It’s like spending an hour with a good, new friend who is in the mood to spill all of his best anecdotes. If that friend had superb timing and a cracking instinct for delivery.”
★★★★ The Quintessential Review on Death To The West (Midlands)
