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. DTTWM has already received a nomination for Best Debut at the 2025 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards. Following a very successful debut run at the Soho Theatre in November 2025, Hasan is taking DTTWM on a UK tour in Spring 2026.
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
- Pilgrimage (Pilgrim, BBC2, 2026)
- BBC New Comedy Awards – Midlands Heat (Stand Up, BBC3, 2024)
Radio & Podcasts
- One Person Found This Helpful (Guest, Radio 4, 2025)
- 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 & Soho Theatre, 2025 & UK Tour, 2026)
- 2 Muslim 2 Furious (Edinburgh Fringe, 2024-2025 & Soho Theatre, 2026)
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)
Death To The West (Midlands)
Hasan Al-Habib
Arab. Muslim. Brummy.
‘Deliciously funny’ (Guardian) Hasan Al-Habib’s parents left Baghdad for the land of opportunity (southern Birmingham). But when Britain invaded Iraq, friends and teachers saw him as the enemy within. This story involves Big Tescos, why Saddam Hussein would have loved Drayton Manor, and – amidst a search for those pesky weapons of mass destruction – finding self-acceptance.
“Al-Habib treats his audience to some seamless callbacks, crowd-winning call and responses, and impeccable timing.” ★★★★ The Skinny
“There’s material here for Live at the Apollo.” ★★★★ Scotsman
