Sami Shah

Sami Shah is a Pakistani stand-up comedian [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20071029story_29-10-2007_pg12_8 Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan ] ] , writer and improvisational actor [ [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/040801/images5.htm Fish out of water -DAWN Images; August 1, 2004 ] ] . Sami performed the first ever solo English-language comedy show in Pakistan. He has had several tours across Pakistan, performing in theatre venues and colleges. Sami has also been a member of the improvisational comedy troupe "Black Fish".

tand up comedy

Sami performed his first ever solo show in Karachi, Pakistan on November 13 2005. Titled, "Nobody Moves, Nobody Gets Hurt", it was aimed at raising funds for victims of the 2005 earthquake. He then took the hour long performance to Islamabad and Lahore, where he performed for colleges and the general public.

In 2006, he toured Pakistan with fellow comics Saad Haroon and Danish Ali, in what came to be called the 3-4-5 Tour [ [http://islamabad.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/345_reviewd.phtml Metroblogging Islamabad: 3-4-5 :: Reviewd ] ] . His most recent new hour of comedy was performed on 27 October 2007 [ [http://karachi.metblogs.com/archives/2007/10/bring_the_funny.phtml Metroblogging Karachi: Bring the funny: Review ] ] . Debuting in Karachi, he plans on releasing a DVD of the performance.

Sami's style of comedy is often described as sarcastic and acerbic. He covers topics ranging from the Pakistani obsession with fair-skin to cultural taboos, like child molestation. Quite a few of his routines have focused on religion and his irritation with the way people behave because of it.Fact|date=December 2007

Improvisational comedy

Sami joined "Black Fish" in 2003 and remained an active member till the troupe disbanded in 2006. While with the troupe, he co-wrote 'We’ve made contact’; a half improvised half scripted original format play created for the British Council's Connecting Futures Project which was performed in Manchester, England.

Writing

Sami has been actively authoring articles for several years, on a variety of subjects for Pakistani magazines. His regular contributions as a music critic resulted in him being a judge for the prestigious Lux Style Awards [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C30%5Cstory_30-5-2006_pg7_30 Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan ] ] . In more recent years he has written a series of articles focusing on the lighter side of technology.

References

External links

* [http://samishah.wordpress.com Sami Shah's Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/orionalation Collection of Stand-up Clips]