Hasan Al-Habib is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer & actor.
A practising Muslim, he appeared as one of the ‘Pilgrims’ in the latest series of Pilgrimage, which aired over Easter this year on the BBC.
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
Audio credits include, One Person Found This Helpful and Evil Genius for Radio 4.
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 has taken Death To The West (Midlands) on tour across the UK, as well as to international comedy festivals, including Sydney and Perth. He has recently announced further dates in the autumn.
This summer, Hasan’s second show, Stuck In The Middle (East) With You, had a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
He is ideal for after dinner or hosting or panel events, as a practising Muslim, has lots of material that would resonate with a Muslim audience / faith based events. Enormously articulate and warm, he is ideal for fireside chats or panels. He has multiple degrees after attending Cambridge.
Testimonials
“Deliciously funny.” 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
"Material here for Live at the Apollo" ★★★★ Scotsman
"Fine comic skill" ★★★★ Chortle
"Exceptionally funny, candid and deeply human...An accomplished, courageous and beautiful hour of stand up" ★★★★★ Broadway World
"A clever, talented comedian... great timing, strong material and excellent callbacks... Impressive, clever, warm and genuinely funny" ★★★★ One4Review
"A mainstream, crowd-pleasing comic to his marrow... solid laughs" Fest
“Infectiously effusive, Al-Habib revels in that rollercoaster tone, swooping from fascinating insights to well-timed gags.”★★★★ Fest Mag