Next Show 20/08/26
Eshaan Akbar
Eshaan Akbar is a British stand-up comedian, actor, writer, broadcaster and podcaster. His sharp, engaging comedy draws on identity, faith, family, politics and contemporary British life, combining thoughtful observations with an energetic and playful stage presence.
His television credits include Live at the Apollo, QI, Mock the Week, The Last Leg, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Celebrity MasterChef and The Apprentice: You’re Fired. He also appeared as Principal Lakhani in the fourth series of Netflix’s Sex Education and took part in BBC Two’s Pilgrimage: The Road Through North Wales.
Eshaan has voiced Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid and Narendra Modi for Spitting Image. His broadcasting and podcast work includes BBC Asian Network, But Where Are You Really From?, Audible’s Panic Room and the award-winning business podcast Nine Twenty Nine. His live shows include Not for Prophet, Prophet Like It’s Hot, Infidel-ity, The Pretender and Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan, while his stand-up specials include The Pretender and Fool Moon.
- Live at the Apollo
- QI
- Mock the Week
- Sex Education
- The Last Leg
- Frankie Boyle’s New World Order
- Celebrity MasterChef
- The Apprentice: You’re Fired
- Pilgrimage: The Road Through North Wales
- Spitting Image
- Comedy Central Live
- BBC Asian Network
- But Where Are You Really From?
- Panic Room
- Nine Twenty Nine
- The Pretender
- Fool Moon
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES
Seeing Eshaan Akbar at Hot Comedy
Hot Comedy is a booked stand-up club in the basement of Hot Toddy’s, 48–50 Camden High Street — two minutes from Camden Town station. Bills run to four acts across two halves with a bar break, and tickets for every night are sold through DICE.
Eshaan Akbar has no Hot Comedy dates confirmed right now. New line-ups are announced in the weeks before each show — the shows page always has the current run.
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