This is the stuff of showbiz dreams. Ahir Shah arrived at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with an embryonic work in progress. Critics were not courted. Gradually the rough draft found its feet, prize panel judges saw it and as August concluded Ends won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show.
It was a success tinged with sadness though. The reason it started as a trial run was because the 32-year-old Londoner's director, Adam Brace, died suddenly in April during the show's development. The award was a tribute to Brace, a vital creative cog behind the scenes, as well as to Shah’s more foregrounded input.
