If you want to make your mark as a comedian it can help if you have a back story. The kind of hinterland that gives any personal material a bit of heft. Nabil Abdulrashid, best known for appearing in the final of Britain’s Got Talent, has back story by the bucketload. It makes his latest stage show moving and captivating as well as split-your-sides funny.
Abdulrashid claims at the outset that this is not one of those performances that take you on a journey with its emotional arc. He is pulling the wool over our eyes. After all, it is entitled N.A.B.I.L. which is short for Nobody Actually Believed I’d Last and it very much tells the tale of someone getting a second chance against the odds and grabbing it tightly with both hands.
