Ali Kahn

A reel to show my most recent professional pretending...a "showreel" if you like. #showreel #actor #comedyactor #actorshowreel Agent: Victoria Lepper Associates @VLA_talent

Midway thru a Comedy programme with people accessing drug & alcohol recovery at @sparkbwd. 12+years in recovery myself-this work hits deep. They ended this session with a comedy TikTok dance, laughing, fully present. No drink. No drugs. Just joy, connection+ hope. A privilege.

Evil villan action as The Tape Dispenser in latest series of Emmy award winning CBBC The Odd Squad. Episode The Rookie Run. On BBC I Player. Mucho fun! Agent: @VLA_talent #theoddsquad #cbbc #villan

15+ years of hosting live events and still loving the joy of reading a room, lifting the energy&helping events flow smoothly. Comedy, warmth, adaptability & care for the people in the room. If you know organisations planning events please share. #EventHost #MC #CommunityEvents

Part 5... Delivered by a professional comedy facilitator (me!) with lived experience in recovery. Funded by @SalfordCVS through the #AchieveFund in partnership with #10GM . Book here: comedystitch.com/book-online

Part 4...if you’re a drug & alcohol worker, support women in recovery, work in mental health or community services then please share within your networks. You’re also welcome to attend alongside women accessing your services.

Part 3... Every Wednesday, 10am–12pm Stretford Public Hall, South Manchester Packed with improv games, sketches & proper belly laughs. Women in recovery from alcohol and / or drug use can attend for any number of weeks. It’s completely FREE.

Part 2..as someone 12+ years in recovery myself, I know how powerful it is to have spaces that aren’t clinical or heavy, but focused on creativity, laughter & being fully present. Comedy becomes more than laughter. It becomes voice. It becomes self-belief.

Absolute comedy icon.

Supported by NIHR, Lancaster University and the NHS, the programme blends learning, mentorship and co-production with residents to strengthen local services. Honoured to be part of this for the third time — and very much looking forward to welcoming the fourth cohort in June.

Blackpool Researching Together (Health Determinants Research Collaboration – HDRC) runs the Health Inequalities Research Capacity and Capability (HIRCC) programme, empowering local, public health and voluntary sector staff to use research to tackle health inequalities.

I love watching people step into their final presentations — nervous, proud, brilliant — and seeing how a bit of silliness (me) can gently shift the room into a different energy. It’s what I do.

Day two: reflection, digestion, and making sense of everything that’s just happened. They bring me in to bookend the whole thing — to lift the energy, keep it flowing, add play, laughter and lightness… without losing the respect this work deserves.

Day one: groups sharing their research journeys and final presentations — after nine months of graft — in front of academics, lecturers, council folk and other very clever humans. Daunting stuff.

He liked.

When the ex drug dealer gets in touch… Man’s been playing the very long game — I’ve been in recovery 12 freekin’ years 😂 Fair play though… customer service skills on point. #random #recovery #funny #recoveryispossible #livedexperience