Imah

Imah Dumagay is a stand-up comedian, actor, host, and producer. She has been a staple of the UAE comedy scene since 2018, and is a co-founder of Comedy Kix, a popular comedy club that runs weekly shows at various venues across UAE. Previously working as an executive assistant, Imah is now a full-time entertainer and a Partner at VIRUVI Management Consultancy, an event management company. She hails from Cotabato City, Philippines and currently lives in Dubai. In September 2021 she performed and filmed her comedy special "IMAH: A Dose of Laughter at The Theatre, Mall of the Emirates. August 2020, she performed in Dubai Opera, she hosted for the Dubai's King and Queen of Comedy, Ali Al Sayed & Mina Liccione. - Imah Dumagay graduated from a comedy school in Dubai in March 2018. In just few months of doing stand-up gigs, she entered a comedy contest Yalla Laugh's Beat The Camel and won first place (Aug 2018), and was Judges' Choice 2nd Runner Up - International Category in Dubai Short + Sweet Comedy Festival - 2018, She was one of the local comedians performed at the Dubai Comedy Festival 2020 and 2021. After over 200 gigs, she performed her first sold-out stand-up comedy special, "The Imah's Day Off" at The Theatre, Mall of the Emirates Dubai in November 2020, acting as the first Filipina comedian to do so in the GCC region. - She has opened for famed Indian comedians, Zakir Khan, Nitin Mirani, Anuradha Menon, and Anshu Mor. She was featured in One Africa's Global Comedy Fest in 2018 where she performed with some of the best comedians from across Africa, among others, Basketmouth, Eric Omondi, Bovi, Salvador, & Kenn Blag. In March 2021, she performed her second headlining hour, "The Shelarious Imah", at The Theatre. Mall of the Emirates. - She also opened for the UK comedians Mandy Knight and Axel Blake in 2019. She appeared in the smash-hit comedy play "lust Like That" in 2019 & 2021.