
Bio
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.
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