Ali Siddiq: In The Shadows
Sat Mar 22, 2025 6pm Doors, 7pm Show - All Ages
Ali Siddiq is a stand-up comedian and public speaker out of Houston, TX. Ali’s unique style of
stand-up began behind the walls of incarceration, an incubator for interesting experiences and
good stories. In 2022, Ali released two hour specials… THE DOMINO EFFECT on YouTube
and UNPROTECTED SETS on EPIX. To date, THE DOMINO EFFECT has over 14 million
views, ranking it in the top 5 most watched comedy specials of 2022. The NY Times described
it as “a genre-defying autobiographical epic”. In May 2023, Ali released THE DOMINO EFFECT
part 2: LOSS, the sequel to his viral stand-up special, which has over 6 million views to
date. And in 2024, Ali released two more specials in the series. THE DOMINO EFFECT PART
3: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL premiered on YouTube May 12 with over 4 million views, and THE
DOMINO EFFECT PART 4: PINS & NEEDLES premiered on YouTube June 16, 2024 with over
3.5 million views. In 2025, Ali will be releasing five more hour specials, an unprecedented fete
for any comedian.
People received their first taste of Ali Siddiq when he appeared on HBO’s DEF COMEDY JAM and LIVE
FROM GOTHAM, and in 2013 he was named Comedy Central’s “#1 Comic to Watch”. In 2014, Ali
impressed comedy enthusiasts by displaying his ability to captivate an audience with his “Mexicans Got
On Boots” tale, a descriptive storytelling, with over 14 million views, of a prison riot on THIS IS NOT
HAPPENING, the first of three appearances. His stories continued with his HALF HOUR special, which
premiered on Comedy Central in the Fall of 2016. Immediately following the premier of that special,
Comedy Central offered Ali an hour-special where he performed for inmates live in a Texas jail, sending
Ali back to where it all started. The hour special, Ali Siddiq: It’s Bigger Than These Bars, premiered in
February 2018 on Comedy Central and has over 2.5 million views on YouTube. In 2019, Ali was a top 5
finalist on NBC’s BRING THE FUNNY. He also appeared as a regular cast member on the reboot
of PUNK’D for Quibi.