Kai Samra

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Samra in 2023
Born Handsworth, Birmingham
Years active2018 - present

Kai Samra is a stand-up comedian from Handsworth, Birmingham. [1] His comedy dissects life as a young, working class, British Asian. [2]

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Career

Samra took his critically acclaimed debut hour show, Underclass, to Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 [3] with Soho Theatre. Underclass was filmed for Amazon Prime Video in 2021. [4] The show covers Samra’s time at homeless shelter Centrepoint [5] and a Vice interview Samra did with former leader of the EDL Tommy Robinson. [6]

Samra took his second show, Native, with Soho Theatre to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022. [7]

Samra has appeared on series 1 and 3 of ITV2’s Stand-up sketch show. [8] Samra wrote and performed his own episode on the on BBC3 series Quickies. [9] Samra has written and performed on Now Show on BBC Radio 4. [10] In 2022, Samra was a writer for Romesh Ranganathan’s The Ranganation. [11] Samra was a judge for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2022. [12]

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References

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  12. "BBC Three - BBC New Comedy Awards, 2022, Coventry". BBC. Retrieved 2022-11-07.