Kai Samra | |
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Born | Handsworth, Birmingham |
Years active | 2018 - present |
Kai Samra is a stand-up comedian from Handsworth, Birmingham. [1] His comedy dissects life as a young, working class, British Asian. [2]
Samra took his critically acclaimed debut hour show, Underclass, to Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 [3] with Soho Theatre. It was in The Guardian top recommended shows of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe [4] . Underclass was filmed for Amazon Prime Video in 2021. [5] The show covers Samra’s time at homeless shelter Centrepoint [6] and a Vice interview Samra did with former leader of the EDL Tommy Robinson. [7]
Samra took his second show, Native, with Soho Theatre to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022. [8]
Samra has appeared on series 1 and 3 of ITV2’s Stand-up sketch show. [9] Samra wrote and performed his own episode on the on BBC3 series Quickies. [10] Samra has written and performed on Now Show on BBC Radio 4. [11] In 2022, Samra was a writer for Romesh Ranganathan’s The Ranganation. [12] Samra was a judge for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2022. [13] Samra was on Pointless Celebrities [14] in 2024.
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