Spring Day is an American comedian, writer and actress. [1] She performed around the world, including clubs based in London, Manchester, Dublin, Los Angeles, New York and Paris. [2] She was voted Brooklyn's Best Comedian in 2016. [1]
Spring Day | |
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| Born | |
| Occupations | Comedian, writer and actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | http://springdaycomedy.com/ |
Day was born and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, [3] in a house containing 20 dogs, five rats, three cats, two birds and a ferret. [4] From the age of 13, Day knew she wanted to live in Japan and would later study there as an exchange student. [4]
After being fired on her first day from a teaching job in central Japan, Day moved to Tokyo and took up comedy after seeing an advert in an English language magazine. [4]
Day learned her craft in the Japanese comedy scene, headlining at the Tokyo Comedy Store in 2002. [5] In 2004, she opened for Japanese comedian Zenjiro at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. [5]
She was featured in the 2008 documentary The Tokyo Comedy Store. [5]
She has appeared in the 2014 book The Humour Code and the 2017 book Joker Face alongside Jimmy Carr, Sara Pascoe, Russell Howard and Katherine Ryan. [2]
In 2020, Day performed alongside fellow Americans Hopwood Depree and Will Franken in a Yank in the UK stand-up gig at the Leicester Comedy Festival. [3] Day also appeared on the You'll Do podcast with Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart, alongside Tim Renkow. [6] [7]
Since 2010, she has written, directed and performed five solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. [2] She had also intended to take her show Spring Day: Dark Comedy for Nice People to the 2020 fringe until its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [8]
In February 2023, Day appeared in episode 7 of series 17 of Live at the Apollo on BBC One. [9]
Day has mild cerebral palsy. [2] She is married to fellow comedian Tim Renkow. [6] [10] [11]