Sarah Keyworth
Born6 April 1993 (1993-04-06) (age 30)
Nottingham, England
OccupationComedian
Years active2012–present
Websitesarahkeyworth.co.uk

Sarah Keyworth (born 6 April 1993) is an English stand-up comedian who began a career in comedy in 2012, eventually going full-time in 2018 after being nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Keyworth has appeared on television comedy shows such as Roast Battle, The Now Show, The Dog Ate My Homework, Mock the Week and 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Early life

Keyworth was born in Nottingham in 1993[1][2][3] and used to create shows with their brother when they were children.[4]

They studied drama at De Montfort University in Leicester from 2011 to 2014 and was active in the university's comedy club,[5][6] citing Jennifer Saunders as their favourite comedian.[7]

Keyworth later got a marketing internship at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and worked as a nanny.[8]

Career

Keyworth emerged as a runner-up at the 2015 Funny Women[9] and their first show, Dark Horse, was nominated for best newcomer at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.[10]

They were named Newcomer of the Year at the 2019 Chortle Awards.[11] Their second show, Pacific, debuted in 2019.[12][13] An exploration of gender and roles in relationships, Veronica Lee in The Arts Desk described it as a "nicely paced, sharply written and well delivered hour with some great gags".[14]

On TV and radio, Keyworth has appeared on Roast Battle, The Stand Up Sketch Show, The Now Show, The Dog Ate My Homework, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Richard Osman's House of Games.[15] In 2019 they performed at the Glastonbury Festival[4][16] and later that year won the reality TV series Celebrity Coach Trip with friend Francis Boulle of Made in Chelsea [17]

Keyworth developed a third show titled Lil' Keys, Big Jokes; they were due to perform the show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that year but the Covid-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the show and almost the entire fringe.[4][18] In the lockdown that followed the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the UK, Keyworth and Catherine Bohart hosted a weekly online comedy show, 'Gigless'.[19] Also in 2020, Keyworth created a four-part comedy series for BBC Radio 4, titled Are You a Boy or a Girl?, which explored gender fluidity. It was recorded with a virtual audience over Zoom, and broadcast in November.[20][21]

In 2021, she appeared on BBC's Live at the Apollo[22] and in August 2022 Keyworth's third show, Lost Boy, debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe.[4]

Personal life

Keyworth lives in London.[23] They dated Irish comedian Catherine Bohart from 2015 to 2020, during which time they lived together in London's Kilburn area.[24][25][26] They are non-binary and uses she/he/they/them pronouns.[4][27][28][29]

References

  1. ↑ Keyworth, Sarah (6 April 2013). "Mumps on my 20th birthday.. this is what I want to look like".
  2. ↑ Keyworth, Sarah (8 April 2016). "When your girlfriend has smashed the birthday present buying and you're late to lunch. #Birthday #23 #Lunchpic.twitter.com/5TAyaLl8Hn".
  3. ↑ Keyworth, Sarah (2 April 2015). "4 day weekend with my birthday on the Monday? Where's the gin boys?".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Braidwood, Ella (19 July 2022). "Sarah Keyworth on grief and doing comedy 'when you're not feeling particularly funny'". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "No laughing matter: DMU graduate Sarah Keyworth shares her comedy success story". www.dmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sarah Keyworth".
  7. ↑ "My Comedy Hero: Sarah Keyworth on Jennifer Saunders". The List. 6 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "No laughing matter: DMU graduate Sarah Keyworth shares her comedy success story". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  9. ↑ "This is Desiree Burch, the funniest woman of the year". Independent.co.uk. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Premier. "2018 Nominee - Sarah Keyworth - Best Newcomer". Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Who won the 2019 Chortle Awards : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  12. ↑ Logan, Brian (19 August 2019). "Sarah Keyworth review – one of comedy's most engaging new voices" – via www.theguardian.com.
  13. ↑ "Sarah Keyworth: 'I'd like to be big and strong and emotionless'". Edinburgh Festival. 22 July 2019.
  14. ↑ Lee, Veronica (16 August 2019). "Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Alun Cochrane/ Sarah Keyworth/ Glenn Moore/ Sophie Duker". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Stewart, Chloe (18 February 2020). "8 Out of 10 Cats' Stacey Solomon makes hilarious sex jibe at Joe Swash". Dailystar.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Glastonbury Festival Line-Up 2019". Glastonbury Festival. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  17. ↑ Darvill, Josh (18 October 2019). "Celebrity Coach Trip 2019 start date and cast of contestants revealed". TellyMix.
  18. ↑ Saunders, Emmeline (1 April 2020). "Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled this summer over coronavirus outbreak". The Mirror. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "News: Online Show for Catherine Bohart And Sarah Keyworth". Beyond The Joke. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  20. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Radio 4 series for Sarah Keyworth : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "Sarah Keyworth - Are You a Boy or a Girl?". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  22. ↑ "BBC Two - Live at the Apollo, Series 16 (Extended Versions), Episode 5".
  23. ↑ Best, Steve (21 September 2017). Joker Face: Over 450 Comedians Share Their Best One-liners. Unbound Publishing. ISBN 9781783523399 – via Google Books.
  24. ↑ Fleckney, Paul (22 January 2019). "Hands off my anecdote! The couple who mine their love-life for laughs" – via www.theguardian.com.
  25. ↑ "Sarah Keyworth charms at the Komedia". 20 February 2020.
  26. ↑ "News: Mock The Week Line-Up Tonight". Beyond The Joke. 21 January 2021.
  27. ↑ Guide, British Comedy (16 November 2022). "Sarah Keyworth's Are You A Boy Or A Girl? returning to Radio 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  28. ↑ Parker, Lynne (18 August 2022). "Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy". Funny Women. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  29. ↑ "@sarah_keyworth on Instagram". Instagram. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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