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CHELSEA BIRKBY

@chelseabirkby

Award-winning stand-up comedian and writer.

Oxford, UK.

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Chelsea performs her smart, silly and open-hearted stand-up at the UK's top comedy clubs and has been invited to perform in New York, Paris and Dusseldorf? She has taken two critically acclaimed and double-award-nominated solo stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She was a finalist and runner-up in several prestigious comedy competitions. And has been tour support for Helen Bauer and Fern Brady, more soon!

She can be seen on BBC, heard on Radio 4, 5Live, Times Radio and various podcasts. She's written for several series of BBC's Mock The Week as well as for BBC Radio 4. Her writing has been featured in The Independent and the Metro.

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ABOUT CHELSEA

"There's a sharp mind behind the sweet exterior. As her writing credits on Mock the Week suggest, she knows how to craft a well-made one-liner...Birkby wins the audience's affection so thoroughly."

★★★★
The Telegraph

"Draws you into her world with ease...

Packed with gags at a great hit rate, even in the more serious moments, this is an assured debut from a performer who is destined for the top."

★★★★.5
The Sunday Post

"A hugely promising and already accomplished stand-up, surely destined for greater things."

★★★★

The Scotsman

"Deceptively smart, tightly structured, and delivered wit chatty charm... Sharply serious but still somehow silly."

★★★★

Fest

"Peppered with good gags and a wide spectrum of pop-culture references, Birkby is a winsome and funny stage presence...

Brings the audience along willingly on a occasionally dark but consistently entertaining journey."

★★★★
ThreeWeeks

“Chelsea is funny, so funny, without dumbing down her intelligence. I always look forward to what she’s doing."

Laura Lexx

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