Sarah Keyworth

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 and used to create shows with their brother when they were children.

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

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

Career

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

They were named Newcomer of the Year at the 2019 Chortle Awards. Their second show, Pacific, debuted in 2019. 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".

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. In 2019 they performed at the Glastonbury Festival and later that year won the reality TV series Celebrity Coach Trip with friend Francis Boulle of Made in Chelsea

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. 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'. 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.

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

Personal life

Keyworth lives in London. They dated Irish comedian Catherine Bohart from 2015 to 2020, during which time they lived together in London's Kilburn area. They are non-binary and use she/he/they/them pronouns.

References

External links

• Official website
• Sarah Keyworth at IMDb