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    • Adam Kay
    • Live shows
    • Writing
    • Performing
    • Press photos
    • Contact
    • Mailing list
      • Adam Kay is a writer and comedian

        Author of the multi-award-winning, million-copy bestseller "This is Going to Hurt"

      • Tickets for THIS GOING TO HURT live

        London GARRICK THEATRE

        18th - 19th February

        SOLD OUT. Book later date

        Leicester

        23rd February 7:30 & 9:30pm

        SOLD OUT. Tickets available for lunchtime Q&A (charity event)

        Northampton

        24th February

        SOLD OUT. Extra show 3rd April

        Nottingham

        25th February

        SOLD OUT

        London GARRICK THEATRE

        26th February

        LAST FEW TICKETS

        Leeds

        3rd March 5:30 & 7:30pm

        LAST FEW TICKETS

        London GARRICK THEATRE

        4th - 5th March

        LAST FEW TICKETS

        Darlington

        10th March

        SOLD OUT. Extra show 7th June

        London GARRICK THEATRE

        11-12th, 18-19th, 25-26th March

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        Reading

        28th March

        SOLD OUT. Extra show 29th May

        Ipswich

        30th March

        LAST FEW TICKETS

        London GARRICK THEATRE

        1st April

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        Northampton EXTRA SHOW

        3rd April

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        Cardiff

        8th April

        SOLD OUT. Extra show 28th April

        London GARRICK THEATRE

        15th April

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        Swansea

        16th April

        LAST FEW TICKETS

        Aberystwyth

        17th April

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        London GARRICK THEATRE

        23rd April

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        Newcastle-under-Lyme

        24th - 25th April

        LAST FEW TICKETS

        Cardiff EXTRA SHOW

        28th April

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        London GARRICK THEATRE

        29th - 30th April

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        Leeds EXTRA SHOW

        5th May

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        Manchester

        20th - 21st May

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        Reading EXTRA SHOW

        29th May

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        Exeter

        31st May 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30pm

        BOOK TICKETS (5:30pm show only)

        Plymouth

        1st June

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        Poole

        4th June

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        Basingstoke

        5th June

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        Darlington EXTRA DATE

        7th June

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        Crawley

        14th June

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        Kingston

        16th June

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        Cheltenham

        19th June

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        Dudley

        21st June

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        Glasgow

        24th June

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        Birmingham

        29th June

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        Edinburgh

        18th August

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      • Writing

        Books

        Adam's first book, This is Going to Hurt, revisiting his former career as a junior doctor, was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller and the bestselling non-fiction title of 2018. It has spent nine months at number one in the charts, and over a year in the top ten, selling more than a million copies in the UK. This is Going to Hurt has been translated into 33 languages and achieved number one bestseller status internationally.

         

        Winner of a record four National Book Awards (Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year, Zoe Ball Book Club Book of the Year), Blackwell's Debut Book of the Year, Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, iBooks Book of the Year, Esquire Book of the Year, Books Are My Bag Readers' Award and Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Prize. More details about "This is Going to Hurt" here.

        TV & film

        Adam is currently adapting This is Going to Hurt as a major 8 x 45 minute comedy-drama for BBC Two. Previous credits as a writer and script editor include Mitchell & Webb, Very British Problems, Mrs Brown's Boys, Crims (co-creator), Mongrels, Up The Women, Flat TV, Our Ex Wife, Bounty Hunters, Blind Date, Child Genius - alongside panel show / live writing for high-profile comedians, writing for TV advertisements in UK and US, and rewriting hit Broadway musicals for transfer to West End. He is a Sunday Times columnist.

      • Performing

        Live

        As an award-winning live performer, Adam has sold out multiple Edinburgh Fringe runs, West End seasons and UK and international tours. He is in great demand for corporate events and parties, with hundreds of testimonials available on request (including, strangely, from Prince Harry's 30th birthday).

        TV

        A frequent face on television, Adam is equally at home being sensible (Newsnight, Peston on Sunday, The Big Questions) or less so (The Russell Howard Hour, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown).

      • Press photos

        Praise for Adam's live work:

        ★★★★★ "Blissfully brilliant" Mail on Sunday

        ★★★★★ "Left us with eyeliner streaming down our face" Cosmo

        ★★★★ "Electrifying" Guardian

        ★★★★ "Never less than utterly clever" Telegraph

        "This made me very, very happy" Stephen Fry

         

        See praise for Adam's writing at thisisgoingtohurt.co.uk

      • Contact

        Please contact Jess Cooper for TV/film/stage writing enquiries

        jessica.cooper@curtisbrown.co.uk

        020 7393 4400

         

        Please contact Cathryn Summerhayes for book/journalism enquiries

        cathryn.summerhayes@curtisbrown.co.uk

        020 7393 4400

         

        Please contact Lee Martin for live performances and corporate enquiries

        lee@gagreflex.co.uk

        0161 205 8739

         

        Please contact Alex Fane for literary festivals

        alex.fane@faneproductions.com

        020 7393 4234

         

        Please contact Dusty Miller for press enquiries

        dustymillerPR@gmail.com

        07955 904 482

      • Mailing list

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