Adam Kay is a writer and comedian
Author of the multi-award-winning, million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt and the brand new book Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas - the "perfect surgical stocking-filler" (The Times)
This is Going to Hurt is out in the USA on 3rd December - pre-order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound or iBooks.Tickets for THIS GOING TO HURT live
See below for tickets to 2019 Christmas tour
Tickets for TWAS THE NIGHTSHIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
All tickets include a signed copy of Adam's new book
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat... but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. In this perfect present for anyone who has ever set foot in a hospital, Adam Kay delves back into his diaries for a hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking peek behind the blue curtain at Christmastime.
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a love letter to all those who spend their festive season on the front line, removing babies and baubles from the various places they get stuck, at the most wonderful time of the year.
Available in all good bookshops and from your nearest website.
Biography: writing
Books
Adam's first book, This is Going to Hurt, revisiting his former career as a junior doctor, has spent over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list. It was the bestselling non-fiction title of 2018, it's the best-selling e-book of all time, and has sold a total of 1.5 million copies. This is Going to Hurt has been translated into 36 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.
Adam's new book Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas was published by Picador in October 2019, taking a peek behind the blue curtain at Christmastime. It was instant Sunday Times number one bestseller, making Adam the first author to have simultaneous number ones for hardback and paperback non-fiction titles.
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, script consultant 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 and live writing for high-profile comedians. He is a Sunday Times columnist.
Biography: performing
Live
As an award-winning live performer, Adam has sold out multiple Edinburgh Fringe runs, West End seasons and UK and international tours. His current tour of This is Going to Hurt has been seen by over 150,000 people.
For live performances and corporate events please contact lee@gagreflex.co.uk - numerous 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 quotes
"Hilarious" - The Times
"Hilarious" - Independent
"Hilarious" - Mirror
"Hilarious" - Sunday Times
"Hilarious" - Daily Express
"Hilarious" - Sun
"Hilarious" - Daily Mail
"Hilarious" - Red Magazine
"Hilarious" - Prima
"Hilarious" - Scotsman
"Hilarious" - Jonathan Ross
"Hilarious" - Jo Brand
"Hilarious" - Charlie Brooker
See more 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
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