{{short description|English comedian (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Sarah Keyworth | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 April 1993}} | birth_place = | caption = | alma_mater = De Montfort University | occupation = Comedian | partner = | other_names = | years_active = 2012–present | website = {{URL|sarahkeyworth.co.uk}} }}
'''Sarah Keyworth''' (born 6 April 1993) is an English stand-up comedian. They{{efn|Sarah Keyworth is non-binary and uses ''they/them'', ''she/her'' and ''he/him'' pronouns. This article uses ''they/them'' for consistency}} 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'', ''8 Out of 10 Cats'', and ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.''
==Early life== Keyworth was born on 6 April 1993<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sarahkcomedy/status/320528952550633473|title=Mumps on my 20th birthday.. this is what I want to look like|first=Sarah|last=Keyworth|date=April 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808171721/https://twitter.com/sarahkcomedy/status/320528952550633473|archive-date=8 August 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keyworth |first=Sarah |date=April 2, 2015 |title=4 day weekend with my birthday on the Monday? Where's the gin boys? |url=https://twitter.com/sarahkcomedy/status/583669471874801664 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216162913/https://twitter.com/sarahkcomedy/status/583669471874801664 |archive-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> and used to create shows with their brother when they were children.<ref name=theymaybe/>
From 2011 to 2014, Keyworth studied drama at De Montfort University in Leicester and was active in the university's comedy club,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=No laughing matter: DMU graduate Sarah Keyworth shares her comedy success story|url=https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2018/january/no-laughing-matter-dmu-graduate-sarah-keyworth-shares-her-comedy-success-story.aspx|access-date=2020-11-15|website=www.dmu.ac.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chambersmgt.com/artist/sarah-keyworth/|title=Sarah Keyworth|work=Chambers Management }}</ref> citing Jennifer Saunders as their favourite comedian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/114308-my-comedy-hero-sarah-keyworth-on-jennifer-saunders/|title=My Comedy Hero: Sarah Keyworth on Jennifer Saunders|date=February 6, 2020|website=The List}}</ref> Keyworth later got a marketing internship at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and worked as a nanny.<ref name=":0" />
==Career== Keyworth emerged as a runner-up at the 2015 Funny Women<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/funny-women-awards-2015-desiree-burch-leads-the-charge-for-the-next-crop-of-comediennes-a6677026.html|title=This is Desiree Burch, the funniest woman of the year|website=Independent.co.uk|date=2 October 2015|publisher=|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref> and their first show, ''Dark Horse'', was nominated for best newcomer at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Premier|title=2018 Nominee - Sarah Keyworth - Best Newcomer|url=http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/best-newcomer/2018/sara-keyworth|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref>
They were named Newcomer of the Year at the 2019 Chortle Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|title=Who won the 2019 Chortle Awards : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/03/18/42561/james_acaster_and_kiri-pritchard_mclean_lead_chortle_awards|access-date=2020-11-15|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> Their second show, ''Pacific'', debuted in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/aug/19/sarah-keyworth-review-pacific-pleasance-courtyard-edinburgh|title=Sarah Keyworth review – one of comedy's most engaging new voices|first=Brian|last=Logan|newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 19, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/109872-sarah-keyworth-id-like-to-be-big-and-strong-and-emotionless/|title=Sarah Keyworth: 'I'd like to be big and strong and emotionless'|date=July 22, 2019|website=Edinburgh Festival}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Veronica |date=2019-08-16 |title=Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Alun Cochrane/ Sarah Keyworth/ Glenn Moore/ Sophie Duker |url=https://theartsdesk.com/comedy/edinburgh-fringe-2019-reviews-alun-cochrane-sarah-keyworth-glenn-moore-sophie-duker |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=theartsdesk.com |language=en}}</ref>
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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/8-out-10-cats-stacey-21525728|title=8 Out of 10 Cats' Stacey Solomon makes hilarious sex jibe at Joe Swash|first=Chloe|last=Stewart|date=February 18, 2020|website=Dailystar.co.uk}}</ref>{{deps|certain=y|date=March 2023}} In 2019, they performed at the Glastonbury Festival<ref name=theymaybe/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2019/ |title=Glastonbury Festival Line-Up 2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 June 2019 |website=Glastonbury Festival |access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref> and later that year won the reality TV series ''Celebrity Coach Trip'' with Francis Boulle of ''Made in Chelsea''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/419128-celebrity-coach-trip-2019-line-up-cast-results-winner-who-won-spoilers.html|title=Celebrity Coach Trip 2019 start date and cast of contestants revealed|first=Josh|last=Darvill|date=18 October 2019|website=TellyMix}}</ref> They appeared on ''Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee'' (AU) in 2026.
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.<ref name="theymaybe" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saunders |first=Emmeline |date=2020-04-01 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled this summer over coronavirus outbreak |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-edinburgh-fringe-festival-cancelled-21793073 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-09 |title=News: Online Show for Catherine Bohart And Sarah Keyworth |url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/9043/catherine-bohart-gig |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Beyond The Joke |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|title=Radio 4 series for Sarah Keyworth : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/09/16/46916/radio_4_series_for_sarah_keyworth|access-date=2020-11-15|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sarah Keyworth - Are You a Boy or a Girl?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p7b2|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-15|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
In 2021, they appeared on BBC's ''Live at the Apollo''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00144j8/live-at-the-apollo-series-16-extended-versions-episode-5 | title=BBC Two - Live at the Apollo, Series 16 (Extended Versions), Episode 5 }}</ref> and in August 2022 Keyworth's third show, ''Lost Boy'', debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe.<ref name=theymaybe/>
==Personal life== Keyworth lives in London.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vh92DQAAQBAJ&q=keyworth|title=Joker Face: Over 450 Comedians Share Their Best One-liners|first=Steve|last=Best|date=September 21, 2017|publisher=Unbound Publishing|isbn=9781783523399|via=Google Books}}</ref> They dated Irish comedian Catherine Bohart from 2015 to 2020, during which time they lived together in Kilburn.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jan/22/standup-comics-who-date-sarah-keyworth-catherine-bohart-interview|title=Hands off my anecdote! The couple who mine their love-life for laughs|first=Paul|last=Fleckney|newspaper=The Guardian |date=22 January 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2020/02/20/sarah-keyworth-charms-at-the-komedia/|title=Sarah Keyworth charms at the Komedia|date=February 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/9994/Catherine-bohart-mock|title=News: Mock The Week Line-Up Tonight|date=January 21, 2021|website=Beyond The Joke}}</ref> They are non-binary and use ''they/them'', ''she/her'' and ''he/him'' pronouns.<ref name="theymaybe">{{Cite web |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |date=2022-07-19 |title=Sarah Keyworth on grief and doing comedy 'when you're not feeling particularly funny' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/19/sarah-keyworth-comedy-edinburgh-fringe-lost-boy |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2022-11-16 |title=Sarah Keyworth's Are You A Boy Or A Girl? returning to Radio 4 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/fyi/103/sarah-keyworth-radio4-show-returns/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Lynne |date=2022-08-18 |title=Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy |url=https://funnywomen.com/2022/08/18/sarah-keyworth-lost-boy/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Funny Women |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2022 |title=@sarah_keyworth on Instagram |url=https://instagram.com/sarah_keyworth?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= |access-date=24 November 2022 |website=Instagram}}</ref> Keyworth was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adulthood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritchie |first1=Kyle |title=Stand-up Sarah Keyworth will bring brand new tour show to north-east |url=https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/stand-up-sarah-keyworth-will-bring-brand-new-tour-show-to-no-343210/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=Grampian Online |date=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Claire |title=Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Sarah Keyworth, Monkey Barrel |url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/15143/review-sarah-keyworth |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=Beyond the Joke |date=9 August 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.sarahkeyworth.co.uk/}} *{{IMDb name|10205829}}
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