{{Short description|English comedian and immigration lawyer}} <!--thumb|Sikisa, comedian, at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.--> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox comedian <!-- for individuals - see Template:Infobox comedian for usage --> | pre-nominals = | name = Sikisa | post-nominals = | image = Sikisa at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe-02 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Sikisa, comedian, at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. | pseudonym = | birth_name = Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | medium = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | education = | alma_mater = | years_active = | employer = | genre = | subject = <!-- Use |subjects= if plural --> | spouse = | domestic_partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | notable_works = | memorials = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | module = }} '''Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes''', known mononymously as '''Sikisa''', is an English immigration lawyer and stand-up comedian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr/17/standup-and-immigration-lawyer-sikisa|title=Standup and immigration lawyer Sikisa: 'I'm the hardest working act on the circuit'|first1=Liam|last1=Pape|first2=Interview by Liam|last2=Pape|date=17 April 2023|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3Qh4ZPQ4pWDNj90w19sxgWt/lawyer-by-day-comedian-by-night-how-sikisa-is-challenging-views-one-joke-at-a-time|title=BBC Scotland - BBC Scotland - Lawyer by day, comedian by night: How Sikisa is challenging views one joke at a time|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/07/sikisa-bostwick-barnes-review-sparkling-comedy|title=Sikisa review – a sparkling comedy party|first=Brian|last=Logan|date=7 August 2022|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedian-sikisa-bostwickbarnes-edinburgh-immigration-lawyer-b1011128.html|title=Comedian Sikisa on Edinburgh, immigration and her love for Brixton|first=Bruce|last=Dessau|date=12 July 2022|website=Evening Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voicemag.uk/interview/12774/interview-with-comedian-sikisa|title=Interview with comedian Sikisa|website=Voice Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voicemag.uk/interview/11308/interview-with-comedian-and-dancer-sikisa|title=Interview with comedian and dancer Sikisa|website=Voice Magazine}}</ref>
Her humor often incorporates topics of race, class, and discrimination.<ref name=":1" />
== Sikis == She began doing standup while she was studying for her law degree and comedy club in Stockwell at the suggestion of her boss at the pub.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
She was a finalist for the BBC New Comedy Award finalist in 2017 where she competed under her initial stage name of Twix.<ref name="Dessau">{{Cite web |last=Dessau |first=Bruce |date=2022-07-12 |title=Comedian Sikisa on Edinburgh, immigration and her love for Brixton |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedian-sikisa-bostwickbarnes-edinburgh-immigration-lawyer-b1011128.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == She was born in London but spent her early years in Barbados.<ref name="Dessau"/>
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