Keara Murphy - Clean Stand Up Comedian | Edinburgh, Scotland

Show Description

My act is centred around my own life with the focus on the small stuff. There are general references to the more global issues but always fun, friendly, gossipy, silly, Scottish-Irish humour, family, relationships, people, animals - and ventures into the ridiculous. I reached the final of Take The Mic – a large cash prize competition run by a major national newspaper. When I started out I reached the finals of all the major comedy competitions for So You Think You’re Funny, The BBC New Comedy Awards and The Daily Telegraph Open Mic.
“Top Female Comedian” THE LIST
“Pick of the W ... eek” 2015 and 2017 - RADIO 4
Scotland’s “Most Eligible Woman” SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
“Christmas Crackers” Best of Radio - BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
Presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s “The Secret Life of Robert Burns” trilogy
The voice and creator of BBC Radio Scotland/Comedy Unit cult Character, Mistress MacKenzie
Here are some things that people have said about my act:
“Murphy acts with 100mph hilarity with her electric stage-presence and her host of characters and sketches. This magnificent production is a genuine delight and Murphy’s charisma so exuberant that I even found myself singing along at one point. Go and see this show right now; you won’t regret it” THREE-WEEKS
“Comic genius! She’s Eddie Izzard with less make-up and more Glasgow
~ and what more could we desire?”
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Biography

I have performed stand up comedy since 1998. I have toured across Scotland, the wider UK comedy circuit, Ireland and Central Europe. I have performed in comedy clubs, dive bars, large theatres, small theatres, a bus, a boat, the street, a graveyard, a lift, a USA elevator and private living rooms.
I have performed in all the major comedy clubs in the UK including The Comedy Store, The Stand, The Frog & Bucket, The Hyena, The Laughter Lounge, The Belfast Empire, Jongleurs, Highlight and The Gilded Balloon – and many more.
COMEDY CHARACTERS
I am the voice of the colourful BBC Radio Sc ... otland/Comedy Unit character, Mistress MacKenzie which I created and was commissioned for the BBC Radio Sitcom, Mistress MacKenzie and Friends. I also did a four part sketch show on BBC Radio Scotland, The Shark's Mouth, I played a range of various characters.
I am a playwright, comedian, Burns’ speaker, freelance broadcaster and a specialist on Robert Burns’ Women. I also emcee and speak at many events throughout the year such as fundraisers, prize-givings, sports dinners and ladies’ luncheons. I am an experienced after dinner comedian and one of the most sought-after acts for the speeches The Response on Behalf of the Lasses (aka The Lasses Reply) and The Immortal Memory at Burns Suppers. I am also regularly booked to deliver The Address to the Haggis and the poem, To A Mouse – following my critically-acclaimed play, Mice and Women – which featured this poem whilst looking at it from a comical modern female perspective.
My BBC Radio Scotland documentary series charting the secret life of Robert Burns began with The Secret Sex Life of Robert Burns in 2015 and was chosen for a ‘Pick of the Week‘ by Scotland’s ‘Makar’, ie; our Poet Laureate, Jackie Kay. I later adapted this documentary for stage and it made its debut at The Scottish Storytelling Centre in January 2016 to a sold out crowd. This play is now being prepared for touring.
Two more documentaries in the ‘Secret’ series were commissioned by the BBC. The Secret Tax Life of Robert Burns which aired in January 2016. The final part of the trilogy, The Secret Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Robert Burns, goes out in January 2017 on Burns’ Day. I have just been commissioned for a fourth documentary which will go out in January 2018.
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Experience

I have performed stand up comedy since 1998. I have toured across Scotland, the wider UK comedy circuit, Ireland and Central Europe. I have performed in comedy clubs, dive bars, large theatres, small theatres, a bus, a boat, the street, a graveyard, a lift, a USA elevator and private living rooms.
I have enjoyed a long career in stand-up comedy, I have performed Stand Up in all the major comedy clubs in the UK, Ireland and Cental Europe including The Comedy Store, The Stand Comedy Clubs, The Gilded Balloon and many more including a range of theatre shows across the globe. I have appeared ... on Stand Up For Pudsey – Children In Need Special; Celtic Connections, The Janice Forsyth Show, Morning Call, Live at The Stand, MacAuley and Co, The Late Show (STV); BBC Choice. I also presented a quiz show, Stash The Cash, for Sky TV. I have produced ten solo shows for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Brighton Fringe, The Glasgow Comedy Festival and The Leith festival. My brand new stand-up comedy show, Keara Murphy’s Law, made it’s debut at The Leith Festival 2016 to a sold-out crowd and is now in preparation for a UK-wide tour.
COMEDY CHARACTERS
I am the voice of the colourful BBC Radio Scotland/Comedy Unit character, Mistress MacKenzie which I created and was commissioned for the BBC Radio Sitcom, Mistress MacKenzie and Friends
FRINGE SHOWS
Silver Scream: 2002
Travels With My Hipflask: 2006
Little Love Affairs: 2007
Little Love Affairs – Behind Bars: 2008
Good Chat and Some Characters: 2008
Lyre Burd – One Burd; Many Voives: 2009
Travelling Circus: 2010/11
Flypaper For Freaks: 2011/12
Mice and Women: 2013/14
Keara Murphy’s Law 2016/17
RADIO and TELEVISION
STV The Late Show (Three appearances)
Taggart (ITV/detective drama/19992)
Velvet Soup (BBC 2 Television/sitcom/2002)
Live at The Stand (BBC Radio Scotland/live recording/2012)
The Shark’s Mouth (BBC Radio Scotland/sketch series/2013)
Stand up for Pudsey (BBC Radio Scotland/Live Recording/2013)
Feeling Kind of Funny (BBC Radio Scotland/live recording/2014)
Mistress MacKenzie and Friends (BBC Radio Scotland/sitcom/2014)
Millie Inbetween (CBBC Television/Sitcom/2014)
Christmas Crackers (BBC Radio Scotland “Best of year”/2014)
The Secret Sex Life of Robert Burns (BBC Radio Scotland 2015/Documentary)
The Secret Tax Life of Robert Burns (BBC Radio Scotland 2016/Documentary)
The Secret ***** of Robert Burns (BBC Radio Scotland 2017/Documentary)
ACTING
Highlights of my acting career so far are, CBBC: Millie Inbeteween
(Sitcom); BBC1: The Best Man (Film); BBC2: Joy Division (Film); BBC2: Velvet Soup
(Sketch Show); ITV: Taggart (Drama); The Book Keeper (Film), Jason (Film), The Birthday Party (Film); Sinatra: The Final Curtain (Theatre) The Secret Sex Life of Robert Burns (Theatre); Hamlet (Theatre); Stars in the Morning Sky (Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (Theatre); Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (Theatre), The Devil’s Craft (Theatre); Peter Pan Man (Theatre), Peoplewatch (Radio Scotland).
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Previous Clients

Burns Suppers I have been involved in over the years include: Scottish Television LIVE; Edinburgh Corn Exchange; Edinburgh Balmoral Hotel; Edinburgh Holyrood Hotel; Glasgow City Chambers; Glasgow Thistle Hotel; St Andrew’s University; The Eden Club’s Pittormie Castle; Scottish Society of Budapest; Glasgow Oran Mor; Inverness Caledonia Thistle F.C.; Drumossie Hotel, Inverness; Watson College Rugby Club; Business for Scotland; Scottish Licenced Trade; Montrose F.C.; Glasgow Young Professionals; Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms; Trades Hall Glasgow; West FM (Broadcast on radio on Burns Day); The Lord P ... rovost’s Burns Supper; Oran Mor – ‘Burns for Bairns’ – and many more.
Recent Events
Montrose Roselea JFC Ladies Dinner (After-Dinner Comedian)
Inverness Caledonia Thistle F.C. Annual Ball (After Dinner Comedian)
Watson’s College Rugby Club Dinner (Host, Auction and Full-Set)
Scottish Licence Trade Association Ladies Luncheon (Host)
The RBS Burns Supper, Balmoral Hotel (Host; Address to Haggis; Lassies Reply)
Dunfermline FC Supporters’ Club Fundraiser (Emcee for Comedy Night)
Edinburgh City FC Supporters Club Comedy Night (Headliner)
Glasgow Young Professionals Burns Supper (Address to the Haggis; Lassies Reply)
The Scottish Licence Trade Association (Grace; Address to Haggis; Lassies Reply)
Leading Software Technologies Christmas Dinner (After Dinner Comedian)
WeDo Scotland Christmas Party (After Dinner Comedian)
Friday Fix at The Voodoo Rooms (Address to the Haggis; Lassies Reply)
Scottish Society of Budapest Burns Supper (Lassie’s Reply)
St Columba’s Hospice at The Corn Exchange (Lassie’s Reply)
Parkinson’s Scotland Burns Supper(Immortal Memory)
FWB Park Brown Burns Supper, Elphinstone Hall, St Andrews (Lassie’s Reply)
Cathcart Castle Golf Club Burns Supper (Lassie’s Reply)
Inverness Caledonia Thistle FC Supporters’ Club (Comedy Night Host)
Inverness Caledonia Thistle FC Supporters’ Club (Comedy Night Headliner)
The Eden Club, Golf Clubs, St Andrews (Lassie’s Reply)
WeDo Annual Dinner (Interviewing Keynote Entrepreneurs)
St Columba’s Hospice Burns Supper at The Corn Exchange (Immortal Memory)
Business for Scotland, Holyrood Hotel (Immortal Memory)
Scottish Television LIVE (Conversation, Poetry, Stories, Banter)
Twestival Edinburgh (Host for Live Event and Internet Stream)
Headspace Festival, Glasgow (Host, Auction, Raffle, TV Interview/Presenter)
She’s Gottit Events, Santa Fun Run at Ross Bandstand (Host)
She’s Gottit Events, Little Lantern Parade at Princes Street Gardens (Host)
Funny Women, Race For Life, Hollyrood Park (Host)
Gartnavel Hospitals Annual Festival, Over The Wall (Resident Host)
ArtLink: Hospital Wards/Dayroom (Entertainer/Story Teller)
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Suitable for

Wedding Reception Entertainment Birthday Party Entertainment Private Parties Corporate Events Cocktail Receptions Christening Entertainment Product Launches Trade Shows Christmas Party Events Gala Dinners Jewish Weddings After Dinner Entertainment.

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