Katy Brand is an award winning writer, comedian and actor. She has appeared in films (Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang), TV shows (Peep Show, QI, Psychobitches), radio programmes (Mouth Trap, Infinite Monkey Cage, News Quiz) and live events (Victoria Wood’s Angina Monologues, The Twitter Joke Trial Benefit Gig). Between 2007 and 2009 she wrote and performed her own ITV sketch show Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, taking it out on a live UK tour in 2010. She was a columnist for Reveal magazine for three years, and went on to write a weekly column for the Daily Telegraph. Her debut novel, Brenda Monk is Funny was published in 2014.
Katy has recently completed a UK tour of her acclaimed live show ‘I Was A Teenage Christian’, and a London run of her new live show, ‘I Could’ve Been An Astronaut’ (Soho Theatre – ‘Brand is an accomplished storyteller’).
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