Sarah Keyworth (born 6 April 1993) is an English

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...

who began a career in comedy in 2012, eventually going full-time in 2018 after being nominated for Best Newcomer at the

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. Keyworth has appeared on television comedy shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Keyworth was born in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

in 1993 and used to create shows with their brother when they were children. Keyworth studied drama at

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was ta ...

in Leicester from 2011 to 2014 and was active in the university's comedy club, citing

Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of ...

as their favourite comedian. Keyworth later got a marketing internship at the

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(LAMDA) and worked as a nanny.

Career

Keyworth emerged as a runner-up at the 2015

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and their first show, ''Dark Horse'', was nominated for best newcomer at the 2018

. They were named Newcomer of the Year at the 2019

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. Their second show, ''Pacific'', debuted in 2019. An exploration of gender and

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in relationships, Veronica Lee in ''

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'' described it as a "nicely paced, sharply written and well delivered hour with some great gags". On TV and radio, Keyworth has appeared on ''

'', ''The Stand Up Sketch Show'', ''

'', ''

,'' ''

'' and ''

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''. In 2019 they performed at the

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and later that year won the reality TV series ''

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'' with friend Francis Boulle of ''

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'' Keyworth developed a third show titled ''Lil' Keys, Big Jokes''; they were due to perform the show at the

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that year but the Covid-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the show and almost the entire fringe. 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'. Also in 2020, Keyworth created a four-part comedy series for

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, titled ''Are You a Boy or a Girl?'', which explored

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. It was recorded with a virtual audience over Zoom, and broadcast in November. In 2021, they appeared on BBC's '' Live at the Apollo'' and in August 2022 Keyworth's third show, ''Lost Boy'', debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Personal life

Keyworth lives in London. They dated Irish comedian

Catherine Bohart Catherine Bohart (; born Catherine Murphy 13 August 1988) is an Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in the United Kingdom. Early life Bohart grew up in Clonsilla, Fingal, part of the greater Dublin area, the daughter of a Catholic de ...

from 2015 to 2020, during which time they lived together in London's Kilburn area. They are

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and use she/he/

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/them pronouns.

References

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