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Adam Kay
Adam Kay

Adam Kay

  • 44 years old
  • British
  • Writer, musical comedian and actor

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Adam Kay: 'I feel guilty for leaving the NHS'

As he publishes a new children's book, the doctor and comedian talks to Dorian Lynskey about why he won't rule out a return to medicine - and what he thinks of new Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

Dorian Lynskey, i Newspaper, 12th September 2024

Adam Kay to publish debut novel in September 2025

This Is Going To Hurt writer Adam Kay will publish his debut novel, A Particularly Nasty Case, is September 2025. It will focus on a doctor investigating a murder.

British Comedy Guide, 12th August 2024

Adam Kay unleashes at 'disruptive' fan at his Sydney show who kept using their phone

The UK comedian, 43, brought his Sydney show to a grinding halt over a disruptive fan who kept using their phone.

Kinta Walsh-Cotton, Daily Mail, 23rd April 2024

Adam Kay: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The This Is Going To Hurt creator is very online - so he has some gems to share, including 7,000 fireworks going off at once and a parody of every comedy heist film ever made.

The Guardian, 17th April 2024

Adam Kay: 'It's vital for people to know that doctors are human'

Never fully convinced a career in medicine was his calling, Adam Kay 'rolled the dice' and ended up following his dreams

Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 10th December 2023

Adam Kay: Undoctored at the Lyric Theatre review

The former doctor turned comic and writer will make your eyes water in more ways than one.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 24th October 2023

Adam Kay: How everyday items were invented

Everything around you that doesn't twinkle in the sky or grow or woof or fart was invented by someone - and in my new book, I tell you how they came to do it.

Adam Kay, The Sun, 22nd October 2023

Adam Kay: Social media hides reality of parenthood, says writer and comedian

This Is Going To Hurt author and ex-doctor Adam Kay is shattered, which is hardly surprising - he's just been mopping up baby vomit and is clearly sleep-deprived.

Helen Bushby, BBC, 9th October 2023

My London: Adam Kay

Doctor turned author and comedian Adam Kay sips cocktails at Soho Hotel, can't resist a West End show and swans around town by royal horse and carriage (apparently).

Laura Antonia Jordan, Evening Standard, 5th October 2023

Puffin signs eight-book deal with 'ultimate pairing' Adam Kay and Henry Paker

Puffin has signed a "major" eight-book deal across fiction, picture books and novelty, with Adam Kay and Henry Paker as the "ultimate pairing for young readers of all ages".

Katie Fraser, The Bookseller, 27th September 2023

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