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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 and Harriet Walter on This Is Going To Hurt

"Treating the NHS like a business? That's bollocks"

Gabriel Tate, i Newspaper, 7th February 2022

Arena tour for Adam Kay

Award-winning writer and comedian Adam Kay has announced This Is Going To Hurt...More. Kay's biggest UK tour to date begins at Edinburgh Usher Hall on 7th September and culminates at London SSE Arena Wembley on 24th September.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th February 2022

How TV shows are proving fact is more relatable than fiction

"Write what you know," declared Mark Twain. It is advice that has been resented by authors ever since. But a spate of TV dramas, including This Is Going To Hurt, is illustrating the power of first-hand work experience in revealing the reality of jobs that have become otherwise hackneyed by overfamiliarity.

Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 5th February 2022

Adam Kay to publish second memoir

Adam Kay is to publish an autobiography in September titled Undoctored: The Story Of A Medic Who Ran Out of Patients. It will focus on what's happened in his life since he stopped working as a doctor.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd February 2022

This Is Going To Hurt review

Wryly funny Ben Whishaw captivates in unflinching and exhausting snapshot of doctor's life.

Sabrina Barr, Metro, 1st February 2022

Adam Kay interview

I got a Kinder Surprise when a patient asked me to remove an egg from her privates, says NHS doc Adam Kay.

Amy Jones, The Sun, 30th January 2022

What's it like to see your life story on TV?

Telling your story in a book is hard enough. But what if it ends up on screen? Adam Kay, writer of This Is Going To Hurt, and Dolly Alderton, who penned Everything I Know About Love, relive the shocks.

Duncan Barrett, The Guardian, 29th December 2021

Adam Kay pulls Hammersmith Apollo show

Comic slams government as gigs continue to be cancelled.

Chortle, 19th December 2021

Adam Kay: 'Game-playing is a great way of getting yourself to face a challenge'

The doctor turned comic and bestselling author on writing children's books, hiding useful facts in disgusting jokes and how bad at Scrabble he is.

Lisa O'Kelly, The Guardian, 18th December 2021

Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay audiobook review

The doctor turned comic writer's seasonal hospital tales range from hilarious mishaps to heart-breakers.

Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 17th December 2021

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