Kate cheka
artist. writer. comedian
THE LAST FUNNY WOMAN WIP DATES 2026
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28th March, GLASGOW Comedy Festival, Max’s Basement, TICKETS
1st April, Aces and Eights, London TICKETS
1st and 2nd May, BRIGHTON Fringe, Caroline of Brunswick, TICKETS
3rd May, MACHYNLLETH Comedy Festival, Ysgol Bro Hyddgen, TICKETS
23rd May, CAMBRIDGE Fringe, Thirsty, TICKETS on sale soon
5th June, EXETER Comedy Festival, Roots Foundation, TICKETS on sale soon
7th June, HASTINGS Comedy Festival, Sugarpie Honeybuns, TICKETS on sale soon
Last year Kate attempted to save the world ‘political comedy may yet have found its new messiah’ (The Guardian). Now she thinks perhaps it is time to burn it all down. Everything is falling apart. What does it mean to be a good time girl (and a feminist) in the midst of an apocalypse? Expect stories about the farmer she could have married, an awards ceremony after party, appearing on BBC Radio 4 and Berlin STI tests interspersed with razor sharp political comedy on colonialism and the rise of fascism. ‘A skillful mix of raunchy, raconteurial energy and cutting social commentary, which seems to reflect the delicate modern balancing act of fighting the good fight whilst having a bloody good time before the whole thing goes up in flames’ (European Comedy Review)
About
Kate Cheka is an artist, stand-up comedian and writer who has performed in over ten countries across four continents. The 2023 Funny Women Award winner her debut sold out Edinburgh show received critical acclaim and went on to a Soho Theatre run. She was also nominated for the 2025 DIVA Magazine Queer comedian of the year award and the Chortle 2024 Best Newcomer award. As heard on The Guilty Feminist podcast, and Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Matt Forde Focus Group. Comedy with a unique blend of joy and disdain or as The Guardian said ‘political comedy may yet have found its new messiah.’
As an artist whose primary creative medium is human emotion, either trying to make people laugh (comedy), think (philosophical musings) or feel (storytelling). She has travelled extensively, studied in four different countries and performed stand-up in over ten. Born in London she grew up in the West Country and has lived in Berlin and Buenos Aires as well as Delhi and Dar es Salaam. Her primary focus is always the human lived experience, the best art walks with you through life, reflecting back our intimate feelings as well as (hopefully) providing inspirational impetus for revolutionary acts
She began comedy in Berlin where she organised and hosted two shows, a femme-identifying open mic and a women of colour showcase. The Funny Women Award winner of 2023, she was also a Chortle Best Newcomer nominee 2024, a BBC New Comedy Awards regional finalist 2022, a finalist at the Berlin New Stand-up Award in 2019 and BBC Radio 4 Introducing New Comedy Award 2019 nominee as well as Funny Women semi-finalist in both 2021 and 2022. Described as having ‘stylish comedy delivered with a great blend of joy and disdain’ she started comedy to spite an ex who once said ‘I thought you were more fun’.
‘Kate is a multi-talented comic, with plenty up her sleeve and a lot more to share’ – Zoe Paskett, Funny Women Review
Her debut unpublished feminist science fiction novel won the Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour 2021 and was shortlisted for a number of awards including the Penguin WriteNow Prize 2020, Deborah Rogers Foundation 2021, the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2022 . She has written articles and essays for a variety of print and online magazines and zines including LMAOnaise and Daddy
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A MESSIAH COMES 💦💦 TOUR DATES 2025
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16th – 18th January 2025 Soho Theatre, London – BOOK TICKETS
23rd February 2025 Knight & Garter, Leicester – BOOK TICKETS
3rd May 2025 Alma Theatre, Bristol – BOOK TICKETS
25th May 2025 Thirsty, Cambridge – BOOK TICKETS
27th May 2025 Caroline Of Brunswick, Brighton – BOOK TICKETS
28th May 2025 Caroline Of Brunswick, Brighton – BOOK TICKETS
29th May 2025 GRUB, Manchester – BOOK TICKETS
30th May 2025 Norden Farm Arts Centre, Maidenhead – BOOK TICKETS
4th June 2025 Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh – BOOK TICKETS
6th June 2025 The Bootlegger, Exeter – BOOK TICKETS
7th June 2025 The Attic, Southampton – BOOK TICKETS
11th June 2025 Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds – BOOK TICKETS
14th June 2025 Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings (Hastings Comedy Festival) – BOOK TICKETS
After a sellout run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Kate Cheka brings her award nominated show to A CITY NEAR YOU (if you live near one of these cities) presented by BIGHEAD COMEDY
Praise for A Messiah Comes:
“Charismatic, eloquent, frank and witty…an impressive debut for a bright comic.” Chortle
“Witty and charming…the audience are quickly drawn into Kate’s world” The List
“She’s unstoppable. Her enthusiastic delivery cracks along at such a pace that you wonder whether she’s remembering to breathe.” The Skinny
“So warm and totally herself, with so much to love!” LMAOnaise
“A powerful debut run from this humdinger of a show.” Funny Women
NOMINEE – NextUp’s Biggest Award In Comedy Best Newcomer
Funny Women award winner and Chortle Best Newcomer nominee brings you her debut hour where she tries to save the world. Where does this messiah complex come from? Is it the second coming or has she just inherited her mother’s psychological disorder? If you’re anxious about the state of the world (or just your own mental state), join this ‘impressive, frank and relatable’ (Chortle.co.uk) BBC New Comedy Awards semi-finalist as she becomes the first woman to wonder what many men have wondered before her: am I actually God?
Press shots for show here. Accompanying playlist here.
She was the first comedian artist-in-residence at A Studio in the Woods in New Orleans the winter of 2024 where she produced and hosted The Late Late Stage Capitalism Show a late-night style talk show about climate change. Her debut show A MESSIAH COMES 💦💦was born in the woods in New Orleans, the first “work-in-progress” took place on April Fool’s day, the second, ten days later in Berlin. It has been a slightly hurried labour of love but some of the best romances are whirlwind. I’ve work-shopped it in seven countries but it was made for my birth nation of the UK. And for me. For teenage Kate who had lots of thoughts on the world and no platform on which to share them.
Kate cheka 