{"id":5165,"date":"2022-12-08T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:00:30","slug":"kent-drama-graduate-kyrah-gray-to-perform-stand-up-at-the-o2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2022\/12\/08\/kent-drama-graduate-kyrah-gray-to-perform-stand-up-at-the-o2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Drama graduate Kyrah Gray to perform stand-up at the O2"},"content":{"rendered":"

A huge congratulations to Kent Drama<\/a> graduate Kyrah Gray who will perform stand-up comedy for Mo Gilligan and Friends:The Black British Takeover Part 2 <\/em><\/a>at the O2 arena tonight. Kyrah started her comedy career at Kent in 2019, where she performed her debut comedy set at Monkeyshine<\/a> during her third year stand-up module. <\/a>Kyrah has also recently been signed to Off The Kerb<\/a> which is one of the leading comedy agencies in the UK.<\/p>\n

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\u2018One to watch… compelling stage presence: easygoing yet with a natural vibrancy that buoys the room. The charisma is backed with solid material\u2019<\/p>\n

– Chortle<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr Oliver Double<\/a>, head of the School of Arts, previously interviewed Kyrah for his podcast, Proper Job Gradcast. <\/a>In the episode they speak about starting out as a stand-up comedian. Kyrah also speaks about balancing day jobs with a comedy career, and how the transferrable skills you get in a drama degree set you up for even the most conventional job. Dr Double had this to say about the success of his former student:<\/p>\n

I first saw Kyrah perform in a very funny comedy sketch that was part of an assessment at the end of her first year. It was very clear that she was a gifted comic performer. In her third year, I taught her on our stand-up comedy module and again, she just aced it, getting consistently big laughs. I’m so proud of her!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a fantastic achievement and we can’t wait to see what Kyrah does next!<\/p>\n

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