Sarah Kendall

“Sarah is a masterful storyteller. And she has some jaw-dropping, thought-provoking stories to tell.”
- Australian Stage

2017 Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow

2015 Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow

ince first appearing at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival, London-based Australian Sarah Kendall has performed at many of the world’s leading comedy festivals – including Montreal, Kilkenny, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Hong Kong – and has won and been nominated for many of the industry’s most prestigious stand-up comedy awards.

Her writing and performing credits include Beehive (Channel 4) and Comedy Cuts (ITV) and she is a regular cast member of Clare in the Community. She has made numerous appearances on television and Radio 4, including As Yet Untitled with Alan Davies, Russell Howard’s Good News, Best Behaviour, The Now Show, and Dilemma.

Sarah regularly returns to Australian shores. In 2014 she toured Touchdown to all the major comedy festivals in Australia and was awarded the comedians’ choice “Piece of Wood Award” at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Her show, Shaken, also garnered glowing reviews at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, and at the 2017 MCF.

Touchdown, A Day in October and Shaken were all recorded for a series on BBC Radio 4 called Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy. Her recording of A Day In October, won her the best scripted comedy prize at the BBC Audio Drama Awards. A second radio series is now available on BBC Radio 4, and in 2019 she performed Paper Planes – weaving together tales from Greek mythology and the account of a work trip to Los Angeles to take her audience on a search for meaning in a world which is out of control.

Sarah created and wrote Frayed, a new series produced by Merman Television (Motherland/BBC, Catastrophe C4/Amazon), in association with Guesswork Television (Please Like Me, Rosehaven).

Frayed has screened to universal acclaim on Sky in the UK and debuts on the ABC in Australia in October 2019.

Live Shows
Television
Other Live Work
Film
Writing
Radio
Awards

2019 – Paper Planes
Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2017-18 – One-Seventeen – Solo Show
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Soho Theatre London, UK Tour

2016-17 – Shaken – Solo Show
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival

2015 – A Day In October – Solo Show
Edinburgh Fringe, Canberra Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Soho Theatre London

2014 – Touchdown – Solo Show
Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe

2013 – Get Up, Stand Up – Solo Show
Soho Theatre

2012 – Get Up, Stand Up – Solo Show
Edinburgh Fringe

2007 – My Very First Kidnapping – Solo Show
Edinburgh Festival

2007 – Attention Seeker – Solo Show
Soho Theatre, European Tour

2006 – Sarah Kendall – Solo Show
Edinburgh Festival, Brighton Festival

2004 – Sarah Kendall – Solo Show
Berlin Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Brighton Festival, Stavanger Norway Comedy Festival

2019 – ABC TV / SKY UK: Frayed (Creator, writer, actor)

2017 – BBC: Motherland (Lindsey)

2017 – ABC TV: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala (Stand up)

2015 – Dave (UK): Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (guest)

2013 – ABC TV: Tractor Monkeys (guest panellist)

2012 – Network Ten: MICF Gala (Guest spot)

2012 – ABC TV: The Unbelievable Truth

2009 – BBC3: Russell Howard’s Good News (performer)

2008 – E4/Channel 4: Beehive, Series 1 (Writer/Performer)

2008 – ITV2: Comedy Cuts, Series 3 (writer/performer)

2008 – ITV2: Comedy Cuts, Series 2 (writer/performer)

2007 – Paramount: Edinburgh and Beyond, Series 3 (performer)

2007 – VRT: Comedy Casino (Belgium) Performer

2006 – Paramount: Edinburgh and Beyond, Series 2 (performer)

2005 – BBC3: The Comic Side of 7 Days (contributor)

2004 – Paramount: The World Stands Up (performer)

2015: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala (spot)

2014: Just for Laughs Sydney

2014: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala (spot)

2009 – Huge (Role – Gong Show Winner): Director. Ben Miller

2010: Caveman Films My very First Kidnapping – Film Script

2010: E4 School of Comedy – television

2008: E4/Channel 4 Beehive, Series 1 – television

2016 Radio 4 Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy (Stand up)

2015 Radio 4 Best Behaviour (panellist)

2010 –15 Radio 4 Clare In The Community (Libby)

2013 Radio 4 Dilemma (panellist)

2012 Radio 4 The Now Show (panellist)

2010 – 5Live: 7 Day Sunday (panellist)

2009 – Radio 4: Act Your Age (panellist)

2009 – BBC Radio 4: I Guess That’s Why They Call It The News (Guest)

2009 – BBC Radio 4: Look Away Now (Guest)

2007 – Radio 2: Alan Carr and Friends (performer)

2006 – Radio 2: Parson & Naylor Pull Out Sections (performer)

2006 – Radio 4: The News Quiz (contributor)

2018: Chortle Awards – Best Radio Award – Australian Trilogy – NOMINEE

2017: BBC Audio Drama Awards – Best Scripted Comedy – A Day In October (Australian Trilogy) – WINNER

2017: UK Writers Guild Ceremony – Best Scripted Comedy (Radio) Australian Trilogy – WINNER

2017: Best Fictional Storytelling – WINNER

2015: Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award – Best Comedy Show – NOMINEE

2014: Piece of Wood, Melbourne International Comedy Festival -WINNER

2007: Three Weeks, Editor’s Choice Award – WINNER

2006: Time Out Comedy Award – NOMINEE

2004: Perrier Award – NOMINEE

2003: Herald Angel – WINNER

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