Celya AB

Celya AB (born 1995) is a UK-based writer and comedian from Paris. She won the Best Newcomer Chortle award in 2022. She has been based in Birmingham and London.

Celya AB
Born1995[1]
NationalityFrench
OccupationComedian
Known forBest Newcomer Chortle award; Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2019

Life

Celya AB was born in 1995 and brought up in Paris.[2] Her family lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis .[3] She moved to Birmingham in 2014. She is of mixed French and Algerian heritage.[3]

She discovered stand-up on a trip back to Paris and did her first gig in Birmingham.[3] Celya made her stand-up debut at Sutton Coldfield’s The Comedy Junction in early 2017, encouraged by local comedian Karen Bayley.[4]

In 2019 she won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award,[4] and was also a finalist in the Funny Women awards[5].[6]

In 2022 she won the "Best Newcomer award" from Chortle.[2][5] She has appeared on BBC1 as a finalist in the BBC's New Comedy Award 2021, which was won by Welsh comedian Anna Thomas.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland she, like other comedians including Thanyia Moore, did not make her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe until August 2022.[8]

Comedy Style

Celya has cited Dylan Moran and American comedian/ actress Maria Bamford, as well as French trio Les Inconnus and the late humourist Pierre Desproges, as formative influences.[4]

References
  1. private advice - no reliable source
  2. "Celya AB: 'I'm not always nice about the British. But it's always with love'". www.scotsman.com. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. "Celya AB: 'I got a couple of laughs and couldn't think about anything else for weeks'". the Guardian. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  4. "Birmingham's Celya AB scoops major comedy award". www.whatsonlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. "Celya AB". Moseley Folk & Arts Festival. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  6. "Celya AB: Swimming : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  7. Bennett, Steve. "Anna Thomas wins the BBC New Comedy Award : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. "Debutante's Ball: Edinburgh Fringe Debuts - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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