Celya AB

Celya AB (born 1995) is a French writer and comedian who lives in England. She won the Best Newcomer Chortle Award in 2022. She has been based in Birmingham and London.

Celya AB
Celya AB in 2022
Born1995[1]
NationalityFrench
OccupationComedian
Known forBest Newcomer Chortle Award; Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2019

Life

Celya AB was born 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'". The Scotsman. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  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". 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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