Oh look, sometimes I don’t wear yellow. Here I am as a child (46) in 2010. I had survived the brutality of King Gong to earn an actual spot of my very own at the Comedy Store in London. #livecomedyday

Laughed my head off at the Komedia fundraiser in Brighton for the first Live Comedy Day. with Zoe Lyons. Grassroots venues are vital for our thriving live comedy scene and developing comics. Glad they are banding together today! #livecomedyday 🤩🎤😂👏 livecomedyday.co.uk

Exeter Arts Centre c.1986. Not my very first stand-up gig, but the first one where it really took off. I was seized by a kind of comedy magic, improvising like hell, getting gales of laughter.
Happy Live Comedy Day!
@livecomedyday
#livecomedyday #myfirstcomedygig #oliverdouble #exeterartscentre

#LiveComedyDay #FunnyWomen #TheComedyStore #NoFooling

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Happy #LiveComedyDay🎤

Join us in wishing Live Comedy Day good luck on its launch as it spotlights the brilliant people and places that bring happiness, joy, and laughter to our communities through live performance.

📸: Soho Theatre Walthamstow, David Levene

#Theatre #Comedy #LivePerformance

#Livecomedyday #MyFirstGig
My first gig, I'm not even sure I've the date right but sometime in 1994? Downstairs At The Kings Head had alternate Irish & Jewish nights every Tuesday- so my FIRST gig was at the Irish night, and my SECOND gig was at the Jewish night the following Tuesday.
1st pub pic👇

For ##livecomedyday And in lieu of my ever getting time to chop up content...
youtu.be/SOtjEdVm8vM?...
This is my full opening MCing from last week...

(I'm open to bookings:))

It's #LiveComedyDay - amplifying this lil' ol' industry with a comedy club in every corner of the land.
Come to a gig, one of mine (google Paul Kerensa Gigs) or someone else's. Otherwise we're talking to empty rooms (done that gig, but I've also played a packed Royal Albert Hall, so they even out)

Today is #LiveComedyDay so here's a pic of my first ever stand-up gig back in 2022. I'm surprised to see how much people were laughing because there's an anxiety-related memory gap from those 5 minutes! I only did 5 gigs that year and then took a bewildered break, before returning to comedy in 2024

Then get yourself down to the main entrance of the Templeman Library at noon tomorrow, Wednesday 1 April, for our fab event Laughing All the Way to the Archive, which is part of the first ever @livecomedyday

Admission FREE - a bargain at twice that amount!

Live Comedy Day to be launched 01.04.2026 by @livecomedyuk and @BBCRadio4 to celebrate UK Live Comedy!

How will you be celebrating?
#LiveComedyUK #LiveComedyDay #StandupComedy #FunnyWomen #LiveComedyAssociation #BBCRadioComedy

The Night Time Industries Association proudly supports #LiveComedyDay on 1 April, celebrating the UK’s live comedy scene. From grassroots venues to performers, comedy drives culture, creativity and connection. Support your local show 👉

The Night Time Industries Association proudly supports #LiveComedyDay on 1 April 🎤

Celebrating the grassroots venues, performers and promoters powering the UK’s comedy scene.

Get out, support live comedy, and be part of it 👉

Today is the UK’s #LiveComedyDay, where seeing #comedians gig live in venues across the country is encouraged… livecomedyday.co.uk for further info.
So many good performers out there. Folks are only slowly getting back into going to see comedy shows… definitely need more laughter in our lives!!

Heard #BBCRadio4 show “Loose Ends” (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...) this week, and aside from excellent guests, learned about the upcoming #LiveComedyDay (livecomedyday.co.uk) on 1st April 2026, throughout the U.K. An excellent opportunity to enjoy more laughter & comedy, and it’s live…

#livecomedyday

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