Helen Keen
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| Helen Keen | |
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 Helen Keen performs at the Hackney Empire, London, on 28th January 2007 |
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| Medium | stand-up |
| Nationality |  Britiish |
Helen Keen is an English alternative comedian born in Yorkshire, now living in London.
[edit] Career
In 2005 she won the first Channel 4 New Comedy Writing Initiative award[1][2] and reached the UK Funny Women final[3]. In 2006, she was a finalist for the hotly-competed Hackney Empire New Act of the Year title[4]. In 2007, she performed in the second annual tribute to Malcolm Hardee[5][6]. Her broadcast writing has included regular credits on BBC Radio 1's late-night experimental comedy show The Milk Run and BBC Radio 4's long-running The Now Show as well as the Dog Almighty edition of Channel 4's Comedy Lab series and the 2007 series of Channel 4's The Friday Night Project. She will perform her first Edinburgh Fringe solo show It Is Rocket Science! in August 2008.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Channel 4 announcement.
- ^ Writers' Guild announcement.
- ^ Review on Chortle, UK comedy industry website.
- ^ List of Hackney finalists.
- ^ Review in The Times (London), 30th January, 2007.
- ^ Review on Chortle, UK comedy industry website.
- ^ Time Out, 10-16 April 2006
