Stand Up
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The List’s “Top Female Comedian”
Radio 4 “Pick of the Week”
Scotland’s “Most Eligible Woman”
BBC Radio Scotland “Christmas Crackers”
Presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s “The Secret Life of Robert Burns” trilogy
The voice and creator of BBC Radio Scotland/Comedy Unit Character,
Mistress MacKenzie
“Murphy acts with 100mph hilarity with her electric stage-presence and her host of characters and sketches. This magnificent production is a genuine delight and Murphy’s charisma so exuberant that I even found myself singing along at one point. Go and see this show right now; you won’t regret it”
(For Silver Scream at The Stand)
THREE-WEEKS
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I am also booked regularly for corporate events, after-dinners, sports clubs, black tie balls, celebratory parties and funerals.
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“Comic genius! She’s Eddie Izzard with less make-up and more Glasgow
~ and what more could we desire?”
THE LIST
“A veritable comedic jukebox.”
THE SKINNY
“A beautiful piece from a wonderful performer.”
ONE4REVIEW
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“Murphy’s amateur radio ham (Mistress MacKenzie) from a remote corner
of Scotland is an oddball delight!”
BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
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KEARA MURPHY’S LAW ~ AN UPLIFTING SHOW ABOUT FAILURE
HALLOWE’EN SPECIAL FEATURING BBC RADIO SCOTLAND/COMEDY UNIT
BELOVED MADCAP CHARACTER
MISTRESS MACKENZIE
My stand up and character comedy show will be returning to its debut theatre at Woodland Creatures, Leith Walk, on October 29th 2016 at 6pm (til 7.15pm – then ‘Party Time’) this show will be a Hallowe’en Special with bonus scary stories from Yours Truly and a cameo appearance by the much loved BBC Radio Scotland character, Mistress MacKenzie, with an hilarious dark and creepy monologue on her take on the Spidery-Cobwebby-Apple-Dooking-Festival.
This show is appearing in Leith for ONE EVENING ONLY! Seating is strictly limited to 50 max. So, get your TICKETS NOW: KearaMurphy’sLaw
After the show you are invited to hang out with us, see the band (performing after the show) socialise in the bar area – dine, drink, tell spooky tales, dook for apples, scoff a Monkey Nut and be merry til
The Witching Hour (Sorry, couldn’t resist)!
Keara’s Stand-Up story so far: I have performed stand up comedy since 1998. I have toured across Scotland, the wider UK comedy circuit, Ireland and Central Europe. I have performed in comedy clubs, dive bars, large theatres, small theatres, a bus, a boat, the street, a graveyard, a lift (USA elevator) and in someone’s living room. No, it wasn’t my mum’s living room, it was an actual gig at a private party in a posh living room in the New Town, Edinburgh.
I have performed in all the major comedy clubs in the UK including The Comedy Store, The Stand, The Frog & Bucket, The Hyena, The Laughter Lounge, The Belfast Empire, Jongleurs, Highlight and
The Gilded Balloon – and many more.
Onstage at The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
“A talent for impersonations which is quite outstanding”
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
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When I started out I reached the semi-finals of all the major comedy competitions for So You Think You’re Funny, The BBC New Comedy Awards and The Daily Telegraph Open Mic. I reached the final of Take The Mic – a large cash prize competition run by The Scottish Sun. – Don’t judge me! (Unless you are actually one of the judges)
Onstage at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness…
“Her motormouth delivery makes Ben Elton look like Stephen Hawking”
CHORTLE
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FRINGE SHOWS
Silver Scream: 2002
Travels With My Hipflask: 2006
Little Love Affairs: 2007
Little Love Affairs – Behind Bars: 2008
Good Chat and Some Characters: 2008
Lyre Burd – One Burd; Many Voives: 2009
Travelling Circus: 2010/11
Flypaper For Freaks: 2011/12
Mice and Women: 2013/14
Keara Murphy’s Law 2016/17
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RADIO and TELEVISION
Taggart (ITV/detective drama/19992)
Velvet Soup (BBC 2 Television/sitcom/2002)
Live at The Stand (BBC Radio Scotland/live recording/2012)
The Shark’s Mouth (BBC Radio Scotland/sketch series/2013)
Stand up for Pudsey (BBC Radio Scotland/Live Recording/2013)
Feeling Kind of Funny (BBC Radio Scotland/live recording/2014)
Mistress MacKenzie and Friends (BBC Radio Scotland/sitcom/2014)
Millie Inbetween (CBBC Television/Sitcom/2014)
Christmas Crackers (BBC Radio Scotland “Best of year”/2014)
The Secret Sex Life of Robert Burns (BBC Radio Scotland 2015/Documentary)
The Secret Tax Life of Robert Burns (BBC Radio Scotland 2016/Documentary)
The Secret ***** of Robert Burns (BBC Radio Scotland 2017/Documentary)
“Murphy acts with 100mph hilarity with her electric stage-presence and her host of characters and sketches. Her show purportedly covers the history of motion pictures but somehow manages to squeeze in a Weakest Link- Style Film Noir competition, a ‘Name-That-Quote’ round, a Wizard of Oz-style sing-a-long and a celebrity puppet show. This magnificent production is a genuine delight and Murphy’s charisma so exuberant that I even found myself singing along at one point. Go and see this show right now; you won’t regret it”
THREE-WEEKS
“Silver Scream”
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WATCH A LIVE PERFORMANCE
The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh followed by Sidesplitters, Irvine
(This one is a bit dated but a new stand-up reel will be coming shortly – ie; although this is good, I am way better than that now!)
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Hosting The Devil’s Cut Cabaret
“Edinburgh’s comedy Goddess”
SIDESPLITTERS
I have also appeared regularly on BBC Radio Scotland as a contributor to The Janice Forsyth Culture Studio, The Comedy Cafe, Celtic Connections, MacAuley & Co – and Live At The Stand Comedy Club.
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At The Glasgow Comedy Festival
“Glam, glittery and exudes Glaswegian charm”
SCOTSMAN
Sketch and character comedy appearances include BBC Radio Scotland’s spoof documentary, PeopleWatch, where I co- hosted in character as Lorraine Kelly; BBC2’s Sketch Comedy show, Velvet Soup; and the Hollywood comedy films, The Best Man and Joy Division.
Onstage at The Edinburgh Comedy Collective
“Close your eyes and Lorraine Kelly is in the room”
ONE4REVIEW
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I also guest regularly with a range of my characters on The Edinburgh Comedy Collective at The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh as well as The Speakeasy at The Netherbow Theatre with a range of stories, short plays and comedy monologues.
Onstage at Hungary For Laughter, Budapest
“A veritable comedic jukebox”
THE SKINNY
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