Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Pritchard-McLean

  • 37 years old
  • Welsh
  • Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and director

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BBC Wales orders topical panel show and stand-up showcase

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is to present BBC One Wales panel show pilot What Just Happened? and stand-up series Live From Barry Island.

British Comedy Guide, 4th March 2022

Russell Howard to headline Latitude

Russell Howard is to headline the Comedy Arena at this year's Latitude festival.

Chortle, 1st March 2022

Comedians join the line-up of Laugharne Weekend

The line-up this year includes Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jen Brister, Nick Revell, Mark Thomas and Fast Show star-turned-author Charlie Higson.

Robin Ince will reprise his 2021 Linda Smith lecture, which involved talking and smashing a watermelon. The Linda Smith Lecture was established in 2015 as an annual event to celebrate the much missed comedian's life and work and to reflect on the comedy business.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th February 2022

First names announced for Wells Comedy Festival

The first batch of shows announced includes Harry Hill, Phil Wang, Al Murray The Pub Landlord, Shaparak Khorsandi, Isy Suttie, Mark Watson, Mike Wozniak, Lou Sanders, Stuart Goldsmith, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Esther Manito and Jessica Fostekew.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th February 2022

Kiri Pritchard-McLean's GISDA Giggles 2 to take place in Bangor

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is organising a comedy night to support three LGBTQ+ youth clubs in Gwynedd.

Twm Owen, The National (Wales), 29th December 2021

BBC Audio Awards 2022 nominees

Bridget Christie: Mortal, God Squad, The Musical Life Of..., Olga Koch: OK Computer and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen? are amongst the nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2021

Nish Kumar and Rosie Jones sign up for Machynlleth Comedy Festival

Other comedians attending include Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Stephen Bailey, Angela Barnes, John Osborne, Leila Navabi, Jonny Pelham, Catherine Bohart, Rob Auton, Stuart Goldsmith and Chloe Petts, with more names to follow.

Josh Price, Powys County Times, 18th December 2021

New organisation launched to tackle sexual harassment in live comedy

Get Off! was set up by Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan in order to create safer workplaces within little-regulated industry.

Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 19th November 2021

Tour for Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Pritchard McLean is going on tour with a new show, Home Truths on 2022.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th November 2021

Comics help tackle sexual harassment on the circuit

Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Russell Howard and more are to take part in two major fundraising gigs to tackle sexual harassment within the live comedy industry. They will be performing benefits for Get Off! Live Comedy, a body set up last year by a group of comedians to offer an independent human resources body for the stand-up circuit.

Chortle, 3rd November 2021

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