Katia Kvinge is a Scottish BAFTA New Talent Award Nominated stand up comedian, actor and sketch performer as seen on BBC3, BBC Scotland, MTV and Channel 4 Music. Edinburgh Festival 2011- 2013 saw her complete sell out runs in The Edinburgh Revue Sketch Show and in 2014 she hit Edinburgh with her one woman ‘Karacters’ comedy show. Previously she appeared in the Edinburgh Award Nominated ‘Idiots of Ants’ show at the Pleasance (2009). After graduating with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art, Katia went on to train in Acting and Clown with Philippe Gaulier (Mentor to Sacha Baron Cohen). Katia’s comedy gigs include The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS), The Stand Comedy Club (Edinburgh/Glasgow), Sheffield Student Comedy Festival, The Comedy Café, other various London venues and Atsitsa Comedy in Greece.
She is currently in the Los Angeles Second City conservatory and training at The Groundlings (Advanced), UCB, iO and is in the process of writing her debut solo hour for the Edinburgh Fringe 2015
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“Outstanding” BBC, Fred MacAulay
“Naturally Funny” The Skinny
“Remarkably versatile… impressive” Broadway Baby
“Very funny… very promising… one to watch” Ben Worsfield, NBC Universal
“A beacon of light on the dark world of comedy” Breakneck Comedy
“Great comic timing… brilliant facial expressions”, Fringe Report
“Writing that displays joy and care” Tom Craine, Radio 4
“The wonderfully named Katia Kvinge delivers an impressive set, with off-the-cuff jokes so good they could have been scripted.” Edinburgh Evening News
“Katia Kvinge is a superstar- a natural comic, highly entertaining and fabulously versatile. She is the making of every sketch she’s in.” EdFringe Review
