Sooz Kempner
Suzanna Kempner | |
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Born | 1 February 1985 |
Medium | Stand-up |
Education | Royal Academy of Music |
Years active | 2009–present |
Website | soozkempner |
Suzanna Maria Kempner (born 1 February 1985), also known as Sooz Kempner, is an English actress, singer and stand-up comedian who studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
Biography[]
Kempner attended Oakwood School, Horley.[1] Her first stand-up gig was in 2009 at The Cavendish Arms.[2] On 27 February 2010 Kempner made it through to the semi-finals of the UK Musical Comedy Awards. She was named Best Newcomer in the competition and performed at the final on 26 March.[3] In March, she recorded the demo album for a new musical by Theresa Howard and Steve Edis, I Capture the Castle.
On 24 September 2012, Kempner won the Variety Award at the Funny Women Awards at the Leicester Square Theatre.[4] From February to March 2013, Kempner appeared as Katisha in the Pulling Focus production of The Mikado at The Tabard Theatre in West London.[5] Kempner's full Edinburgh Festival debut was at the 2014 fringe with the stand-up hour "Defying Gravity".[6] In a review for Chortle, Graeme Connelly observed that "There was a lot of singing from [Kempner], but it was very much second fiddle to her manic and frantic stand-up, a brilliantly light-hearted way of forming interludes between distinct segments".[7]
In 2018, Kempner performed her sixth solo show, "Super Sonic 90s Kid", at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2018, she performed in Doodle at the , at the Stockwell Playhouse and as David Cameron in a new musical about Brexit by Richard Thomas and Jonny Woo. Kempner hosts the podcast Mystery on the Rocks, which began in 2019, with Chris Stokes and Masud Milas.[8][9]
References[]
- ^ Kempner, Sooz (16 February 2015). "Letter To My Hometown: To Horley, With… Reservations". Standard Issue. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Sooz Kempner - First Gig, Worst Gig". British Comedy Guide. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Avin a Larf". Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- ^ "Magazine | Funny Women". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
- ^ Vale, Paul (25 February 2013). "Reviews / The Mikado". TheStage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Edinburgh 2014: Defying Gravity". SoozKempner.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Connelly, Graeme. "Sooz Kempner: Defying Gravity : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "'I almost wet myself laughing': 50 funny podcasts to make you feel much better". the Guardian. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Bennett, Steve (30 March 2019). "Comedy meets true crime podcast... in an old saloon". Chortle. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
External links[]
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
- English women singers
- English musical theatre actresses
- English stand-up comedians