Paul Kerensa
(Comedian)
Friday, 6th November 2026
7.30pm
Blackburne Hall of Bury Parish Church
Paul Kerensa is one self-confessed nerd whose mastery of his comedy art is first rate. He's managed to put together some pre-recorded split screens for his audience but it's all just a useful gimmick with which to frame his informed stand-up set. Lanky, ginger and born in Cornwall, everything seems to be against Kerensa ever being remotely funny, yet time and again he manages to come up with some cracking one-liners. Proving you don't always have to be edgy to be funny, the brainy comic is as clever as he is amusing.
Winner of the BBC Radio Entertainment Contract Writer Titheridge Prize, Paul writes and script-edits for many comedies for BBC TV, Sky and other channels. He was on the British Comedy Award-winning writing team for Miranda, and has written on each series of Lee Mack's sitcom Not Going Out, among other shows. He won the ITV Take the Mike Award in 2002 and has been described as "Ingenious" by the Evening Standard and "****ing funny" by Ricky Gervais. Paul is also one of the few to perform stand-up at both comedy clubs and churches, in bearpits and pulpits, as well as contributing regular "Pause For Thought" slots on Chris Evans' Radio 2 Breakfast Show.