British-born Chinese comedian Ken Cheng has been snagging laughs and rave reviews with his unique brand of dry, analytical, story-based humor for over a decade. Finalist in the 2015 BBC New Comedy Awards and nominee for Amused Moose’s 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Best Show, Cheng is one of Comedy Central Online’s Ones to Watch, BBC’s 2017 Hot New Talents, The Guardian’s 2018 Pick of The Fringe, and the winner of the coveted 2017 Dave Joke of The Fringe. His past performances have included a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival.

Along with his comedy career, Ken is a professional poker player and had pursued the game full-time before being inspired to enter the comedy world after watching Chris Addison perform. He’s received viral attention for some of his jokes and sketches, including his fictional persona Mark Liu, and a 2017 Twitter thread insulting the flag of every country in the world. Cheng directed the 2015 Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show, which held events in multiple continents, and wrote and starred in his Chinese Comedian series, nominated for Radio 4’s Pick of The Year. Outside of standup, Ken has appeared in several shows and shorts, including The Now Show, Dave’s Advent Calendar, Celebrity Eggheads, A Good Read, and Russell Kane’s Evil/Genius Podcast. He also presented the BBC Radio documentary, Game Over, Humans. Fans can look forward to attending upcoming live comedy dates after enjoying his latest role as the host of E4’s The Hangover Games.

Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:

Introduction

• Cheng’s Brand of comedy and finding your niche

• How to become a comedian and writing jokes

• Fame, or lack thereof, and its pitfalls

• Networking horror stories

• Comments on Poker’s latest cheating scandal

• Cheng’s poker career

• Social deduction games

• Making positive social impact with comedy

• How Poker prepared Cheng for comedy

• Love and dating – it’s complicated

I hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Ken Cheng is winning the game of life!

Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!

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