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Desiree Burch

Comedian, actor
Desiree Burch

Desiree Burch is a comedian, writer, actor, theatre-maker and NY-to-London transplant. She has quickly and firmly established herself as one of the break out comic stars in the UK. Desiree is the host and voice of Netflix’s smash reality hit, ‘Too Hot To Handle‘ and has hosted Live At The Apollo.

Desiree exploded onto the UK comedy scene, winning the 2015 Funny Women Award. Since then, she has appeared on many TV programmes including ‘Live at the Apollo’ (BBC), ‘Have I Got News For You’ (BBC), ‘Qi’ (BBC), ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ (Channel 4) and ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC2).

Desiree recorded her critically acclaimed, debut Edinburgh festival show, ‘This Is Evolution” as a TV special for, ‘Live From The BBC ‘(BBC3) and has recorded a second stand up special for Comedy Central. Her recent Edinburgh hour, ‘Unfuckable’ was a sold out hit at The Edinburgh Fringe and went onto two fantastic, sold out runs at The Soho Theatre. She also travelled to Just For Laughs in Montreal and recorded a set for Kevin Hart’s LOL Network in 2018.

She’s been heard as the voice of Pamela Winchell on #1 international hit podcast ‘Welcome to Night Vale’, as well as ‘The News Quiz’ (BBCR4), The Now Show (BBCR4), ‘It’s Not What You Know’ (BBCR4) and on podcasts such as ‘The Guilty Feminist’, ‘The Adam Buxton Podcast’ and ‘Made of Human’.

Her solo theatre show “Tar Baby” was the winner of a 2015 Scotsman’s Fringe First Award, a 2016 Vault Festival Pick-of-the-Week and was Shortlisted (High-Commendation) for the 2015 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.

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