Raul Kohli

‘Funny, Moving & Powerful… Nailed it more than anyone has nailed anything in the history of nailing things’ – Mike Reiss (Writer/Producer – The Simpsons

Raul Kohli has fast become one of the most captivating acts in UK comedy. Growing up Indian’s in the far north of England (Newcastle Upon Tyne) he’s blessed with a Worldview that upends ethnicity, culture and class. Combining ‘Superb political comedy’ (The Scotsman) with surreal storytelling, Raul Kohli is a recognized name in Comedy. His debut show was one of BBC Radio 4, The Huffington Post & the Skinny’s top picks of the Edinburgh Fringe 2016, his 2019 show was nominated for best show at the Leicester Comedy Festival, while his most recent was listed as one of Distractify’s Best Shows of the 2023  Edinburgh Fringe. As well as several radio & TV appearances, Raul released his own comedy podcast about Hinduism on BBC Sounds’ (Comic Sanskrit 2019) rated 5* by The Guardian & is currently the host of BBC Newcastle offical NUFC podcast: Just Put It In The Net. Raul is an award-winning comedian (NATYS 2017) and appears regularly at some of the biggest comedy clubs around the World (The Stand Edinburgh, Frog & Bucket Manchester, Comedyhuis Netherlands). Raul also has a short yet ceremonious career in writing & acting, having wrote & starred in numerous RTS Award Nominated short films, he’s also appeared in the sitcom : The VAR room (2021), starred in two Channel 4 shorts: Jokes Only An Indian Can Tell (>1m views on fb) & Jokes Written By AI, wrote & done voiceover work on Mike Reiss’ (Writer/Producer – The Simpsons) podcast: What Am I Doing Here & for Lego. He acted as the lead in a short feature film: White Privilege (Cabin Productions, scheduled for release: 2024), He has recently appeared in the NUFC Amazon Prime documentary: We Are Newcastle, has recently began work on BBC Radio Newcastle doing weekday evening shows as well as hosting the BBC Total Sport NUFC podcast & presented ‘Passion & Football in the North East’ for Channel 4 for the pre-match coverage between England & Bosnia.

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