Rising stars

Rising Stars: Rajiv Karia


18 07 2023

Rajiv Karia, an award-winning British comedian, writer, actor and producer, supported Olga Koch on tour and was shortlisted for BBC New Comedian of the Year in 2019.

Following sell out shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2021, Karia can be seen performing at the Dulwich Comedy Experience with Ed Gamble on July 28. As a previous winner of the prestigious BBC Contract Writer Bursary, he's written material for TV and radio shows including The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers, and his sitcom pilot Zoners was shortlisted for the Amazon Writerslam in 2019. Rajiv’s acting credits include Amazon Prime's film Grave New World, CBBC's Malory Towers and BBC Three's series, Lazy Susan.

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