Katie Norris

Katie Norris is a stand-up comedian, actress and singer. In 2023, she won the Musical Comedy Awards and was a semi-finalist at the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023.

As an actor, Katie is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4, having appeared on The Now Show, DMs are Open and Newsjack. Her TV credits include Doctors (BBC One), an unannounced Channel 4 pilot, and her theatre credits include; The Demolitian Man (Bolton Octagon), Doctor Faustus (The Royal Exchange), Rookery Nook (Theatre by the Lake), The Comedy of Errors (Theatre by the Lake), Dracula (Theatre by the Lake), Richard III (Godot’s Watch, Rosemary Branch Theatre), and The Poda Poda Collective (Hull Truck Theatre).

As part of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris & Parker, their show See You at the Gallows was one of the best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016 and was featured in The Guardian’s top 10 best comedy shows of the year, and their 2018 show Burn the Witch sold out in Edinburgh and London and was a top pick in The Guardian, The Evening Standard and The Independent. The pair returned to the Fringe in 2022 with their show Sirens, which transferred to the Soho Theatre in January 2023.

Her first solo hour, Farm Fatale, will debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2024.

“Her comic timing is as exquisite as her voice” – Chortle

“Fine, funny writing and skilful comic performance” – The Guardian