Spring Day (comedian)

Spring Day is an American comedian, writer and actress currently working in the UK.[1] She was voted Brooklyn's Best Comedian in 2016.[1]

Spring Day
Born
Kansas City, Missouri
Occupation(s)Comedian, writer and actress
Years active2002–present
Websitehttp://springdaycomedy.com/

Early life

Day was born and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri,[2] in a house containing 20 dogs, five rats, three cats, two birds and a ferret.[3] From the age of 13, Day knew she wanted to live in Japan and would later study there as an exchange student.[3]

Career

After being fired on her first day from a teaching job in central Japan, Day moved to Tokyo and took up comedy after seeing an advert in an English language magazine.[3]

Day learned her craft in the Japanese comedy scene, headlining at the Tokyo Comedy Store from 2002.[4] In 2004 she opened for Japanese comedian Zenjiro at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.[4] She has gone on to gig around the world, including clubs in London, Manchester, Dublin, Los Angeles, New York and Paris.[5]

Beginning in 2010, she has written, directed and performed five solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.[5]

She has appeared in the 2014 book The Humour Code and the 2017 book Joker Face alongside Jimmy Carr, Sara Pascoe, Russell Howard and Katherine Ryan.[5] She was also featured in the 2008 documentary The Tokyo Comedy Store.[4]

In 2020, Day performed alongside fellow Americans Hopwood Depree and Will Franken in a Yank in the UK stand-up gig at the Leicester Comedy Festival.[2] She had intended to take her show Spring Day: Dark Comedy for Nice People to the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe until its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][6]

In 2020 Day also appeared on the You'll Do podcast with Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart alongside Tim Renkow.[7][8]

In February 2023, Day appeared in episode 7 of series 17 of Live at the Apollo (TV series) on BBC One.

Personal life

Day has mild cerebral palsy.[5] She is married to fellow comedian Tim Renkow.[7][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Comedians - Spring Day". www.thefunnyside.info. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Spring Day: A Yank in the UK!". www.theamerican.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  3. ^ a b c ""I Got Fired On My First Day" - Comedian Spring Day on Life In Japan With Cerebral Palsy". Access Magazine. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  4. ^ a b c "Spring Day". Laugh Out Loud Comedy Clubs. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  5. ^ a b c d "spring day comedy". spring day comedy. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. ^ "Edinburgh Fringe and Festival cancelled". The Independent. 2020-04-01. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  7. ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - You'll Do - Downloads". BBC. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  8. ^ "How two comedians with cerebral palsy fell in love". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  9. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (2019-03-25). "Jerk star Tim Renkow: 'I'm a disabled redneck Mexican Jew – I can make fun of anyone'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  10. ^ "Tim Renkow - Got married yesterday!! Photo by @stevebestpics". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.