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Sam Nicoresti is a multi-award-winning comedian from Birmingham known for her shows about body horror, cosmic dread, fever dreams, frogs, and skirt suits.
She uses she/they pronouns, which means sometimes she ‘theys’ and sometimes they ‘she’. This is confusing for both the media and their parents, but that’s neither her nor their.
Sam broke into standup after winning Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year in 2021.
Since then she has released her highly-acclaimed debut art-comedy special Wokeflake,
and was nominated for Best Compere at the Chortle Awards 2024.
Her second show Baby Doomer was nominated for Best Show
at Leicester Comedy Festival 2025 before going on to win the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at that year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Sam started making shows as part of the northern alternative scene alongside double-act partner Tom Burgess as Sam & Tom,
and has been a prominent member of collectives The Glang Show and Weirdos,
as well as being involved in the panel-prize winning Iraq: Out & Loud project.
Behind the public persona lies a private citizen who likes cats, music, and having a quiet drink in the corner of the pub on a Wednesday night.
‘One of the sharpest, funniest, most exciting hours of comedy’
★★★★★
The Telegraph
'Nicoresti is an incredible comedian.’
★★★★★
The List
‘An ebullient hour with a sky-high joke count.’
★★★★
The Guardian
'This is a self-aware, artfully snarky stand-up'
★★★★
The Times
'Sharp, fresh, and surprisingly vast.'
★★★★★
Binge Fringe
'Immaculate comic timing’
★★★★
Evening Standard
‘A highly distinctive act.’
★★★★
The Scotsman
‘One of the definitive documents of the trans experience in stand-up’
Chortle
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