Olga Koch Explained

Olga Koch
Birth Name:Olga Alfredovna Kokh
Birth Date:1992 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Occupation:Stand-up comedian
Nationality:Russian, British
Education:TASIS England
Alma Mater:New York University
Years Active:2016–present
Notable Works:BBC Radio 4’s Olga Koch: Fight, Just Friends, If/Then, Homecoming
Awards:WGGB Writers' Guild Awards for Best Radio Comedy Show

Olga Alfredovna Koch (; born 1 September 1992)[1] is a Russian-British stand-up comedian, writer, and actress.

Education and early life

Koch was born 1 September 1992 in Saint Petersburg,[2] the daughter of Alfred Koch, head of the State Committee for State Property Management of the Russian Federation from 1996 to 1997.[3]

When she was 13, her family moved to the UK, settling in Surrey, where she was educated at The American School in England. She studied computer science at New York University. While in New York she also trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.[4]

Career

Koch's first show, entitled Me, Me, Me, was in 2016. This was followed by Data Night and Good Vibes in 2017.[5] In 2018 she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut hour, Fight. She was named Quantum Leopard Champion of Champions for 2018, jointly with Zoë Tomalin.[6]

Koch regularly appears in line-ups for charity shows, most notably hosting Canned Laughter's Karaoke Roulette.[7]

She has appeared on The Now Show, Mock the Week, Pls Like, Richard Osman's House of Games, Pointless Celebrities, 7 Days, and QI, and written for Newsjack and BBC Three's A Quickie in the Office.[8] [9]

In 2020 Koch hosted a web series for Dave, Bad Advice with Olga Koch.[10] [11] [12]

In November 2020 a recording of her show If/Then was and released as a vinyl record by Monkey Barrel Records.[13]

In 2021, Koch and Hussein Kesvani presented Human Error, a weekly comedy-technology podcast for BBC Sounds.[14]

In July 2021, Olga Koch: OK Computer (a pun on Radiohead album title OK Computer) debuted on BBC Radio 4,[15] and renewed in 2023.[16]

In 2022, her BBC Radio 4 show Olga Koch: Fight won the Best Radio Comedy category at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britains WGGB Writers' Guild Awards.[17]

In March 2022 she was working on a show called Just Friends (work-in-progress),[18] and touring the work by 21 October 2022.[19] [20] [21] [22] On 2023-12-16, her show Just Friends, filmed at Soho Theatre Dean Street,[23] was released on the 800 Pound Gorilla Media free YouTube channel.[24]

In May 2022, her show Homecoming was released on Amazon Prime as part of Soho Theatre Live.[25]

In September 2022, Koch and Geoff Norcott began presenting a podcast for Late Night Mash.[26]

In 2022, Koch appeared in the third series of Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable,[27] filming took place in July 2022.

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail ("how I went to Japan with a stranger I met at a wedding"[28]) was a work-in-progress for Edinburgh Fringe 2023.[29] [30]

In September 2023, it was announced she would be part of the next Live at the Apollo TV series,[31] with Lara Ricote, Celya AB, Rachel Fairburn, Emmanuel Sonubi, Glenn Moore, Ria Lina and Lou Sanders among others.

On 23 February 2024, Koch was a guest on the British podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, No Such Thing As A Noice Computer.[32] [33] [34]

In January 2024, Koch was touringOlga Koch: Prawn Cocktail ("how I went to Japan with a stranger I met at a wedding") in Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, as a produced show, while also touring Olga Koch Comes From Money, as a work-in-progress.[35]

Olga currently co-hosts comedy podcast Glue Factory alongside fellow comedians Milo Edwards, Pierre Novellie and Riley Quinn.

Personal life

Out of fear of persecution by the Russian authorities,[36] [37] Koch's parents fled to Germany in June 2014.[38], they live on Lake Chiemsee in Rosenheim, Bavaria.[39] [40] Koch lives in Angel, London, and is bisexual.[41]

Notes and References

  1. rocknrolga. Olga Koch. 1034813746584145920. OH MY GOD IT'S ALSO MY BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY . 29 August 2018.
  2. News: Comedian Olga Koch says she feels like she's speaking for all Russians when she goes onstage. standard.co.uk. Evening Standard. 2018-08-16. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Olga Koch review – from Russia with love and oligarchs. Brian. Logan. 27 August 2018. The Guardian. theguardian.com.
  4. Web site: Olga Koch, comedian tour dates. Powder Blue Internet Business Solutions. chortle.co.uk.
  5. Web site: Comedian Olga Koch says she feels like she's speaking for all Russians when she goes onstage. Dessau. Bruce. 6 June 2018. standard.co.uk. Evening Standard.
  6. Web site: 1 January 2020 . Quantum Leopard Comedy [post] ]. registration . 5 October 2022 . Facebook.
  7. Web site: First Gig, Worst Gig - Olga Koch. Hawkins. Si. 25 October 2019 . British Comedy Guide. 28 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Olga Koch. British Comedy Guide.
  9. MockTheWeek. 1134008734324314113. Show Day! Joining Dara and Hugh this week are @TheNewsAtGlenn @AngelaBarnes @tomallencomedy @EdGambleComedy and first timer @rocknrolga tune in to #BBC2 at 10pm. 30 May 2019. Mock The Week.
  10. Web site: Bad Advice with Olga Koch . Monica Heisey Roasts Disney Adults . youtube . Dave . 28 May 2023 . en . February 12, 2022.
  11. News: Bad Advice With Olga Koch - Chat Show . 28 May 2023 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  12. Web site: Dave . Bad Advice with Olga Koch . facebook.com . 28 May 2023 . en.
  13. Web site: Monkey Barrel Records. 2021-05-07. Crowdfunder UK. en.
  14. Web site: Human Error - Downloads . BBC Sounds . BBC . 28 May 2023.
  15. Web site: OK Computer. Olga. Koch . bbc.co.uk . BBC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220502094332/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xmls . 2 May 2022 . 8 July 2021.
  16. Web site: Olga Koch: OK Computer, Series 2, 1. Fun . BBC Radio 4 . BBC . 28 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230523231442/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m4sf . 23 May 2023 . 22 May 2023.
  17. Web site: 2022-02-14. Writers' Guild Awards winners. 2022-02-15. Writers' Guild of Great Britain. en-GB.
  18. Web site: Olga Koch: Just Friends (WIP) - performances . Pleasance Theatre Trust . https://web.archive.org/web/20220215133612/https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/olga-koch-just-friends-wip/performances . 15 February 2022 . 2022-02-15 .
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20220614070048/https://whatsonreading.com/venues/south-street/whats-on/olga-koch-just-friends<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=May 2024}}
  20. Web site: Hilarious Heartbreaker Olga Koch Will Leave You Desperate To Be ‘Just Friends’ – 800 Pound Gorilla . 2024-05-15 . 800poundgorillamedia.com.
  21. Web site: Crae . Ross . 2022-08-18 . Edinburgh Fringe review: Olga Koch, Just Friends . 2024-05-15 . The Sunday Post . en-US.
  22. Olga Koch: Just Friends at South Street, 21 October 2022 . en . 2024-05-15 . www.youtube.com.
  23. Web site: Olga Koch: Just Friends . 2024-05-15 . Soho Theatre . en-GB.
  24. Web site: Olga Koch . Just Friends . . 800 Pound Gorilla Media . 2024-02-28 . en . 2023-12-16.
  25. Web site: Release date set for Soho Theatre Live season three . 2022-04-06 . instagram.com.
  26. Web site: Late Night Mash podcast with Geoff Norcott and Olga Koch launches . September 1, 2022. UKTV Corporate Site . 28 May 2023 . en.
  27. Web site: Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable . Why Olga Koch's Finger Nails Smell Of . youtube . Dave . 28 May 2023 . en . 2022-11-08 .
  28. News: Logan . Brian . 2023-08-11 . Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail review – a comic in full control of her material . 2024-02-28 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  29. Web site: Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . chortle.co.uk . 28 May 2023 . en.
  30. Web site: Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail . Edinburgh Festival Fringe . 28 May 2023 . Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair St . en . Jul 31; Aug 1-27.
  31. Web site: 2023-09-19 . Comedians Confirmed For Next Series of Live at the Apollo . 2023-09-26 . Beyond The Joke . en.
  32. https://www.podchaser.com/creators/olga-koch-107a9AyYdV/appearances
  33. Web site: BBC Sounds - No Such Thing As A Fish - Available Episodes . 2024-02-28 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
  34. Web site: No Such Thing As A Fish - No Such Thing As A Noice Computer - BBC Sounds . 2024-02-28 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
  35. Web site: 2024-01-07 . Stand Up Comedian UK Olga Koch . 2024-05-15 . web.archive.org.
  36. Web site: Olga Koch: Fight . BBC Radio 4 . BBC . 28 May 2023 . 2019-10-26.
  37. Web site: Olga Koch: Fight - Radio 4 Stand-Up . British Comedy Guide . 28 May 2023 . en.
  38. News: Ukraine: Russland jagt die Intellektuellen aus dem Land - DER SPIEGEL - Politik. Benjamin Bidder, DER. SPIEGEL. Der Spiegel. 8 September 2014 .
  39. News: Trotzdem kämpfen sie weiter: Nach dem Mord an Boris Nemzow geht in russischen Oppositionskreisen die Angst um. Alle fragen sich: Wer ist der Nächste? . Nevertheless, they continue to fight: After the murder of Boris Nemtsov, there is fear in Russian opposition circles. Everyone is asking: who is next? . de . . 4 March 2015 . 26 August 2021 . 8 March 2015 . https://archive.today/20150308235847/http://www.suedkurier.de/nachrichten/politik/themensk/Trotzdem-kaempfen-sie-weiter;art1015367,7673348 . live .
  40. News: Плата за красивую жизнь: Альфред Кох объявлен в федеральный розыск . Paying for a beautiful life: Alfred Koch put on the federal wanted list . ru . «Ве́сти» (vesti.ru) . 23 November 2015 . 26 August 2021.
  41. Olga Koch On Bisexuality Live at The Moth Club Dave . en . 2024-05-15 . www.youtube.com.

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