After Dinner SpeakersAdam Kay is a BAFTA-winning author, TV writer, comedian and former junior doctor.
His first book, This is Going to Hurt, spent over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list. The book was translated into 37 languages, won numerous awards, and sold over three million copies.
He is also one of the country’s bestselling children’s authors, with titles including Kay’s Anatomy, the fastest-selling kids’ nonfiction book of the decade.
Adam’s numerous accolades for TV writing include a BAFTA, a Writers Guild award, and a Broadcast award for his BBC/AMC adaptation of This is Going to Hurt.
Adam Kay has sold out several West End seasons and UK tours as a live performer.
His tour of This is Going to Hurt was attended by over 250,000 people.
He has innumerable TV credits, and his unique stories from the wards have made him one of the UK’s most in-demand comedians and performers for corporate and private events.
His show, Undoctored, was the biggest-selling show of the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe. As a result, this was followed by a sell-out West End season. It will be touring throughout 2024.
Adam Kay is a proud patron of the Laura Hyde Foundation, Doctors in Distress and The Lullaby Trust.
