Pravanya Pillay
Pravanya Pillay is a stand up comedian and writer. She delivers anecdotal comedy with surreal observations.
Pravanya was featured on BBC Three’s ‘Asian Network Comedy’, Comedy Central’s ‘Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains’ and is a 2023 Chortle Award Best Newcomer Nominee.
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Pravanya Pillay is a stand up comedian and writer. She delivers anecdotal comedy with surreal observations.
Pravanya was featured on BBC Three’s Asian Network Comedy, Comedy Central’s Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains and is a 2023 Chortle Award 'Best Newcomer Nominee'. She has supported Olga Koch and Sophie Duker on tour.
As a writer, she has written for BBC Radio 4 (The Now Show, Best Medicine and TL;DR) as well as BBC Radio Wales (Beena & Amrit and Welcome Strangers).
Theatre and Live Performance
| Best of So You Think You're Funny? Self | Best of So You Think You're Funny? - Self | Edinburgh Fringe | 2023 |
| Item Girl WIP Self | Item Girl WIP - Self | Aberystwyth Comedy Festival | 2023 |
| Sophie Duker - Hag Tour Support | Sophie Duker - Hag - Tour Support | Various Venues | 2023 |
| Olga Koch - Just Friends Tour Support | Olga Koch - Just Friends - Tour Support | Various Venues | 2023 |
Radio
| Asian Network Comedy: Glasgow 2024 Self | Asian Network Comedy: Glasgow 2024 - Self | BBC Radio Asian Network | 2024 |
| Dead Ringers Writer | Dead Ringers - Writer | BBC Radio 4 | 2024 |
| TL;DR pilot Writer | TL;DR pilot - Writer | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 |
| The Now Show Writer | The Now Show - Writer | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 |
| Best Medicine Writer | Best Medicine - Writer | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 |
| Beena & Amrit Writer | Beena & Amrit - Writer | BBC Radio Wales | 2022 |
| Welcome Strangers Writer | Welcome Strangers - Writer | BBC Radio Wales | 2022 |
Awards
| Sean Lock Award 2024 Nominee | Sean Lock Award 2024 - Nominee | 2024 | |
| So You Think You're Funny Joint Third Place | So You Think You're Funny - Joint Third Place | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2022 |
Podcast and Online Content
| Best Medicine Series 2 Writer | Best Medicine Series 2 - Writer | Episode 1 and 5 | 2024 |
| Too Long; Didn't Read Writer | Too Long; Didn't Read - Writer | BBC | 2023 |
| Yes Friends Denim Advert Writer / Perfomer | Yes Friends Denim Advert - Writer / Perfomer | 2022 |