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.
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).
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| Beena & Amrit BBC Radio Wales | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Welcome Strangers BBC Radio Wales | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Yes Friends Denim Advert | Writer / Perfomer | 2022-01-01 |
| So You Think You're Funny Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Joint Third Place | 2022-01-01 |
| Best of So You Think You're Funny? Edinburgh Fringe | Self | 2023-01-01 |
| Item Girl WIP Aberystwyth Comedy Festival | Self | 2023-01-01 |
| Sophie Duker - Hag Various Venues | Tour Support | 2023-01-01 |
| Olga Koch - Just Friends Various Venues | Tour Support | 2023-01-01 |
| TL;DR pilot BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| The Now Show BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Best Medicine BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Asian Network Comedy: Glasgow 2024 BBC Radio Asian Network | Self | 2024-01-01 |
| Asian Network Comedy: Glasgow 2024 BBC Three | Self | 2024-01-01 |
| Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains Comedy Central | Guest | 2024-01-01 |
| Best Medicine Series 2 Episode 1 and 5 | Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| Sean Lock Award 2024 | Nominee | 2024-01-01 |
| Too Long; Didn't Read BBC | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Dead Ringers BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| Tell Me When You're Bored from Rob Copland Channel 4 Comedy Youtube | Pravanya | 2025-01-01 |
| Too Long; Didn't Read BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| BBC New Comedy Awards BBC | Finalist | 2025-01-01 |
| BBC New Comedy Awards BBC | Finalist | 2025-01-01 |
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