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Kev Mud (b 1986, Peterborough), is a comedian, writer, reporter and working class activist who lives in Cornwall, UK.His comedy is based around his experiences of homelessness, and addiction, as well as left wing politics, surrealism, and the his life living in a caravan hidden away on an isolated, rural sheep field.
After only three months of taking up comedy as a hobby, he made it to the final of British Comedian Of The Year, at internationally renowned club The Comedy Store, a venue only a few years prior, he had been chased off by the door staff for begging in the queue.[1]
Before 'fleeing' to Cornwall, Mud worked as an undercover reporter for several newspapers, predominantly during the coronavirus pandemic. His most notable piece was working for The Guardian, uncovering fashion retailer boohoo, as using a factory under the name 'Jaswal Fashions' to produce clothing under it's 'Nasty Gal' brand. The factory was recorded using illegal and immoral employment practices where staff were paid only £3.50 an hour, mistreated, forced to live in illegal HMO's, and told they had to work whilst testing positive for COVID.[2] This story, titled by The Times with 'Fashion giant faces ‘slavery’ investigation',[3] took one billion pounds off the share price of boohoo, and as well as making the front page of every major national newspaper, the story forced then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to discuss the issues raised on his live daily briefings, and commit actions to stop this happening again.[4]
In his first year, Mud had made the final of renowned competitions, such as British Comedian Of The Year, Bath New Act, and was shortlisted by the BBC for the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award. In the process he performed the Greenpeace Stage at Glastonbury Festival, and was named as 'One To Watch' by Chortle, whilst building a cult following with not only audiences, but also lists other comics amongst his fans, such as Paul Foot, Phil Nichol, Ed Gamble, Terry Alderton and Kiri Pritchard-McClean.[5]
He made his national TV debut alongside Ian Stone, Mark Steel, Elis James and Sooz Kempner later in his first year, and in 2024 is currently creating a pilot for a Channel 4 Production Company.
His debut show, 'Homeless Sex Biscuit' was the first to sell out at Leicester Comedy Festival, selling the last available ticket in a record three days.
Mud claims to have been homeless in Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry and London. In the latter, he found himself living in the protest camp on Parliament Square, alongside peace campaigner Brian Haw. It was during this time, he was taught how to perform by street performers in Covent Garden.
References[edit]
- ^ Guide, British Comedy (2022-12-02). "Kev Mud: From the streets to the Store". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ Bland, Archie; Kelly, Annie (2020-07-04). "Boohoo booms as Leicester garment factories are linked to lockdown". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ Swinford, Caroline Wheeler, Amardeep Bassey and Vidhathri Matety | Steven (2024-01-06). "Boohoo: fashion giant faces 'slavery' investigation". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "£1bn wiped off value of Boohoo | TheBusinessDesk.com". North West. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Kev Mud - Awards, Quotes & CV". www.kevmud.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.