In the years since they began performing in 1998, Adam Kay and Amateur Transplants have developed a fan base the size of which most comedians would happily sell their kidneys for. With sell-out tours and Edinburgh Festival seasons (they also sold out the O2 Indigo Arena in 2010), their cutting-edge, darkly humorous re-imaginings of modern day pop and rock classics have gained them a cult following across the UK.

Their London Underground Song has been in the iTunes comedy top ten continuously since 2008 and has become an internet phenomenon with over 7 million hits.

 

Amateur Transplants started performing in 1998, having met at medical school, quickly becoming well-known amongst the medical community. Matters got out of hand in 2005 when their song "London Underground" - a sweary tirade about the state of the tube became an Internet phenomenon, being downloaded over 7 million times. (See YouTube clip below but be warned - strong language!)

Abandoning medical in-jokes for songs with wider appeal, they took their first show up to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005, achieving a sell-out run. They have since sold out Edinburgh runs in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Since 2008 they have had a monthly residency at The Bedford in Balham, which has sold out every performance, and completed their first national tour in 2010, selling out across all 14 dates including London's Indigo2 venue within the O2 complex.

They have recorded two studio albums, "Fitness to Practice" and "Unfit to Practise" and a live album, "In Theatre". They offset some of their bad karma caused by all the swearing by donating a proportion of album sales to Macmillan Cancer Support. They are proud to have donated in excess of £30,000. They have consistently held Top Ten positions in both the iTunes Comedy singles and albums charts since 2008, and have multiple YouTube videos with in excess of a million views. Their 2010 Christmas Album went straight into the iTunes Comedy charts, knocking Tim Minchin off top place.

 

Adam has comedy writing credits including for BBC2, BBC3 and BBC Radio 4, has spoken at the Cambridge Union and the Times Cheltenham Literary Festival, and his first book "How to be a bogus doctor" is due for publication Christmas 2011.

 

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