Yasser Kayani

Writing and Producing Comedy

2022

yasser kayani

Productions at NFTS include:

 

Yasser works widely as a professional stand-up, sketch comedian, impressionist, actor and comedy writer; his style of comedy is highly surreal, absurdist and anarchic. He is represented by Eaglestone Management. He has been studying on the National Film and Television School (NFTS) Writing & Producing Comedy Diploma which is sponsored by Channel Four and taught by legendary producer and writer Bill Dare since early 2020, and he is graduating early in 2022 for an MA in Screenwriting from the University of London. His work with the NFTS involved producing a full radio pilot project - The Afterlife of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - which utilised some of the finest impressionist talent in the country to recreate some of the best known British comedians of the 20th century including Morecambe & Wise and Tony Hancock. Yasser currently writes comedy sketches, monologues, songs and one liners for and performs in three sketch comedy groups: Chaos Theory, Monkey Wedding and The Melon Collective. He also writes as a staff writer for 'The Treason TV Show' - Brighton's long running topical satirical comedy show, now in it's record breaking 20th year. The Treason Show was recently nominated for 'Best Sketch Show' in the UK Comedy Awards 2020. And Yasser has recently joined the writing team of BBC Scotland's topical comedy TV show 'Breaking The News.' Yasser is also a prolific TV and film screenwriter and playwright, science fiction and fantasy novelist, short story writer, asemic and psychogeographical poet, artist, musician and calligrapher. He is a keen Bollywood dancer and is also a qualified electronic engineer and imam.