Career
Television writing credits include Mongrels and Crims, and as a performer he is best known as frontman of musical comedy act Amateur Transplants. Medicine Kay trained as a doctor, where he started performing in medical school shows in 1998. Whilst at medical school, he founded the musical comedy group Amateur Transplants and wrote on the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 series 28 Minutes to Save the National Health Service, presented by Philosophy Hammond.
Kay worked for a number of years as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, writing textbooks on the subject, before leaving medicine for a career in writing.
He continues to write humorous medical features for Cosmopolitan. Performing Kay has sold out six years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and also had sell-out nationwide United Kingdom tours.
He performs regularly in comedy clubs as well as music festivals including Latitude, and academic events such as Cheltenham Literature Festival. Private events Kay has performed include Prince Harry"s 30th birthday party.
He performs songs on the topical British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 series The Now Show.
Kay is openly gay, and was voted in Pink News" top 50 most influential LGBT Twitter users. He lives in Chiswick, London, with his partner.
