Peter Kay - Early Career

Peter Kay began a degree course at the University of Liverpool but was unable to cope with the written work and dropped out. Peter Kay attended the University of Salford where he studied for a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Media Performance, which he completed, this involved a stand-up course at which he excelled. His first stand-up was a competition in Manchester hosted by later co-star and co-writer of Phoenix Nights, Dave Spikey. Peter Kay was last on the bill and won the competition, beating fellow stand-up comedian Johnny Vegas.

His earliest appearance was an interview with Granada Television in which he listed the contents of his room, as well as detailing his experience meeting Jimmy Savile. This would later be used in That Peter Kay Thing in the role of Leonard de Tomkinson. Kay's experience working at the Manchester Evening News Arena inspired him to wear the official yellow jacket of the MEN Arena for the final performance of his Mum Wants a Bungalow tour Peter Kay has said that he sought a career in comedy.

After Peter Kay entered and won Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny contest in 1997, his first' semi-professional stand-up appearances were at the 1998 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where Peter Kay received a prestigious Perrier Award nomination.

Peter Kay soon branched into TV comedy with “the Peter Kay thing.” This led to his first comedy series “Phoenix Nights”. Peter Kay showed his comic versatility by playing both the disable nightclub owner Mr Potter and the doorman. These 2 series were awarded a BAFTA for best comedy. Other awards include the prestigious Rose d`Or award at the Montreux Television festival and three awards from the Royal Television Society.

This easy going, honest style explains much of Peter Kay’s enduring popularity as a comedian. He rarely swears on stage and most of his material could be classed as “family material”. Often when performing his mother and aunts are in the audience, so if he is tempted to swear he makes a joke about his mother being in audience so Peter Kay has to be careful. Another appealing feature is that his performances are full of energy and enthusiasm; he seems to really enjoy what he is doing.

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