“seamlessly weaves personal anecdotes with complex cultural and political themes”
★★★★ The Skinny
“uncensored, unapologetic and...
wildly refreshing”
★★★★ Broadway Baby
“honest and revealing comedy…
both poignant and funny”
★★★★ ShortCom
With an inimitable delivery, quick wit and engaging persona, this Swedish-Chinese stand-up has garnered fans with her honest and self-referential comedy. Unapologetically, Mok explores topics from intersectionality, cultural differences and living up to transgenerational expectations.
Appearing on British shows Mock the Week (BBC), Hypothetical (DAVE) and starring in IFS (SVT), Överlevarna (SVT) and Kurs i Självutplåning (SVT) in her native Sweden, this multi-award winning comic is certainly living up to Time Out Magazine’s pick as ‘One to Watch’ and “proves herself to have an ambition, originality and wit that augurs well” (The Times).
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TIME OUT’S ONE TO WATCH
Evelyn Mok has established herself as a favourite among audiences in both Sweden and the UK. An alumn of the Pleasance Reserve, Big Value Showcase and Time Out’s One to Watch, she recieved the Pleasance Indie Awards for her 2017 Edinburgh Debut show ‘Hymen Manouvre’. She’s appeared on 'Mock the Week' (BBC), 'Comedy Central Live', Richard Osman's 'Pointless Celebrities' (BBC), Hypothetical (Dave) and co-created and starred in the Broadcast Digital Award nominated Comedy Central’s Eastmode with Nigel Ng, the BBC Audio Drama Awards nominated Radio 4 show ‘Drop the Dead Panda’ and hosted the popular, now retired ‘Rice to Meet you Podcast’.
As an actress she’s been seen in Amazon’s Wheel of Time, Marvel’s Spiderman: Far from Home, Disney’s Extraordinary and most recently DAVE’s ‘We are Not Alone’ for which she was nominated for a Royal Television Society Northwest Award for Best Performance in a Comedy.
NOMINEE: BEST SHOW & FEMALE COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR, SWEDISH STAND-UP GALA 2017
In her native Sweden Mok is a regular fixture on television, showing up in panel shows, comedy series and films. She starred in the award-winning game show IFS - Invandrare för Svenskar, tried to survive in the woods in the Swedish version of Outisders - Överlevarna and struggled to complete tasks as a guest on the Swedish version of Taskmaster - Bäst i Test. She also starred as the demure Maria who finds her inner clown, in the critically acclaimed comedy-drama Kurs i Självutplåning.
A seasoned stand-up, she performs across the country and won Rookie of the Year in 2012 at the Swedish Stand-up gala and was nominated again in 2017 for Female Act of the Year and Show of the year.
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