Episode 19: Olga Koch

Doing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.

It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.

Olga Koch is a stand up comedian, writer, actor and semi-professional podcast guest.

Having lived in Russia, Germany, the US and the UK - she speaks confidently and hilariously on current affairs both global and personal. She has trained at the UCB Theatre in New York, The Soho Theatre Young Company and The Free Association Improv program and holds a degree in computer science from New York University, which often inspires her work.

In 2018, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut hour, Fight, which premiered at The Pleasance Courtyard. Directed by Charlie Dinkin and produced by Berk’s Nest, Fight has been described as "a hybrid of a John le Carre novel and an episode of Black Mirror" by Bruce Dessau of The Evening Standard. In 2019, she embarked on a sell out tour of Fight and recorded the show as a Special for BBC Radio 4.

Olga's critically acclaimed second hour, If/Then, was also directed by Charlie Dinkin and produced by Berk’s Nest. She performed it at Monkey Barrel in Edinburgh and is touring it around the country in 2020.

Olga has also appeared on Mock The Week, The Now Show, The Blame Game, BBC Arts Hour, Pls Like and King Gary.