Reuben Kaye
Who Reuben Kaye is
Reuben Kaye is an award-winning Australian comedian, singer and writer whose shows mix fast, politically sharp stand-up with cabaret songs, a live band and costume changes. His hour Live and Intimidating earned a Best Comedy Show nomination at the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and his show Apocalipstik won the ICON award at the 2024 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
His 2026 show Hard to Swallow was the joint winner of Best of the Fest at the 2026 Sydney Comedy Festival, a nominee for Most Outstanding Show at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards and short-listed for Best Show at the 2026 ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He has appeared on Spicks and Specks and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas on ABC, Celebrity Letters and Numbers on SBS and The Apprentice: You're Fired on the BBC, and hosts the podcast Come to Daddy.
At a glance
- Podcasts
- Come to Daddy
- On screen
- Spicks and Specks, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas, Celebrity Letters and Numbers and 2 more
- Official site
- reubenkaye.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: reubenkaye.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- Spicks and Specks guest, ABC
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas ABC
- Celebrity Letters and Numbers guest, SBS
- The Apprentice: You're Fired guest, BBC
- Kids React to Drag Channel 4
Podcasts
- Come to Daddy host
Comedians like Reuben Kaye
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Dilruk Jayasinha also in Spicks and Specks
- Des Bishop also in Spicks and Specks
- Eddie Ifft also in Spicks and Specks
- Felicity Ward also in Spicks and Specks
- Jenny Tian also in Celebrity Letters and Numbers
Questions and answers
Where is Reuben Kaye performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: reubenkaye.com ↗.
What podcast do they host?
Come to Daddy.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Spicks and Specks, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas, Celebrity Letters and Numbers, The Apprentice: You're Fired and Kids React to Drag.
Who are some comedians like them?
Dilruk Jayasinha (also in Spicks and Specks), Des Bishop (also in Spicks and Specks), Eddie Ifft (also in Spicks and Specks), Felicity Ward (also in Spicks and Specks) and Jenny Tian (also in Celebrity Letters and Numbers).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Official site, About ↗ Bio: a multi-award winning Australian comedian, singer and writer; guest appearances on Spicks and Specks (ABC), the Melbourne International Comedy Fest…
- Tour Dates · reubenkaye.com ↗ Hard to Swallow at the Edinburgh Fringe, Assembly George Square Gardens, 6 to 29 August, 8:00pm; The Kaye Hole at Underbelly Bristo Square; Hard to Swallow…
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards — 2024 ↗ Best Comedy Show nominees 2024 include Reuben Kaye, Live and Intimidating (the winner was Amy Gledhill) (as of 6 October 2026)
- The (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards — winners and lists ↗ 2026: Reuben Kaye: Hard to Swallow, Assembly George Square Gardens 20:00, on the short-list and the long-list for the Romesh Ranganathan Award for Best Show…
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival — Awards ↗ 2026 Most Outstanding Show nominees include Reuben Kaye, Hard To Swallow (the winner was Celia Pacquola) (as of 6 October 2026)
- Sydney Comedy Festival — Awards ↗ 2026 Best Of The Fest: joint winners Reuben Kaye and Frankie McNair (as of 6 October 2026)
- Sydney Opera House — Just For Laughs 2026 ↗ Just For Laughs Sydney, the 14th edition, 9 to 22 November 2026; Reuben Kaye's Big Gay Show, 10 November 2026 (as of 6 October 2026)
- Chortle — Hard To Swallow, Melbourne International Comedy Festival review ↗ Review by Steve Bennett, 19 April 2026, four stars: a political cabaret show that mixes stand-up and satire with cabaret numbers, costume changes and a…
- Soho Theatre — Hard to Swallow ↗ Comedy cabaret, Soho Theatre Walthamstow, 10 September 2026; awards listed: Sydney Comedy Festival 2026 Best of the Fest winner, Melbourne Comedy Festival…
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026