Six Comedians Who Are Reviving Sketch Comedy OnlineSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemap Posted on 14 May 2021 Six Comedians Who Are Reviving Sketch Comedy OnlineMeet the people who are leading the sketch comedy renaissance. by Tochi ImoBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink @hemah_k / @vctrknda Historically, one of the most distinctive elements of UK television was the plethora of sketch comedies it produced. Comprising various short scenes and story arcs, this sub-genre produced some of the most well-known actors and personalities known in British film and television today. From The Lenny Henry Show, The Real McCoy, and French & Saunders, to Goodness Gracious Me and Little Miss Jocelyn, these programmes explored the livelihoods of everyday people, displaying the varying, relatable parts of our lives that we often forget others could share. In 2021, it’s fair to say this type of comedy is significantly less prevalent on our small screens – however, this is not because sketch is dead, but rather it’s re-emerging elsewhere. Over the past 10 years, we have seen sketch comedy find a new home across budding social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. This bracket of digital comedy was pioneered by personalities from T-Boy (Don’t Jealous Me) and Humza (Diary of A Badman) to KG & Marston and Big Tipper, and in the contemporary digital age, it is continuing to thrive. Here are six of our favourite sketch comedians right now 1 Hemah K View this photo on Instagram instagram.com Hailing from West London, Hemah Kwakye – known online as Hemah K – is one of Instagram’s favourite sketch comedians. Offering skits consisting of various relatable scenes, from a hopeless romantic with high standards and an awful dating history, to awkwardly splitting the restaurant bill with friends, viewers can guarantee they will laugh when watching her content. Whilst her Instagram comedy started with mini skits on her story, Hemah explains to BuzzFeed that her comedic days began decades earlier when in secondary school: “I’d make little sketches, edit it and cut it up, but only share with my friends and family. It was back in the day when we’d share a computer at home, so I’d use my designated time to make those skits.” Now, Hemah has taken her skits to YouTube, with the series Gemma K's Perfectly Perfect Love Life , which details the fictional character’s life in longer, hilarious episodes. You can watch them here. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @hemah_k 2 Kyron Hamilton View this photo on Instagram instagram.com Drama graduate Kyron Hamilton took the digital realm by storm when he produced his school-based teacher skits in 2020. Taking inspiration from The Catherine Tate Show and actor Daisy Mae Cooper, Kyron encapsulates the mannerisms of secondary school staff members so well that it’s difficult to believe he is not a teacher, but rather a talented young actor and comedian. Whilst Kyron appears to have years of content creation under his belt, he explained to BuzzFeed that he had in fact only began last year: “I was in my last year of drama school but because of COVID I couldn’t graduate and I was so bored. I missed being creative so I thought ‘if I can make some videos to make people laugh then that's a day’s job done!’ and here we are.” As he continues to thrive across TikTok and Instagram, Kyron is also preparing to take his budding career to YouTube, where he is creating his own comedy sketch show – watch this space! @kyronhamilton #fyp #foryou #comedy #school #xyzcba #teacher original sound - Kyron Hamilton 3 Faceinthenews View this photo on Instagram instagram.com Labelled a class clown by teachers and students when at school, Faceinthenews brought this title to life when she began making sketches. Drawing influence from both digital comedians such as Slim and small screen sketch comedians such as Little Miss Jocelyn – who she emphasised as an inspiration – Face told BuzzFeed of how comedy began as an escape: “I started making skits just after I left secondary school. School and my friends were my escape from home, where I was bored and sometimes sad. I made that space for myself to have fun and be free. Then when I left school, it was like ‘oh, where’s my audience gone?’ and social media was rising so I jumped on.” Face’s skits focus on recurring characters such as perpetually unimpressed Jamaican mother Pauline and her daughter, as well as standalone sketches portraying fictional newscasters, or recreating popular Big Brother scenes. Offering advice to upcoming digital comedians, Face states that resources are not needed to make good quality content and that so long as you think you can do it, you can do it. Words to live by. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @faceinthenews 4 Victor Kunda View this photo on Instagram instagram.com Beginning his comedic career posting to Facebook for his 40 friends back in 2014, Victor Kunda has since become one of the internet’s most cherished sketch comedians. Studying Post-Production at university, Victor learned how to make content, but found he wanted to be in front of the camera too. Naturally, when lockdown hit Victor optimised the growing use of apps such as TikTok and made his claim. Touching on sensitive issues such as microaggressions and racism, Victor uses comedy to emphasise the ridiculousness of the two. Influenced by the likes of Dave Chappelle, the comedian also joked that it’s his “own madness” that influences his sketches when he spoke to BuzzFeed: “I’ll embody the mannerisms of someone I may have spoken to or an experience I may have had, but a lot of the time it’s just me acting in ways I can’t even explain.” Victor continues to make his skits, in hopes that he will offer a light to anyone having a bad morning or day, or just in need of a fast laugh. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @vctrknda 5 MBbants View this photo on Instagram instagram.com Starting when he was just 18-years old, Michael Boahen, known more commonly as MBBants, began his solo comedy career on Twitter, after originally making videos with his group of friends. From erratic teachers in the classroom to parodies of UK Drill music videos, MBBants embodies a range of hilarious fictional characters when he gets in front of a camera, and this has not gone unnoticed. At the beginning of 2021, Michael joined the BBC Three series PRU – an acronym for the Pupil Referral Unit – which follows the tales of students in internal exclusion. “I’d just been making my skits then I was asked by Million Youth Media [a youth-driven production company] to come and audition as I’d been recommended by some of their team,” Michael tells BuzzFeed, “It was so different to doing my own work as it had a script, and I usually improvise. You reshoot scenes so many times and you work a 12 hour day, but it was so fun and I loved it.” Citing comedians such as Kayode “Roll Safe” Ewumi and Michael Dappah as those he’d watched prior to beginning his own sketch career, Michael hopes to mirror their upward trajectory as he enters the next phase of his career. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @mbbants 6 Elaine Owusu View this photo on Instagram instagram.com A teaching assistant and singer by day and Tottenham’s finest comedian by night, Elaine Owusu’s comedy touches on a range of topics. From conversations with a fictional Ghanaian mother to hilarious experiences in church, no area is off-limits for this upcoming comedian across digital platforms. Beginning sketch-making as a bored undergraduate student in her room, Elaine soon learned her humour touched the laugh bones of the masses and decided to dedicate more time to it. Since acquiring her sociology degree, Elaine juggles work as a special needs teaching assistant with her comedy, and whilst it's hard work, she doesn’t advise against others picking up various hustles: “It’s just become second nature to me and that’s why I’d say to anyone who wants to start to literally ‘just do it’”, Elaine tells BuzzFeed, “You will make mistakes along the way but you will be better for it. Keep going, have faith, and believe in your sauce!” View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @elainebabey Whilst sketch comedy on television may have run its course we are seeing a renaissance emerge online and hopefully this is just the beginning Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.