Dee Allum
Dee Allum is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer.
Dee started her comedy career performing sketches with the Cambridge Footlights and wrote the prestigious Footlights Pantomime in 2018.
Dee has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards, placed as runner up in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year award 2021, won the 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021 and was a finalist in the 2022 BBC New Comedy Award competition.
Dee took her debut solo stand up show, Deadname, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024 to wide critical acclaim, receiving reviews such as: “A story of gender identity told with panache, charm, self-deprecation and copious wit…an inventive, casually ironic storytelling skill…a true stand-up.” ★★★★ The Times
She has also starred in ITV’s The Stand Up Sketch Show.
Nominee: LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2022
Nominee: Chortle Awards for Best Newcomer 2022
Finalist: BBC New Comedy Awards 2022
Winner: 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021
Runner-up: Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021
TV
- The Stand Up Sketch Show (Stand Up and Sketch Performer, ITV, 2024)
- BBC New Comedy Awards Final (Stand Up, BB1 & BBC Radio 4, 2022)
- BBC New Comedy Awards – London Heat (Stand Up & Winner, BBC3, 2022)
Radio & Podcasts
- One Person Found This Helpful (Guest, Radio 4, 2025)
- BBC Radio 4 Fresh From The Fringe (Guest & Performer, 2024)
- Comedy in a Nutshell (Guest, 2024)
- Have You Got Your Shit Together? (Guest, 2024)
- The Women In Comedy Podcast (Guest, 2024)
- Hardcore Listing with Chris & Stu (Guest, 2024)
- Ultimate XI (Guest, 2024)
- BBC Radio 4 Extra’s The Comedy Club (Guest, 2024)
- Come To Daddy (Guest, 2024)
- The Green Card (Guest, 2023)
- The Young Comedians Podcast with George Tothill (Guest, 2023)
- Masters of Our Domain (Guest, 2023)
- Trusty Hogs (Guest, 2023)
- Oh Captain My Captain (Guest, 2023)
- Explain Yourself! with Joe & Rory (Guest, 2023)
- Drunk Women Solving Crime Podcast (Guest, 2022)
Digital
- Comedy Central Live – Series 2 (Stand Up, 2023)
Live
- Deadname (Edinburgh Fringe, 2024)
- Pleasance Reserve at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2022)
Refreshingly candid, sincere and full of innovative humour…naturally, undeniably, laugh-out-loud funny…a truly genius and important show.
★★★★★ Ed Fringe Review
A story of gender identity told with panache, charm, self-deprecation and copious wit…an inventive, casually ironic storytelling skill…a true stand-up.
★★★★ The Times
Snappy wit, fantastic timing, and clever callbacks…she carries the whole show with such charm and spirit that you can’t help but fall about laughing while also being captured by the bittersweet sentimentality.
★★★★ Binge Fringe
This debut hour on transitioning to womanhood is packed with jokes and an absolute joy to watch.
British Comedy Guide
Dee Allum … Remember these names – you could well be furious about not getting a ticket to one of their sold-out shows very soon
The Guardian
Dee Allum also deals with her situation with a calm, dry yet pointed wit…getting great rewards from the extremes she’s prepared to go to as part of her thoroughly engaging performance.
Chortle
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